Stevie Ray Vaughan's 'Lenny' | Iconic Tone #2

[@larrytrask273]

One of the Closest Renditions of Lenny that I ever heard!!

[@petermayonejr.3420]

"Lenny" & "Riveria Paradise" are the two masterpieces in the SRV catalog; one in EbM and one in Ebm.

[@jupitermoongauge4055]

90% of Stevies output were masterpieces. Just because Lenny and Riveira Paradise both have a relatively complex chord progression doesn't make them any better than the rest of his stuff

[@baileycummings2874]

Lenny is actually in Eb 👍

[@petermayonejr.3420]

@@baileycummings2874 Yes, correct, he's tuned down a 1/2 step....

[@chocolatitomaravilla3899]

@Reid James Life Without You is my favorite song of all time especially his Captol theater performance but I agree songs like Lenny and Riviera are fantastic aswell for the reasons you said aswell as others

[@michaelcogdill9534]

I agree love hearing these songs

[@s550danny]

I don’t think I would ever put my guitar down if I had this tone

[@ashtyn5959]

damn right

[@MM-tt3np]

You have, download the vst and his preset and rock ;) So much nag about S.R.V's tone in his hands, you just need a that's really close and you'll be rockin'. And now you got it, thanks to this kind man... Ross is the boss :)

[@spross216]

He hasn’t put his guitar down. That’s half the reason he has the tone. Put that guitar with that tone in a novices hands and it won’t sound as inspiring.

[@lowfidelitybeats]

Frrrr

[@ksleep5715]

This is a free video. Man… I love the internet. This is phenomenal. One of my favorite songs of all time. Thank you for this series!

[@bryansphere6359]

It’s actually scary how much this sounds like Stevie!

[@michaelcogdill9534]

Thank you I love progressing of this song, will never be able to play it to this level but man I love it every time I practice it I can hear the song and it makes me happy. Again thank you

[@Garrett9339]

Just beautiful. Tone, attack, and the production value is superb too. You understand the feel of this song and it shows. Which, by the way, what an underappreciated jam from Stevie.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks so much!

[@noahtenshen]

Two things. First--how amazingly well you played this great tune. Second--the absolute creative genius that came up with and played this tune to begin with.

[@donaldbergmann5405]

No has mentioned that Lenny was a song about and for his lovely wife “Lenny”.... People achieve great things thru inspiration or Desperation and it’s clear Stevie was VERY INSPIRED.... What a beautiful song.. Great job Ross, thank you....

[@Mindboggle100]

Sad to think that marriage broke down... now forever immortalized in "Lenny".

[@KelsterVonShredster]

Wow...spot on. Perfection. I just bought a '73 Super Reverb and I have to say I just plug the strat in and it's pretty much like this.

[@greghentz4411]

This lick... gets to me moves me and motivates me every time

[@jeremydodds1761]

Wow, beautiful tone and inspiring.

[@Nessy3nity]

One of my favorite SRV songs. You executed it masterfully. 👍🏾

[@dracul74]

I play this song every time I pick up my guitars (20+ hrs). Glad to see others still love it too...

[@luccasbp]

Great quality in production, mate, you're getting better and better. Also, downloaded this preset yesterday for the Cory Wong Archetype from your other video you uploaded a few days ago. Kept me entertained for about 3 to 4 hours. Great preset, played a bunch of things from SRV to some indie rock and it all sounded amazing. Also, thanks for the lesson on how to use the plugin better, it's great to understand why the sound changes as you mess around with the buttons.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks a lot man. Glad that the video was useful and you enjoyed the preset!

[@alex_lgrd]

where is the lesson on the preset ?

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

@@alex_lgrd This is that video

[@alex_lgrd]

@@RossCampbellGuitarist ah yes thank you I figured it out as I kept watching 😆😌

[@joserra79]

Love this tone-oriented series!

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Glad to hear it!

[@marcellosatta7807]

hi Ross! Great playing and teaching as always! I've noticed that in the El Mocambo performance of Lenny, at the start of the song especially thanks to the 60 circle hum of his single coils, you can hear some kind of modulation that he probably used, maybe the vibrato circuit from his Fender amps! I love the man, the song and his El Mocambo live set! Cheers!

[@BenK.]

Probably Tremolo...

[@MrAmadeus1975]

Thanx Ross, just bought a Keeley Katana clean boost mini and for me that was the piece of the puzzle! I also bought your course, already make some progress on more juicy blues solo’s!!!

