briliant guitarist..love his unique style and sound...his solos will hypnotize you ..last in line solo in my opinion is one of the best solos ever created.
deserves everything he has. worked hard on his playing. love rainbow in the dark .... been in great bands .... love his les paul guitar based work... thx viv
The tone and style he had on those first two DIO records, was hands down the best. I like how he's back to the basics today. Les Paul, ENGL Amos, pure rock n roll #lastinline
@@jantzenallen3077 he didn’t play the right stuff he could not live up to Steve, I’m literally Steve’s biggest fan and to see Vivian play the wrong stuff makes me upset
I think the fact that he was bare bones through a jcm800 on Dio stuff? proves to me not only is he an amazing metal guitarist, but he hit it right on the head right off the bat! Viv you don't need all those toys! Somebody give this guy the kery king marshall! and start your own band!
So talented, popular and from a rich family yet remained so humble and worked for everything he got..never got it from his rich dad.. Most of his peers r snobs, except the leppard guys. Such a nice guy.
james williams Except the guitarist you're talking about there is John Sykes. Viv Campbell's rep comes from his stuff in Dio, which is also really really good too...and a whole level above the Leppard stuff
@@michaelpachuau5388 umm no im not ..stop assuming kid,, 1. i never mention any names,, you did,, and 2. stop assuming. like i said, def leppard was never about mind blowing guitar solos..period
Viv's back to using Marhsalls, the JMP Preamp I believe---great player, loved all of his work in Dio, Riverdogs and Def Leppard [heard some Shadow King with Lou Gramm, not bad]
I had huge racks, Bradshaw switching system, effects, preamps, poweramps, heads, etc. I sold all of that huge seup & now play through different Langner modded 70s Marshall tube heads, a HeadBone for amp switching, 4 Langner & Marshall 4x12 cabs, a few custom guitars Wayne Charvel built & a few T.C. Electronics effects w/ a GCX Ground Control Pro & Audio Switcher. It's simpler (& more portable!), but the sound is huge & the tone is unbelievable. This video is old tech, but sounds really good.
Hey rockers, please have class and understanding at this difficult juncture in his life. The first round of lymphoma chemo did not work. He has relapsed. He barely had any hair re-growth. He's broken. He has lived in Southern Cali for many years and just like Lars has lost his Euro accent so has Vivian, so sue him. It will be the least of his worries. I don't want to go through another loss of a brilliant rock guitarist, the father of 2 young girls, most of all this RN does not want cancer to win--again!! So all of you petty Vivian Campbell critics, now is the time to turn into supporters. There's still time to change the road you're on.
Imo...Vivian was...is the best ever metal player . I hear the classical feel of Randy meets the edginess of Eddie ...who then has a dark drink with Tony...rolled into the magical melody making of Celtic genetics. Thank you Vivian for your timeless gift!!
geo linkin - agreed! Vivian also has the mental toughness to be a cancer fighter and anxiety to want to play onstage even while the pump is hidden on his back, pumping the stem cell fluid in him. What a winner indeed! He is not strong, no that's not the correct word for him, he is righteously RESILIENT to do it and HAVE IT ALL ! May GOD bless him all his days and in return we learn from him and then ours will be too. Thanks for sharing my sentiments exactly. Rock the block geo!
geo linkin At age 18, in my dorm college days, in Texas, I knew and saw how Vivian could deliver at such a young age, very complex solos during his DIO tenure. He was not into other people touching him, not Ronnie, not video vamps - nobody. He wanted no part of any distraction of his concentration of his guitar playing. Because he's a TRUE professional. I can only surmise that to be unprofessional conduct and that he finds that uninviting. I'm only 1/2 Irish and 1/2 Italian and my Irish dad also is NO public display of affection kind of a man. I find Vivian and Daddy are both top notch in class. Happy New Year Geo!
Roozo411 Riverdogs contains not just what is possibly Viv's finest guitar playing, but some of the finest playing by anyone really, he is absolutely on fire on all of the solos! I miss him using the Floyd, he really had developed such a unique and beautiful, fluid style incorporating the Floyd, which few players ever do. Keep rockin' the Les Pauls of course Vivian, but break out these Andersons and Charvels, maybe even a Nightswan once in a while!
