Steve Vai's favorite 10 guitars 2022

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2 жыл бұрын

Steve Vai shows you 10 guitars of his favorite right now, out of the huge collection at his private studio in L.A.
0:05 Ibanez : Universe “BRUNO”
1:16 Ibanez : JEM7V “EVO”
2:31 Ibanez : JEM7V “FLOIII”
4:47 Ibanez : JEM77 “EMY”
6:11 Ibanez : PIA Onyx Black “NILE”
7:56 Ibanez : PIA Envy Green
10:02 Fender : Stratocaster “STICKER STRAT”
12:13 Ibaneez : JS
13:39 Gretsch : G6118T-60 VS “SWAGGER”
16:09 Ibanez : Artwood 7-string “BIGGER BOY”
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@brettgarsed 2 жыл бұрын

I was invited to play with Dweezil in the Zappa Plays Zappa band when they first toured Australia in around 2007? I was shocked when Steve asked me to play Evo on the gig. It was like Clapton asking me to play Blackie or David Gilmour asking me to play the black strat. A moment I'll never forget. To play one of the most historic guitars owned by one of the greatest guitarists, musicians, composers in history....amazing. Thanks Steve!

@mikepoirier2492 2 жыл бұрын

I'd let you play my guitars too Brett...

@michaelbrock 2 жыл бұрын

That's so awesome! I got to play a few notes on Flo III at Vai Academy and it was just surreal.

@michaelschmidt9708 2 жыл бұрын

I know how that feels. I've had the privilege of playing one of Eddie Van Halen's guitars up at his studio as well as one of Uli Jon Roth's first Sky guitar models.

@shannonbourne8751 2 жыл бұрын

I was there :)

@comfortablynumb9342 2 жыл бұрын

I would shake just picking it up.

@chris_2714 2 жыл бұрын

I like how he said the wood matters but he can't hear the differences, but rather it's the whole package and how it all sounds together. Completely agree!

@LerockJohn 2 жыл бұрын

His hesitations, pauses, thoughtful breaks in his speech, even for a season pro like him tells you all about the magic of the musical instrument itself.

@DaleKamp 2 жыл бұрын

When I went to get my first guitar at a Guitar Center in Las Vegas in 2006, Steve Vai was there. As a teenager at the time, I didn't know who he was -- but I just happened to pick an Ibanez as my first guitar, and he signed it for me. I remember he was really nice -- and I wish I knew who he was back then. Besides two employees at that section, I was pretty much alone with him for 30 whole minutes.

@user-wg7tp3mc6e 2 жыл бұрын

7:54の表情、老いてもなお若々しい気持ちがあって最高です

@jboughtin7522 2 жыл бұрын

The JS guitar, love it! Looking forward to hearing your solo acoustic material.

@rocanrolafx2179 2 жыл бұрын

When He showed the Strat 70s with which he played with Zappa, all modified... It is really surprising to see the Darwinian evolution towards his later models by Jem!!!✨💖🌞

@ckmoore101 2 жыл бұрын

VEry similar looking (except color) to Brad Gillis' strat

@larryrock11 2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for putting this together!

@brianmccrory3778 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool! That gift from Joe is really awesome!

@BaldPerspective 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to see Steve fully-recovered, it seems, from his shoulder injury. Good stuff.

@strauss885 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you mention bad horsie for your next tour can't wait to meet you your flow and evo are so legendary to me as an Ibanez player I own 3 rgs ...very cool video thank you

@itsalwayssomething7490 2 жыл бұрын

Vai looks more italian than ever with that glorious stache.

@bozziovai 2 жыл бұрын

NILE !!!!!! the most beautiful guitat i ever laid my eyes on.

@joshuataft5541 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. Black pia and evo. There all cool I dream of trying one . Steve is a real gem 💎

@abfranklin8492 2 жыл бұрын

Every time I watch one of your videos I end up drooling over the Green Pia. Gotta find me one.

@wheresallthezombies 2 жыл бұрын

That gem strat was the most straty guitar I’ve ever heard.

@kotasasa3084 2 жыл бұрын

👍一個しか押せないのがもどかしい素晴らしい動画に感謝

@jeremythornton433 2 жыл бұрын

Nice collection!