[@queenedda1915]

Bro your cory wong plug in has finally cracked the tone ive been searching for. tysm for sharin i have been trying for weeks to achieve this tone and now i cannot put my guitar tone. i was beginning to wonder if it was just my playing that was lacking but i just needed the right settings!

[@moham1287]

Amazing playing and tone. With that said - a strat deserves to have its whammy bar on!

[@dankers12]

Thank you for taking us step by step.

[@vintagetone22]

srv is still alive .yeahhhhhhhhh 🌷🎸👍🎸👍🎸👍🎸👍👍🎸

[@morrischau]

One word, determination. Thanks for the inspiration, keep doing this, you are good at it!

[@chrisbauman2562]

So peaceful. I could sleep to this

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Try this tone for FREE 🎸 STEP 1 - Download the Neural DSP Archetype Cory Wong trial ➡️ ndsp.co/rosscampbell STEP 2 - Download my 'SRV Lenny' preset ➡️ bit.ly/RossLennyPreset STEP 3 - With the plugin open, drag and drop the preset file directly onto the face of it STEP 4 - Shred

[@めっず]

beautiful and perfect.

[@rockers2rockers616]

Your 'Players Tips' are much appreciated and always sharing useful content.

[@boomerdell]

Superbly played and absolutely mesmerizing, Maestro.

[@isaacjohnson.]

Thank you Ross! This was an excellent video. Not only did you get a great tone, but the in depth explanation and tips was super valuable. That was so helpful to hear the thought process about WHY you set things the way you did!

[@olavkoss1835]

Outstanding.

[@justinpaquette224]

Steve Cropper, his guitar tone is on so many hit soul tunes and I don't think he gets talked about enough

[@gerrydaly5409]

I bought the Cory Wong plugin after watching your Lenny cover from last year. This cover is equally as good. Your new ‘iconic tone’ series is a great idea.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks Gerry!

[@toutou6308]

This pops up in my notifications so I drop by to hit that like button automatically.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

My man 👊

[@alguitarchristie]

Sounds incredible! I bet you are glad you went back to the single coils on that guitar! Sounds perfect!

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

I really am haha. Thank you!

[@juancarlosgranados4425]

Pure good taste!!

[@enriquelatorre2159]

Beautiful song and wonderful guitar

[@SilverParatrooper]

Ross you gotta do a little video of how you play the opening of the song with that slight hammer on vibrato. I’ve been trying to capture that a lot because I love playing this songs intro but could never get that down but your recent videos of Lenny has given me some ideas.

[@ensaerodynamics8615]

Nice tips for this or any other song. Thanks!

[@MrStu1962]

Outstanding

[@robgann9495]

Killer tone

[@dontassumemyfender9866]

You play very beautifully.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thank you!

[@portsideguitar1981]

Nailed it!

[@dsholt]

Great tips! I started off trying this with a Boss OD-3 pedal through a Blues Jr 3, but turned the pedal off, raised the amp volume to edge of break up, set my treble, mid, and bass at around 8 and was surprised at how close that got me.

[@theclassicrock8644]

you are Really great.thanks a lot for such an amazing guiter lesson and cover.

[@MarkRoskoGuitar]

Thanks for the patch share. Enjoyed playing with this earlier. Made my covid isolation go a bit quicker 🤢👍🎸

[@FunkadelicPancho]

Stevie used a mixed gauge, his high e was a .13, but I believe it was a light bottom/heavy top set, plus he tuned down a half step

[@RobGalley]

Nailed it. Gotta be one of the greatest tones going.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks Rob!

[@ianwhitehead5673]

Great job! thanks

[@ilqualsiasi]

Great video mate! I just can't get enough of SRV ❤️❤️🎸

[@mercurius05]

Really good video and the quality is extremely good I wonder if you could do an Iconic Tone episode about Mark Knopflers's

[@ravensmead1558]

Hi Ross ! Great job ! as an ex BBC cameraman can I just say it was also beautifully shot ! well done !

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks! I'll pass that onto my camera guy 👍

[@tonycolantonio4640]

I noticed the great lighting. Your videos are always getting better.

[@darkoignjatovic8616]

Great tone, you nailed it Ross. I would just ad as point 6 the tremolo work becuase i think that is essential to getting the vibe of the whole song. But congrats to the core tone. Really nice. God Job.