Wow now 2018 those racks from the 80s are now considered vintage gear and sought after. Today, its all about pedalboards and paying premium price for pedals that sound vintage. Back in the 80s the same pedal what are sought after now were selling dirt cheap because every guitar player wanted to have a rack effect with modern digital sounds now it went full circle.
I've met VC and he was a very nice dude. Happy to take a minute to talk with you. I think what is coming across as being condescending or mega ego is just a shyness about him. Almost like he's a bit uncomfortable when speaking publicly. That was my impression of him.
Oh, how things can change. :-) He's now gone back to using a couple of Les Pauls and a more simple rig. Check out the RUclips titled: "Rig Rundown - Thin Lizzy's Vivian Campbell & Scott Gorham"
I love the Floyd Rose as much as it sucks to restring. It really doesn’t take that much time I’m just lazy plus I go from standard to E flat to D a lot so that’s fun.
My above point was, that you don't need a large setup like Vivian's in this video anymore, to get all of these options, but a lot of it (tube/analog, but remaining quite and not stealing tone) is important, as are the right (passive) pickups, wood and pickup selector combos. Simple is better, unless you have big stadiums to play dozens of sounds at the switch of a hat in front of, but you can do it more simply now-a-days. Still, good stuff in the video. :-)
Kind of what I'd said (replacing a rack with some modeler, sure. However, I'd argue that one would still get better sound from a good tube amp over a tube amp modeler. That is all subjective, though, and a good player will make a modeler sound like something a lot of people would want. Definitely a lot better these days than a decade ago, or two.
Gotta love how all Northern Ireland stars end up talking like a drunk Brad Pitt. Kinda interesting how this is all about sound and the microphones for Vivian speaking sound like they are running through a potato.
I'm a Gibson Les Paul guy with an Orange + a few boxes. Love simplicity. But I can't understand why so many people here finds this technical equilibrium so fuckin disgusting?! It's educating to get to know a bit about this mastery. An extreme rig. And the man's funny! Enjoy a great complex player while you can (life goes pretty fast...) Perhaps more of a fusion wizard than a stone cold hard rocker. And that little clean 'Hendrix' thing in the end is just beautiful. Peace brother.
In the early 80s, guys discovered pathways into fire-breathing, EVH gain territory. But by the grace of technological limitations, their rigs remained analog, tube-based; organic. But, by the time of this video in the 90s, it had become: "Here's a preamp stage, followed by reverb, chorus, eq and delay, then another preamp stage, then more reverb, chorus, eq and delay.." The 90s player would consider the fx "subtle." Well, by the 2nd or 3rd chorus insert, it's not so subtle. This approach (right down to the requisite coil-split pickups) is a microcosm of everything that hastened the demise of 80s metal. With Viv here in the 90s, these damaging trends are in full swing. It would take until after 2005 before mainstream practice of a more pure signal path gained traction again.
The irony that what VC's "Sound" was in 1992 holding his Andersons (IIRC he got a bunch for Leppard in '92) well above his Les Paul, Soldano, Large Rack & Stereo Effects & Eventide H-3000) compared to only *5* years later is well-evident... almost *all* Les Pauls for his stage electrics guitars, no wireless, 13-52 Heavy Strings, Marshall & Boogie heads into Marshall cabs. Talk about downsizing, but as a Bassist who completely did a 180° in his gear & tone over several years, I can dig it.
To bad Dio and vivian didn't like each other ! They made the best music together! I saw them live together and they were great shows ! I pray for your battle with cancer I know what your going threw!
It's funny how he dissed the simplicity of the Les Paul in favor of the super strat and couldn't see that using whammy over finger bending...plus an overkill of effects he was merely fashion. probably why we were ready for grunge and going back to a basic guitar and amp sound.
It's funny how people who hide behind a keyboard and have accomplished nothing criticize proven musicians as if you're a better guitarist or know more.
@agavalence Vivian is great. Put Phil Collen is equally as good. Different styles that's all. Most of the classic Leppard solos are done by Phil. They do split them up pretty equal on the new records.
read it slower it might help you understand what i posted. or you can just listen to vivian play and figure out for yourself that he is indeed a brilliant player.
This video is dated of course. Vivian now has returned to his Les Pauls, without tremolos. You can mimic a lot of normal vibrato without a tremolo, as George Lynch does frequently when he reaches for his Tele to play old Dokken songs.
