Love everything about ZZ Top sounds, thanks for this video! I heard Billy say in an interview he was asked how he got that Strat sound on La Grange (as he also played Pearly) and he just answered "because it's a Strat" 😂
Thanks Ross, you are the first to really talk about the gear and how to set it up, to get as close as possible to the sound of Billy Gibbons, as well as showing some really great techniques and ideas to use.
OK, good effort here, and well researched thanks. However you appear to have forgotten the Les Paul's Tone control part in taking the fizz off the top of its sound and creating a thicker, woodier and more harmonically rich and appealing tone like Billy's early playing had.
Awesome to see you playing your Les Paul and playing songs by one of my all time favorite guitarists! Rock on Ross! You did a great job with the feeling/vibe of the rhythm and solos too.
Great tips. Gotta love those pinch harmonics from Billy. A breakdown of Jimmy Page's sound would be great. As for actual tracks, you could take your pick!
This is tight! For the part of live doubling, there's a pedal called mimiq from TC electronics that, not only duplicate the signal but also allow you to control the level of difference in a random pitch and time 🤟
Great video Ross. I’d recommend the Eventide MicroPitch for that thick twin guitar sound. I do like your delay pedal workaround also - creative. Keep’em coming Buddy. 👍👍👍👏👏👏🎼🎸😎
Ross, thanks for the upload. You absolutely nailed the tutorial. Billy’s early works are still some of the best examples of blues/rock logic that showcase his emotive soloing. El Hombre, nice. A future request if you haven’t already, would be Mark Knopflers’ finger picking style from the Brothers in Arms or On Every Street recordings. There’s some juicy stuff on the latter. Regards
Absolutely amazing video! Super informative and of all the new videos from other popular TH-camr Guitar Channels, yours is the only one I've seen that highlights BG's tone perfectly, which I think JRA wanted to accomplish. If I were JRA, your video would be the high bar, other YTGC's would need to strive to reach. Very well done! I'd love to see you do a video on AC/DC's tone; Malcolm especially - using the J. Rockett .45 calibur pedal.
@@RossCampbellGuitarist Absolutely. I can't believe I hadn't heard of your channel before now - I subscribe to hundreds of channels. I'm definitely a subscriber now! Also, I'm interested in your Line 6 HX Stomp XL - I own a Line 6 Spider V 60 Watt amp with FBV3 footboard. I had wanted the Helix, but it's just too expensive for what I would use it for. It seems the Stomp XL would be a better option for those on a budget but still be able to enjoy its versatile amp/cab library. Have you enjoyed it? Have you shared, or downloaded tones from others and added them to your Stomp XL? I also just paid for Amplitube 5 (Max) and I'm really enjoying that. Cheers from Sicily!
His gear has always been a mystery to me. With most of the greats you pretty much know what they used. With Hendrix you know it was always a Marshall. With SRV you pretty much know his core tone was a Super Reverb cranked with a Tube Screamer. But with Billy it just seems like he never had an exact amp that he always used but he still always "sounded like Billy Gibbons". You instantly know his 70's sound. You instantly know his 80's sound. Today I think he is MUCH heavier than he was back then but you still know it's him when you hear him. I'm glad to see him getting some love because he seems like one of those guys that everybody loves but hardly anybody ever really talks about as a genuine "influence" per se. I've got multiple J Rockett pedals (the Dude, Touch, and Golden Archer) but for whatever reason this one just isn't really resonating with me.
The older licks are cool but NO ONE talks the later riffs. Afterburners tone is crazy killer. J ricket don’t touch it. Mescalero is as gritty as it gets. Killer riffs all through it as well. Everyone knows the old licks. All these cats need to discuss the later stuff.
You're an amazing player, there's no doubt about that. But the tone in the video doesn't even come close to Billy Gibbons tone. The Helix, Kemper, Two Note Torpedo Captor, Ox Box, they all bite the big one. It's like having sex with a blow up doll. Technically it's sex but let's not pretend it's a real woman..
This digital stuff sounds so plastic. I think all you guys who use these toys don’t hear it because you are not used to real amps. Sorry but all the emulations sound nothing like the real deal, even in those videos that try to tell you that they do. I don’t get it. Don’t you have ears? If I hear it, you gotta hear it too! …On the other hand, as I said: How can you hear it if you don’t know what to look for. It’s like trying to replicate the taste of milk when you never tasted it. …Oh wait, that’s exactly what some of you kids are doing. 😂
Love everything about ZZ Top sounds, thanks for this video! I heard Billy say in an interview he was asked how he got that Strat sound on La Grange (as he also played Pearly) and he just answered "because it's a Strat" 😂
Hahaha oh...