[@lynnhathaway1247]

Great stuff! Glad you covered lots of tips that anyone can do rather than just, this Kemper profile has it all and you just have to buy it to get the tone.. blah blah blah. Still lots of us out there just using only amps and pedals.

[@endlessbegin1350]

I love this! Specially for my Kemper Profiler. I would be interested in a Matt Schofield tone. That middy type of tone

[@suzanmiller8382]

Evh tone would be awesome!! Love slash and your vids so much keep up the good work Ross!!

[@Desperado665]

I love this series! Would love to hear one on Gary Moore on Still Got the Blues

[@irishRocker1]

Great vid and series. I really like how you explain your thought process and the core of the tone. So much more insightful than just googling what he used and copying etc. Rick beato did a vid on string guage and the lighter strings had better midrange. SRV used heavy strings cos he had a very heavy grip. his guitar tech said later in his career he was using lighter strings and at the start of a tour he would have lighter strings too but later in a tour as he rebuilt stamina would go to heavier gauges.

[@tonycolantonio4640]

Well done! One tone I've been chasing is that of Canadian legend, Jeff Healey. I'd love to see your take on Jeff's Iconic Tone.

[@gitarrenvideounterricht]

Great Video!

[@metalted6128]

Wow Very good

[@acasadiluca]

Many Thanks for this Ross! I bought Cory Wong's plugin and i knew it was great... You turned it better now! ;-)

[@sagig72]

What a sound. Loved it man.

[@danbrown4606]

Wow!!! Hit this one out the park mate.... sublime!

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks Dan!

[@christophernuzzolo5977]

pretty cool video, very helpful!

[@bluesbyluca4272]

Love it so much🥰

[@thegolfnut812]

Yes, this was very helpful and it's the one topic that is always never covered. You buy plugins and the tone seems to sound overdriven. I'd like you to do a similar video with the Tone King amp. Thanks and great videos with excellent guitar playing.

[@SPR-Pedals]

Superb, nails it but also gives us the knowledge to have a go ourselves. As for tones to cover how about Nuno Bettencourt, Jeff Healey, Mark Tremonti, David Grissom, Greg Koch, George Lynch, Tyler Bryant, Phil X or Ritchie Kotzen ?

[@AntonioCavicchioni]

Great!

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks!

[@russelrw]

Just to say again man that this preset is rocking my world. I can't afford the Tone King Plug In until theres a sale but I've got the full version of Corey Wong. If you've got additional presets for the Corey Wong you're willing to share I'd be very interested. Give me a shout either way and respect to you man you play with real feel and there's not a lot of KZbinrs I watch who play the sort of stuff I love. I've recently got my first strat and songs are absolutely leaking out of me as it's just such a perfect instrument to play. Your presets are making me realise why I love it so much so yeah...NICE ONE!

[@windowseat6446]

Hey Ross, terrific Tone lesson covered..... 👍👍👍 Cheers to the tone.... Would request you to suggest sounds for Floyd tone to " Shine on you crazy diamond" and " Coming back to life". Plz suggest real life amps and pedal choices alongwith amp-modellers. ☺️☺️☺️

[@michaelcogdill9534]

By the way a thumbs down is someone who should prove to us they can play it better

[@davibaldrani]

I really like your videos, always great to see

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks Davi!

[@billymack4258]

Sounding really great!!! What pickups are you using? Thanks😎

[@Esokyotoo]

Hello Ross, please do a Matt Schofield one. that guy is my guitar hero. i managed to get close to his sound on the song "don't know what to do", but didnt nail it really, always something missing. Such a tight amazing sound

[@rustyshackleford6637]

My personal favorite Lenny tone is the one from the Tokyo concert.

[@deepestpurple]

Great tone, would love to see you have a go at Ritchie Blackmore’s machine head / made in Japan tone.

[@VintageRadius]

Wow this is awesome! How about Yellow Ledbetter?

[@cupidstunt66]

Really enjoying these videos. Interesting that you play Lenny without using the whammy. I'll have another crack at this tune on my tele which is my preferred guitar. How about for next iconic tone we do AC/DC - Angus or Mal. Say Highway to Hell era. I can never really get that same tone no matter what I do...

[@igavehimadollar3354]

sweet playing man. I recently had a bit of a shoot out with my 2 strats one has texas specials the other 57/62 and i think the 57/62 win in my opinion. Id love to know your opinion of string gauge even though i cant go heavy my hands are getting bad from work

[@enyenkgtrofficial2766]

I like it

[@VitaStrato]

Nice tone Ross! Could i ask what are the pickups you have? Love it!