@agavalence Vivian has been doing the same thing for 20 years. He has his style just like Phil. I believe Vivian has one trademark solo from his Dio days and that's about it. I could point out a dozen or so for Phil. Viv has also stated being upset he never could play in the Malmsteen style. I think they compliment each other tremendously.
+Paul Arias believe it was around 92-93. Used to have the VHS tape of this that I bought new. It was from a short series called hot guitarist. Anyways, just researched the vid because I wanted to hear his little wind cries mary jam at the end. Awesome. Havent heard it in 20 years.
thank you brother, love this artist, was one of the first innovative musicians that tried stuff other that Gibson and Fender, though their relationship with DIO is to laugh for, because i consider their works with Ronnie to be one of the best metal works ever.
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briliant guitarist..love his unique style and sound...his solos will hypnotize you ..last in line solo in my opinion is one of the best solos ever created.
1983 Holy Diver 1984 The Last In Line 1986 Sacred Heart
that's enough to become a living legend!
Sacred heart 1985 actually*
O yes....
Wishing Vivian Campbell a speedy and complete recovery.
Matt Stofer What happen to him?
@@gilbertperez8103 he is going a second battle with cancer.
@@davidhenrylake2047 oh man I didn't know that! Prayers!
One of my favorite guitarist of all time!
Me too
Same here!!
Now he just uses the Les Paul and Engl and has the best tone I have heard
There is a lot of great guitar players, but this dude is super special. It's like he plays so effortless.
deserves everything he has. worked hard on his playing. love rainbow in the dark .... been in great bands .... love his les paul guitar based work... thx viv
I just love the way you play Vivian. It is so casual!
Vivian Campbell is a musical soloing genius.
The tone and style he had on those first two DIO records, was hands down the best. I like how he's back to the basics today. Les Paul, ENGL Amos, pure rock n roll #lastinline
Amazing, world class rock guitarist! The 'best of the best'!
Vivian Campbell is fekkin Brilliant!
BBE was such a great help at adding clarity to the sound. I've been using them since they first came out.
I had the orginal VHS copy of this, loved this interview and the Nuno Bettencourt feature on the same video
@GaryMoyle_RR I still have 3 'Hot Guitarist' VHS tapes, i.e., one with Steve MORSE; one with Neal SCHON; and one with Nuno BETTENCOURT on the cover.
@@fbettr2627 I almost wore out my VHS copy. Great stuff!!
ur my fav. brother... words cannot express how much i love the last in line solo...please dont stop....ever
I loved his old Tom Anderson guitars!!
that's what makes a muisian great, awesome yet humble
1. EVH - RIP Now and Forever
2. Randy Rhoads - RIP
3. Vivian Campbell - New greatest living Guitar God
Steve Clark is better, I hate Vivian with all my soul
@@paddycoombes9455 why
@@Me37368 he replaced Steve Clark and he isn’t very good and Steve has a very unique style that no one can match
@@paddycoombes9455 Vivian was the only guy that could fill in Steve’s shoes he has my respect
@@jantzenallen3077 he didn’t play the right stuff he could not live up to Steve, I’m literally Steve’s biggest fan and to see Vivian play the wrong stuff makes me upset
Wonderful🤘Vivian🙋🏽♀️🙏
no problem i'm a huge fan of vivian in all the bands he has played in over the years.
Mr. Vivian Patrick Campbell 🎸⚡️🔥
Have it and Love it!!!! Have had it For years!!!!!
VIVIAN CAMPBELL ROX! Tom Anderson Classic, SLO rackmount - doesn't get any better than this; I miss Ronnie James DIO and Viv together
Sadly im Born in 92 .... i would be another Player if i were introduced in the 80s ...
Smashing Player o.O
Skip to 5:41 to hear his amazing version of The Wind Cries Mary
I think the fact that he was bare bones through a jcm800 on Dio stuff? proves to me not only is he an amazing metal guitarist, but he hit it right on the head right off the bat! Viv you don't need all those toys! Somebody give this guy the kery king marshall! and start your own band!
So talented, popular and from a rich family yet remained so humble and worked for everything he got..never got it from his rich dad.. Most of his peers r snobs, except the leppard guys. Such a nice guy.