@valuedhumanoid6574 2 жыл бұрын

I can't believe Woody didn't make the cut. That is my favorite. Tak Hosono outdid himself with that beauty

@matthewshort7904 2 жыл бұрын

Didn't he donate that to an auction? I thought that's why they made it in the first place.

@michaelbrock 2 жыл бұрын

The Woodies are absolutely gorgeous but they don't sing with passion like the white Jems. Steve's was one of a kind, but the production models were a bit lacking. Not to say they're bad, because they aren't...they just don't have quite the same elegance and response.

@nucavani 2 жыл бұрын

Love you Steve! Thank you for sharing! ✌️

@ryant3600 2 жыл бұрын

These are great.. I really like the look and sound of that Strat, the Onyx Pia.. but I can't keep eyeing that Green Jem hanging in the background.. That has been my dream guitar since I was a teenager back in the late 80s..

@TheOriginalArchie 2 жыл бұрын

I've been listening to Steve since the Attitude Song came out in Guitar Player magazine in 84, I was just a kid. I still have the vinyl disc that came in the magazine. I don't like seeing Vai grow old. Maybe I'm foreshadowing, because I'm 47 now.

@chuckyinges 2 жыл бұрын

It's kinda hard to accept that all these 80s virtuosos are pushing or past 60...Satch, Vai, Timmons, Yngwie, Vinnie Moore, Michael Angelo Batio. Even Paul Gilbert who used to be the young kid has aged. Meanwhile Marty Friedman still looks the same as Rust in Peace era.

@David.C.Velasquez 2 жыл бұрын

Same here buddy, except I'm 49. I ended up finding Flexible after that, in a small town K-mart. Told my parents I wanted a guitar for Christmas that year, and got one of those built in speaker ones lol.

@Ron_Padgett 2 жыл бұрын

Cool stuff!

@StephenPurington 2 жыл бұрын

Thank You for sharing these Guitars.

@loucifer8009 2 жыл бұрын

I like what those guitars are tryin' to do.

@theharvardyard2356 2 жыл бұрын

The first Flo is my pick. Gold True Temperament frets, upper frets scalloped, sustainer, edge trem with carbon bar, dang. 100% dream guitar.

@SharpEdgeStandardOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Steve doesn’t give the Jem77fp enough love and attention. It’s the only vai guitar that I’ve always loved

@ornleifs 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly - for me it's the coolest guitar ever made.

@Ibaneddie76 2 жыл бұрын

I own that guitar and absolutely love it, it sounds different from any other Jem I own in a great way. I definitely agree with you on that one!

@JohnLloydDavis 2 жыл бұрын

I had one for a lot of years. It was the most versatile guitar I had played until very recently.

@Dan_Dearborn 2 жыл бұрын

I have an 88 that I bought in 89 and the toured with for 13 years...It's still my go to guitar

@CoveredByKyle_ 2 жыл бұрын

FLO (the first one) actually was a floral pattern guitar repainted white! It was a main guitar for about 10 years (1999-2009), and from some speculation it is thought that it was one of his main skyscraper guitars, that had the monkey grip destroyed by thomas mcrocklin (hence the new paint job, chosen as the 7vwh was becoming the new standard model)

@comfortablynumb9342 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine Satriani sending you his tour guitar that he personally painted! Great video. Steve always is great at interviews and seems like a good person. I've been a fan since Eat'em And Smile. Got to see him on a G3 tour, second row center. Wow. What a show.

@Examigan 2 жыл бұрын

Small world, as I saw him at the G3 Seattle concert in 1996 from 2nd row. =)

@comfortablynumb9342 2 жыл бұрын

@@Examigan that's about when I saw them.

@Examigan 2 жыл бұрын

@@comfortablynumb9342 I forgot to mention I saw the Eat 'em and Skyscraper tours, also with Whitesnake after that, all in Seattle but not so close those times. =) Also saw him at a smaller place called Parkers in 1993.

@JuanPiVlok 2 жыл бұрын

Obviously he is an incredible musician, but I admire more as a human being.

@mikepoirier2492 2 жыл бұрын

All his whammy bars look HUGE!

