Vertex Effects | 7 months ago

Lee Ritenour is one of the most accomplished and technically proficient guitarists in the world, whose solo career, as a Jazz guitarist, has largely overshadowed his extensive session career. Ritenour played guitar on countless hit records (The Wall, Aja, Saturday Night Fever, and more). Today, we’re sitting down with Lee to reflect on some of his biggest sessions, talk guitar gear, and hear what it was like recording guitar for the world’s biggest artists of the 1970s and 80s.

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(Lee’s ES-335 Strings: 9, 11, 15, 26, 36, 46)
(Lee’s L5 Strings: 12, 14, 18, [flat wound 32, 42, 52])

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:00 INTRODUCTION
03:17 Lee’s Work with The Brothers Johnson
08:44 Lee’s Strings of Choice
10:13 Revisiting “Strawberry Letter 23”
11:51 The Gear Lee Used for The Brothers Johnson Session
16:03 Lee’s Guitar Work on “Deacon Blues” by Steely Dan
19:07 Sweetwater Gear Exchange
20:09 Revisiting “Deacon Blues”
22:30 Lee’s work with the Beegees
26:39 Lee’s NEW record: Brasil
27:21 Revisiting “Saturday Night Fever
29:31 Lee’s First Hit Song
30:44 Lee Recording the “Give Me The Night” Solo
41:58 The Vertex Effects Ultraphonix Overdrive
43:09 Revisiting “Give Me The Night”
46:01 Lee’s work with Pink Floyd
52:17 Revisiting “Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2
56:34 Revisiting “Comfortably Numb”
58:52 Strange Story from a Barbara Streisand Session
01:03:31 Lee’s Work with Barry White
01:08:03 Lee’s work with the Pointer Sisters
01:10:55 Revisiting “I’m So Excited”
01:13:00 The Gear Lee used During his Session Career
01:26:43 How Lee Ritenour Saved Steve Lukather’s Career
01:32:26 How Lee’s New Album “Brasil” Came to Be
01:36:13 Thanks for Watching!

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CREDITS
Host/Producer: Mason Marangella
Guest: Lee Ritenour
Videographer: Ricky Chavez
Video Editing: Mason Mejia
Co-Production/Design: Mason Mejia
Audio Editing: Hunter Harrison

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