Love he calls it the Wangy Bar
Through an extortion box
He really nailed it the solo (last in line)
You are one awesome guitarist!!
Man that Soldano though 😍😍
My favorite guitar player of all time! Dio's first two albums rock out because of his amazing guitar work on them.
great guitarist who is under used in Def Leppard. He needs to be a solo guitarist
***** They must be paying him pretty good for taking the back seat as guitar playing goes.
..leppard was never about mind blowing guitar solos... whitesnake was, his solo on "is this love" is great
james williams Except the guitarist you're talking about there is John Sykes. Viv Campbell's rep comes from his stuff in Dio, which is also really really good too...and a whole level above the Leppard stuff
@@jameswilliams-of3mv You're not the brightest tool in the shed. Listen to Willis and Clarke closely
@@michaelpachuau5388 umm no im not ..stop assuming kid,, 1. i never mention any names,, you did,, and 2. stop assuming. like i said, def leppard was never about mind blowing guitar solos..period
Love this guy!!!
Viv's back to using Marhsalls, the JMP Preamp I believe---great player, loved all of his work in Dio, Riverdogs and Def Leppard [heard some Shadow King with Lou Gramm, not bad]
Great Video,and I agree Technology Has came along way from Plugging Straight from a Guitar into a Marshall,and Vivian I'M GLAD AS hell too!!!
I had huge racks, Bradshaw switching system, effects, preamps, poweramps, heads, etc. I sold all of that huge seup & now play through different Langner modded 70s Marshall tube heads, a HeadBone for amp switching, 4 Langner & Marshall 4x12 cabs, a few custom guitars Wayne Charvel built & a few T.C. Electronics effects w/ a GCX Ground Control Pro & Audio Switcher. It's simpler (& more portable!), but the sound is huge & the tone is unbelievable. This video is old tech, but sounds really good.
Hey rockers, please have class and understanding at this difficult juncture in his life. The first round of lymphoma chemo did not work. He has relapsed. He barely had any hair re-growth. He's broken. He has lived in Southern Cali for many years and just like Lars has lost his Euro accent so has Vivian, so sue him. It will be the least of his worries. I don't want to go through another loss of a brilliant rock guitarist, the father of 2 young girls, most of all this RN does not want cancer to win--again!! So all of you petty Vivian Campbell critics, now is the time to turn into supporters. There's still time to change the road you're on.
Imo...Vivian was...is the best ever metal player . I hear the classical feel of Randy meets the edginess of Eddie ...who then has a dark drink with Tony...rolled into the magical melody making of Celtic genetics. Thank you Vivian for your timeless gift!!
geo linkin - agreed! Vivian also has the mental toughness to be a cancer fighter and anxiety to want to play onstage even while the pump is hidden on his back, pumping the stem cell fluid in him. What a winner indeed! He is not strong, no that's not the correct word for him, he is righteously RESILIENT to do it and HAVE IT ALL ! May GOD bless him all his days and in return we learn from him and then ours will be too. Thanks for sharing my sentiments exactly. Rock the block geo!
Amen, Anne! Happy Christmas to Vivian and you, one of his greatest fans!
geo linkin At age 18, in my dorm college days, in Texas, I knew and saw how Vivian could deliver at such a young age, very complex solos during his DIO tenure. He was not into other people touching him, not Ronnie, not video vamps - nobody. He wanted no part of any distraction of his concentration of his guitar playing. Because he's a TRUE professional. I can only surmise that to be unprofessional conduct and that he finds that uninviting. I'm only 1/2 Irish and 1/2 Italian and my Irish dad also is NO public display of affection kind of a man. I find Vivian and Daddy are both top notch in class. Happy New Year Geo!
Very well said. Happy new year to you as well!
Guys a beast metal guitarist. I have not seen anybody mention his work with Riverdogs here. Great songs with KILLER solos! Check it out
Roozo411 Riverdogs contains not just what is possibly Viv's finest guitar playing, but some of the finest playing by anyone really, he is absolutely on fire on all of the solos! I miss him using the Floyd, he really had developed such a unique and beautiful, fluid style incorporating the Floyd, which few players ever do. Keep rockin' the Les Pauls of course Vivian, but break out these Andersons and Charvels, maybe even a Nightswan once in a while!