Solo 1 is 100% strat. Nice tone , though.
Thanks Ross, you are the first to really talk about the gear and how to set it up, to get as close as possible to the sound of Billy Gibbons, as well as showing some really great techniques and ideas to use.
i saw the Tres Hombres tour in 1973 - KC, KS with BTO opening.
great video, thanks!
And KR, CS and ASS opening? WTF are you talking about?
Yeah baby! It never gets old! Thanks
OK, good effort here, and well researched thanks. However you appear to have forgotten the Les Paul's Tone control part in taking the fizz off the top of its sound and creating a thicker, woodier and more harmonically rich and appealing tone like Billy's early playing had.
Awesome to see you playing your Les Paul and playing songs by one of my all time favorite guitarists! Rock on Ross! You did a great job with the feeling/vibe of the rhythm and solos too.
Thanks!
Great demo. I like your idea to create those iconic sounds using the gear available.
What a great video, perfect sound!
Thank you ! That was fabuloso Mi Hombre ! I like that pedal. Tucson, Arizona USA
The helix never ceases to amaze me. So so good. Great post. One of the best tone's ever recorded
Great tips. Gotta love those pinch harmonics from Billy. A breakdown of Jimmy Page's sound would be great. As for actual tracks, you could take your pick!
This is tight!
For the part of live doubling, there's a pedal called mimiq from TC electronics that, not only duplicate the signal but also allow you to control the level of difference in a random pitch and time 🤟
wonderful lesson and sound !!
Thanks!
Very informative. Lots to try and shape.
This is so excellent!! Great playing and instruction👍
Great instructions , video, and playing
Very good - just what I was looking for 😊
Great video/content. So practical. Thx.
great touch 👌 ...and LesPaul ... it's still a beautiful guitar 👏
About 17 of these on my Tubes feed today, this one being the best!👌
Awesome post 👌🏻
Amazing tips 👍
Great video Ross. I’d recommend the Eventide MicroPitch for that thick twin guitar sound. I do like your delay pedal workaround also - creative.
Keep’em coming Buddy. 👍👍👍👏👏👏🎼🎸😎
Good video awesome song great guitar 🎸 good show
thank you so much !
I remember reading in a guitar magazine a few years back that he used pink 50s or 60s start through the marshall Super lead.
Well done !
Thanks!
Have mercy!
Great channel wow. Top playing 🖐
Hope your using 7's.
Ross, thanks for the upload. You absolutely nailed the tutorial. Billy’s early works are still some of the best examples of blues/rock logic that showcase his emotive soloing. El Hombre, nice. A future request if you haven’t already, would be Mark Knopflers’ finger picking style from the Brothers in Arms or On Every Street recordings. There’s some juicy stuff on the latter. Regards
Great video! Thanks much!
That was sick, mate!
Sounding great player . Some of my favorite beards
Nice !
Absolutely amazing video! Super informative and of all the new videos from other popular TH-camr Guitar Channels, yours is the only one I've seen that highlights BG's tone perfectly, which I think JRA wanted to accomplish. If I were JRA, your video would be the high bar, other YTGC's would need to strive to reach. Very well done! I'd love to see you do a video on AC/DC's tone; Malcolm especially - using the J. Rockett .45 calibur pedal.
Thanks Keith!
@@RossCampbellGuitarist Absolutely. I can't believe I hadn't heard of your channel before now - I subscribe to hundreds of channels. I'm definitely a subscriber now! Also, I'm interested in your Line 6 HX Stomp XL - I own a Line 6 Spider V 60 Watt amp with FBV3 footboard. I had wanted the Helix, but it's just too expensive for what I would use it for. It seems the Stomp XL would be a better option for those on a budget but still be able to enjoy its versatile amp/cab library. Have you enjoyed it? Have you shared, or downloaded tones from others and added them to your Stomp XL? I also just paid for Amplitube 5 (Max) and I'm really enjoying that. Cheers from Sicily!
Friedman small box gets these tones too to my ear great video!!
Very nice! Thanks for breaking that down. I’d like to see a breakdown of Leslie West or Robin Trower!
Nice ones! I might add Frank Marino to that list. Now that’s back in the day. Lol
No Mojo sounds so text book perfect....
Grab an Eliminator pedal and your there. Billy always used a fuzz and still does. It's set mildly though.
You mention the Revivaldrive. That pedal can get these sounds beautifully too.