@knowitall1694 2 жыл бұрын

I envy Steve. He still has his first "real guitar", a Fender Stratocaster (10:10). I'm about Steve's age and I also got my first "real guitar" at the age of 16. Opposed to Steve, who got money from his mother, I worked all Summer in a stinking steel factory to save the money. I also modified my Strat but only as far as that I could revert it back to the original. I remember sweating as to whether I should route out the single coil cavity to be able to fit a Bill Lawrence humbucker... and I did. But because it sounded horrible, I put the single coil back in. Had I not moved around so much, I'd probably still have my Strat and early Ibanez guitars. Great video. I enjoyed it.

@LerockJohn 2 жыл бұрын

It makes so much sense that we cannot really explain why our favorite tools becomes what they are. As a musician myself, I totally dig this. Peace!!

@briw4647 2 жыл бұрын

I have an ibanez jem, lovely guitar. I especially like the neck, feels so good. I know dome don't like the neck but it fits my hand perfectly

@nickboxer7147 2 жыл бұрын

I teared up for the JS guitar because I've never had a friendship like that

@ryusuke_s 2 жыл бұрын

未だに"EVO"、"FLO"が現役なのが素晴らしい。スティーブ、ジョーに憧れてIbanez党になった者としては嬉しい限り。

@dw6213 2 жыл бұрын

Vai is starting to look more and more like Zappa

@andresantel2137 2 жыл бұрын

must be a hard work for his Guitar Tech to restring all those guitars

@fishguitar1984 10 ай бұрын

holy,can't believe the most baeuiful JS guitar I think is in the Vai studio😁

@doublebguitarplayer9434 2 жыл бұрын

The GOAT right there.

@WayneTwitch 2 жыл бұрын

That black and gold one is fucking dope you can see the quality of it the neck inlays are insane same with the frets.

@StephenPurington 2 жыл бұрын

True That !

@ricdale7813 2 жыл бұрын

Holy Crap. He has so many Synergy modules. What a Superb Museum he keeps.

@WutipongWongsakuldej 2 жыл бұрын

He’s a Synergy artist now. Maybe he has each of every one of them.

@Jmilillo 2 жыл бұрын

He really loves that black PIA too. Can't wait to see him rock it when I go see him live next month.

@Phoenix-ss1pr 2 жыл бұрын

Yea its gonna be my first concert

@Jmilillo 2 жыл бұрын

@@Phoenix-ss1pr Mine too.

@Jmilillo 2 жыл бұрын

Where are you going to see him?

@Phoenix-ss1pr 2 жыл бұрын

@@Jmilillo fargo ND

@Phoenix-ss1pr 2 жыл бұрын

@@Jmilillo sick

@roygertel 2 жыл бұрын

Man !! So cool !!

@DarioGrillo 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing the black pia ...💫🔝

@edcorneau7346 2 жыл бұрын

I have one of those original X2N's. Great pickup. Big fan of the Duncan Invader if you want a fat, hot tone with smooth mids

@57classic-rc2qx 4 ай бұрын

人柄が素晴らしい

@johncarlmusic 2 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised that he didn't include Girly or the other one for his Gravity Storm/John The Revelator. Those songs are one of my favorite!

@adiriakya9724 2 жыл бұрын

the stratogem should be a production model.

@Epopeyasdelnortegrande 2 жыл бұрын

Such a lovely guy!!!

@CodenameCuervo 2 жыл бұрын

It's all about the Flo and Evo-lution of the soul of music 👽💀

@steveg219 2 жыл бұрын

Black Pia is my favorite!!

@mixodorians12 2 жыл бұрын

Always thought (actually told in various guitar magazines in the nineties) the flo guitars were repainted floral Jems, that were given the white treatment because he wasn't pushing the floral jems anymore for Ibanez, as they weren't making them... but loved a couple of the floral jems, and wanted to keep them and use them on the road, so had them made up to look like the newer white jems he was pushing at the time.