A modern era guitar God right there with eddie van halen
OMG I had a vhs with this on it.
I had a vhs hot liks casett as well around 93s back than wasnt youtube :)
Nuno on the cover ;P
Because even though the price doesn't always guarantee the quality, the quality sure guarantees the price.
THE ROCKATRON! THE JUICE EXTRACTOR! WOW hahahahaha
Totally the tone I’ll never be able to afford
awesome . great to see the great. if i could be like viv . i would light up the sky ....great . practice,practice. rock oooonnnn dude
Wow now 2018 those racks from the 80s are now considered vintage gear and sought after. Today, its all about pedalboards and paying premium price for pedals that sound vintage. Back in the 80s the same pedal what are sought after now were selling dirt cheap because every guitar player wanted to have a rack effect with modern digital sounds now it went full circle.
I used to have this VHS tape.
I've met VC and he was a very nice dude. Happy to take a minute to talk with you. I think what is coming across as being condescending or mega ego is just a shyness about him. Almost like he's a bit uncomfortable when speaking publicly. That was my impression of him.
I must admit that Anderson makes truly fantastic guitars.
That Soldano head sure looks sweet and kicks all sorts of ass tone-wise.
I've still got the Hot Guitarist VHS 🤩
God Bless...
I usually prefer Marshall and Fender (both combo amps or high watt boxes with heads), but Vivian sure did that Soldano look good.
❤❤❤
Oh, how things can change. :-) He's now gone back to using a couple of Les Pauls and a more simple rig. Check out the RUclips titled:
"Rig Rundown - Thin Lizzy's Vivian Campbell & Scott Gorham"
I love the Floyd Rose as much as it sucks to restring. It really doesn’t take that much time I’m just lazy plus I go from standard to E flat to D a lot so that’s fun.
This man is a god.
one of the best METAL singers!
My above point was, that you don't need a large setup like Vivian's in this video anymore, to get all of these options, but a lot of it (tube/analog, but remaining quite and not stealing tone) is important, as are the right (passive) pickups, wood and pickup selector combos. Simple is better, unless you have big stadiums to play dozens of sounds at the switch of a hat in front of, but you can do it more simply now-a-days. Still, good stuff in the video. :-)
1 floor modeller/effects unit can do everything nowadays that that entire rack system did. Technology has come a long way since then.
Kind of what I'd said (replacing a rack with some modeler, sure. However, I'd argue that one would still get better sound from a good tube amp over a tube amp modeler. That is all subjective, though, and a good player will make a modeler sound like something a lot of people would want. Definitely a lot better these days than a decade ago, or two.
@ukshrednoodle You mean like the Randall tube amp head he introduces at 1:57? Or is there another head that you speak of?
Wind cries Mary!Sounds awesome
Very true words mate!
Saw him again in the summer with Leppard, such a great guitar player. Funny to see him saying how he needs the "wangy" bar yet now never uses one.
Does he still have the Tom Andersons?
I'm currently renting that same studio apartment that this was filmed in, I ran camera. I've rented here four years so far 😂
his stuff in Dio and on We Are Stars brilliant.. Whitesnake brilliant
He never recorded anything in whitesnake.
hola amigo, sabes cual es la marca de la guitarra que usa en este video??? siempre he tenido la curiosidad pero no he encontrado respuesta!! saludos
Is that rocky from the movie mask??
Jajajjajajaja
@@eduardosalazar7861 Damn......I posted that comment ten freaking years ago!!
@@RONDOC68 see you in another 10 brother
Gotta love how all Northern Ireland stars end up talking like a drunk Brad Pitt. Kinda interesting how this is all about sound and the microphones for Vivian speaking sound like they are running through a potato.
I'm a Gibson Les Paul guy with an Orange + a few boxes. Love simplicity.
But I can't understand why so many people here finds this technical equilibrium
so fuckin disgusting?! It's educating to get to know a bit about this mastery.
An extreme rig. And the man's funny! Enjoy a great complex player
while you can (life goes pretty fast...)
Perhaps more of a fusion wizard than a stone cold hard rocker.
And that little clean 'Hendrix' thing in the end is just beautiful.
Peace brother.