[@x7stringinJSCx]

Sounded amazing. I love that guitar too. I'm sure you get asked all the time.. but what is it?

[@daviddakin6529]

Bro that was phenomenal! Btw, is it fiesta red or candy apple red? Amazing Strat man

[@jrsanacore2310]

Really good! Sound super! I may be a newbie to plug in but Do you have latency problems with your plug ins?

[@PyubX]

Youve added a tasteful bit of your own character to this

[@aremolund]

Do some David gilmour with neural dsp presets! would sell alot of people on it

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Bending Like David Gilmour Is Painful kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJXcfqamfKiIaNk

[@changestrangers]

Which position on the Strat do you use to play Lenny?

[@davepilgrim5798]

Beautiful !! Great playing, great tone, great dynamics ( both hands and gear !! ) Are you "half step down" ? If so, gauge? (i guess this Lenny tone is a perfect live version tone. Studio version is less overdriven, but hey, there's no speaker breakup here) 👍👍👍💪💪💪👏👏👏

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks! Yeah half step down with 10-46

[@danmorrisss]

I’m interested in whether I want a new amp or a plug-in. Would you be able to do a quick guide on what you need/do to connect a guitar to a plug-in and have it play out?

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Filming it today 👍

[@danmorrisss]

@@RossCampbellGuitarist ah great looking forward to it!

[@sagig72]

Hey, I hope it's not too boring to you, but can you do a few tutorials here and there (on occasion) for some famous solos? I realize you're not so much of a 'cover player' but your sound is incredible, you're very articulate and it'll be great to learn from you on occasion about some solos (Pink Floyd, GNR, Hendrix etc etc.. ) . I find that working on solos note-for-note is actually very helping more intermediate players such as myself to improve. Yes, improvisation and other original stuff also helps, but also these note-for-note cover helps a lot with the guitar technical mastering. Any chance this can interest you Ross ?

[@andretheseal9837]

Could this also be done in with the Tone King?

[@oo-jii]

Wish you used the whammy bar! Love it nonetheless

[@guitaristnr1]

Ross, you are awesome! High quality videos are always appreciated! What kind of gear are you using recording videos? Keep up the good work man! /Haris

[@dacrelassauniere5440]

Great channel, loving the progress I'm making as a result. I tried to download the Lenny presets but seems to be corrupted. Any way of getting these another way?

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks! You should be able to drag the file onto the face of the plugin and load it up that way.

[@dacrelassauniere5440]

@@RossCampbellGuitarist Ha! I’m working on it as we speak! Managed to get it sorted, many thanks again!

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

@@dacrelassauniere5440 Great!

[@pjincho]

Is a fender champ 40 a good enough amp to do these presets justice?

[@Choppin9946]

hey there Ross, may i know what is the audio interface or DI that you're using? I'm using scarlett 2i2 and it has a lot of noise

[@rudylefevre7312]

Hi @Ross - thx for your video's, I really enjoy them. They have the right pace and content for where I'm at guitar right now. I was - following your tone - convinced to buy the Cory Wong plug-in from Neural DSP. However, I found out that the plug-in doesn't work with Garageband. And I definitely want to record my progress - so I was looking for that integration. Do you know a work-around with Garageband, or another look-a-like DAW for Mac without busting the bank and buy Logic or Ableton, that kind of stuff? Any tips? Or any tips from DSP on this behalf? Thx in advance ...

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Hmm I'm not sure. I guess that's just a limitation of GarageBand that you can't use 3rd party plugins. I would say it's worth saving a little longer and forking out the cash for a good DAW like Logic or Ableton etc. You'll pay once and use it forever without limitations on what you can do with it. Perhaps there are free DAWs out there that allow for 3rd party plugin integration but I don't know of any myself.

[@rudylefevre7312]

@@RossCampbellGuitarist OK, thx for your answer anyway ... ;-)

[@hamrich871]

Hey Ross! I think I saw you were using a quad cortex recently. Do you have any presets in the cortex app?

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Not yet no but I'll probably get some on there soon :)

[@RobertFairweatherMusic]

Ross, do you think Stevie had dummy coils in his Strats? I suspect he did in his mid and later years of playing.

[@cooghoublaga7555]

Eyes closed could be him, great job, how about Rory Gallagher for an up and coming episode ?