Thanks for this... Down the Billy Rabbit hole we go, do Josh Homme Songs for the deaf tone and Andy Summers from The Police please 😀
Amazing video, I bought the pedal after watching this!
Would you mind sharing the preset you created?
Fantastic video!!! Thank you very much for all the great tips!!!
Whenever I see your les paul I want to go get one
Everyone deserves a nice LP ;)
Nicely done.. how about Robben Ford as an iconic tone topic…
Absolutely. Now that’s a pro.
Another great video! How are you liking the HX Stomp comparing to your Axe FX? Cheers from Porto, Portugal!
His gear has always been a mystery to me. With most of the greats you pretty much know what they used. With Hendrix you know it was always a Marshall. With SRV you pretty much know his core tone was a Super Reverb cranked with a Tube Screamer. But with Billy it just seems like he never had an exact amp that he always used but he still always "sounded like Billy Gibbons". You instantly know his 70's sound. You instantly know his 80's sound. Today I think he is MUCH heavier than he was back then but you still know it's him when you hear him. I'm glad to see him getting some love because he seems like one of those guys that everybody loves but hardly anybody ever really talks about as a genuine "influence" per se. I've got multiple J Rockett pedals (the Dude, Touch, and Golden Archer) but for whatever reason this one just isn't really resonating with me.
Despite some of the negative comments re tone and sounding like or not sounding like Billy.......I just want to know where that Strap is from?? ??
Mr. Ross Gibbons playing
ZZ Top 💪🎸🔊🔊
Nice playing dude & great video. Sorry, the El Hombre not happening at all for me. Mythos Chupacabra all the way.
Enjoyed your video Ross. Gary Moore rock and blues tone would be interesting
Sounds fantastic Ross. Hey ... is that a coincidence that both you and Kfir Ochayon put out a video with this song the same day?
Thanks! Yes it is
sure sounds good. Will it get a Rory Gallagher live sound?
La Grange was actually played on a Strat.
I love seeing younger people playing good music!
Sorry, too fizzy on the top.
You should check out the Mythos Chupacabra! IMO the Chupacabra comes closer to Billy's early sound.
Yeah, and get an octavio
Missing link eliminator pedal knocks this into a cocked hat.
What's your prediction for Fury vs Whyte?
Leslie West..💪💪👌💣💥👑👑👑👑
Yes!
Good video but nothing beats the Mythos Chupacabra for Billy Gibbons tones in terms of pedals
Hombre tresfandangov
One fast way to get the tone: put a Duncan Pearly Gates in the bridge of your ax, any ax. It will give you that very honky, harmonic tone.
Doesn’t sound like Billy’s tone at all
70's Gibson?
Anyone know why they would record the 2nd guitar track slightly out of tune?
Rory Gallagher would be nice but maybe nobody makes a pedal to sound like him...?
The older licks are cool but NO ONE talks the later riffs. Afterburners tone is crazy killer. J ricket don’t touch it. Mescalero is as gritty as it gets. Killer riffs all through it as well. Everyone knows the old licks. All these cats need to discuss the later stuff.
You show em, bro. Make the video and I'll give it the thumbs up!
Way too bright
I just came from listening to early ZZ albums with high end headphones and you’re high end buzz killing it.
Blow it out top syle pearly goarts
Not very close in terms of tone in my opinion. Too much trebles.
Gotthetone jefferson
John Lennon?
Sorry for my bad tablet, that is strat not start.These Amazon mobile tablets should be banned.
You're an amazing player, there's no doubt about that. But the tone in the video doesn't even come close to Billy Gibbons tone. The Helix, Kemper, Two Note Torpedo Captor, Ox Box, they all bite the big one. It's like having sex with a blow up doll. Technically it's sex but let's not pretend it's a real woman..
Use a tele…
I cannot play like this so I will not buy every gear hence I keep sounding bad anyway
Soooooo much of that is supposed to be a Strat... 😂😂😂
This digital stuff sounds so plastic. I think all you guys who use these toys don’t hear it because you are not used to real amps. Sorry but all the emulations sound nothing like the real deal, even in those videos that try to tell you that they do. I don’t get it. Don’t you have ears? If I hear it, you gotta hear it too! …On the other hand, as I said: How can you hear it if you don’t know what to look for.
It’s like trying to replicate the taste of milk when you never tasted it. …Oh wait, that’s exactly what some of you kids are doing. 😂
If I showed a JCM800 in this video mic'd up in the background and told you that's what you were hearing - you'd believe me.
Doesn't sound like Billy....sorry but your way off.