In the early 80s, guys discovered pathways into fire-breathing, EVH gain territory. But by the grace of technological limitations, their rigs remained analog, tube-based; organic. But, by the time of this video in the 90s, it had become:
"Here's a preamp stage, followed by reverb, chorus, eq and delay, then another preamp stage, then more reverb, chorus, eq and delay.." The 90s player would consider the fx "subtle." Well, by the 2nd or 3rd chorus insert, it's not so subtle. This approach (right down to the requisite coil-split pickups) is a microcosm of everything that hastened the demise of 80s metal. With Viv here in the 90s, these damaging trends are in full swing. It would take until after 2005 before mainstream practice of a more pure signal path gained traction again.
where do u get all these videos
Effects versatility
when was this set in
Any know if that's a song he plays at 2:43 ?
The irony that what VC's "Sound" was in 1992 holding his Andersons (IIRC he got a bunch for Leppard in '92) well above his Les Paul, Soldano, Large Rack & Stereo Effects & Eventide H-3000) compared to only *5* years later is well-evident... almost *all* Les Pauls for his stage electrics guitars, no wireless, 13-52 Heavy Strings, Marshall & Boogie heads into Marshall cabs. Talk about downsizing, but as a Bassist who completely did a 180° in his gear & tone over several years, I can dig it.
Les Paul and wishing it were there I had using jcm 800 Marshall modified Rachelle
Was this during his "Riverdog" days?
@ukshrednoodle Shit NO! I love my effects. I can't live without them. The ability to customize tone is like the ability to shape the world.
Hey body you are a big job with Uriah heep thank you
To bad Dio and vivian didn't like each other ! They made the best music together! I saw them live together and they were great shows ! I pray for your battle with cancer I know what your going threw!
If you don't like him, why are you watching and commenting videos about him, huh?
What happened to his Anderson guitar?
wow I cant believe they use chained individual amps as effects (not pedals) back then. or maybe i'm wrong?
Hot guitarist, stop flashing that. Jeez
It's like a commonbred chinese logo or something. Almost funny. But aggravating.
Hmmm. He's got a Tom Anderson Guitar.. That manufacturer will custom make, your dream Axe.. They also have Les Paul bodys..
It's funny how he dissed the simplicity of the Les Paul in favor of the super strat and couldn't see that using whammy over finger bending...plus an overkill of effects he was merely fashion. probably why we were ready for grunge and going back to a basic guitar and amp sound.
You can't bend a string to drop the pitch.
It's funny how people who hide behind a keyboard and have accomplished nothing criticize proven musicians as if you're a better guitarist or know more.
The "Hot Guitarist" was essential..we wouldn't have known.
@agavalence Vivian is great. Put Phil Collen is equally as good. Different styles that's all. Most of the classic Leppard solos are done by Phil. They do split them up pretty equal on the new records.
What year was this recorded in ?
Glad they kept reminding me that i am watching a hot guitarist
You really dont tell he has an accent for the most part unless you focus on listening to his voice. Thats how you can tell he lives in the US...
Guitar model ?
Really good guitarist
read it slower it might help you understand what i posted. or you can just listen to vivian play and figure out for yourself that he is indeed a brilliant player.
the best
@jfr04 Yes he has a temperature, has taken a paracetamol and is starting to feel better now.
This video is dated of course. Vivian now has returned to his Les Pauls, without tremolos. You can mimic a lot of normal vibrato without a tremolo, as George Lynch does frequently when he reaches for his Tele to play old Dokken songs.
@agavalence Vivian has been doing the same thing for 20 years. He has his style just like Phil. I believe Vivian has one trademark solo from his Dio days and that's about it. I could point out a dozen or so for Phil. Viv has also stated being upset he never could play in the Malmsteen style. I think they compliment each other tremendously.
FROM WHAT YEAR IS THIS VIDEO? 1997 ?
+Paul Arias believe it was around 92-93. Used to have the VHS tape of this that I bought new. It was from a short series called hot guitarist. Anyways, just researched the vid because I wanted to hear his little wind cries mary jam at the end. Awesome. Havent heard it in 20 years.
thank you brother, love this artist, was one of the first innovative musicians that tried stuff other that Gibson and Fender, though their relationship with DIO is to laugh for, because i consider their works with Ronnie to be one of the best metal works ever.