@KandyMan90 2 жыл бұрын

I think this is mentioned on his website as well. He has All About Evo and All About Flo and if I'm not misremembering you're right he described Flo as a repainted floral JEM that even had the neck pocket converted to the new style AANJ to fit the new necks on it. Maybe one of the Flo models was the story he told in this video but he's always said everywhere else it was previously a floral JEM

@fatboy10001 2 жыл бұрын

i love IBANEZ, Japan exilense for ever!! lovely people god bless them the lovely Japanese, much love from the Norway

@hanamichi244 2 жыл бұрын

アイバニーズはヴァイとの関係はホント大切にすべきだね♪

@JJ22LR 2 жыл бұрын

10:06 うわ懐かしいギター。このストラトに憧れてフロイドローズ付けたりステッカー貼ったりしてた...。

@KT-gt8no 2 жыл бұрын

No wonder you guys can do so much with your guitars because you put so many things in it to make it sounds good. Money can make whatever you want to happen, happen. Off course skills count for the most of it for sure.

@CANDY11260321 2 жыл бұрын

ヴァイ先生、新譜良かったです♪

@OnlyElshafto 2 жыл бұрын

The older steve gets the more he sounds n acts like an ol mafia dufe.. 😊👍 Luv u steve vai.. Thee GOAT

@christianlarsson2038 2 жыл бұрын

They really should release that 21 fret strat-JEM (but with 22 frets), I'm very sure it would be a hit. A lot of people can't stand double locking trems and there's now NO fixed bridge JEMs. Or JS models either for that matter.

@kipponi 2 жыл бұрын

Yes every different guitars have different songs "build in" which you can use.

@VirtualDvid 2 жыл бұрын

I bought the black PIA mid February 2021. Still waiting for it. Tentative arrival Jun 2022. 😕

@Neil-Aspinall 2 жыл бұрын

Digging the facial hair Steven.

@glennvogt1194 2 жыл бұрын

Someday when Steve gets into the Rock-'n'-roll Hall of Fame, that fender Stratocaster would make a great display piece.

@nologo24 Жыл бұрын

God hand of Guitar master very kind handsome and perfectly guitarist in my mind ❤

@aleistercrowley545 2 жыл бұрын

とても興味深くみれました〜！

@ElectricMahatama 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah baby

@lgx2410 2 жыл бұрын

The green pia is beautiful. I actually put a deposit on one but then cancelled it. Still regret it.

@souloftheage 2 жыл бұрын

Wish you'd write a book not so much about guitars(don't get me wrong I love them and own 62). But your view on life, love, hardships and reflections of your own life

@brandon_945 Жыл бұрын

4:50 same man same. It’s the fretboard radius and volume knob location 😅

@rumglas 2 жыл бұрын

It makes me feel like a kid in a candyshop.

@thrashingpanic 2 жыл бұрын

Traditional Russian acoustic guitar is a 7 string. When I was a kid I played guitar (I mean, I still do ;) ) and my friend wanted to play too. His dad bought him this 7 string guitar. He said "I didn't know which one to buy so I've bought the one with most string on" :D This was the worst guitar I have ever had in my hand. Incredibly bad craftmanship :D

@frankorobinson1540 2 жыл бұрын

Humble steve via

@sillyskeleton 2 жыл бұрын

I'm definitely noticing a trend here with most of these guitars, lol.

@steveg219 2 жыл бұрын

I use to go to Matthew Music back in the day on Long Island too!

@marvelharris9540 2 жыл бұрын

Steve you need a consultant on your hair and look... jesus the mustache... love ya man!

@dblanco77 2 жыл бұрын

Bruno!??? "We don't talk about Bruno!" ;-) great video!!!

@lazyfingers4382 2 жыл бұрын

That Black Pia 😍

@BlueishBb 2 жыл бұрын

I like Steve, love how passionate he is about music. But couldn't he have bothered to tune the acoustic?

@albertocolombo4220 2 жыл бұрын

(06:01): I wish I could hear much more of that kind of stuff from Steve

@marclucas1683 2 жыл бұрын

MR STEVE VAI ! YOUR GREAT !

@andybaldman 2 жыл бұрын

His great what?

@scottperrin9655 2 жыл бұрын

I can't stop staring at the LNG JEM right behind him. My life's dream is to has one but it'll probably never happen...Great video BTW!

@pihermoso11 2 жыл бұрын

the LNG .the yellow, and the bright red/orange JEMS with colorful knobs are pure 80's ...i need those 3 to remind me of those great times

@fallingmanuk 2 жыл бұрын

@@pihermoso11 Loch Ness green, desert sun yellow, and shocking pink - I have the pink one, but yes, it looks more orange now sadly! 😕

@careycummings9999 2 жыл бұрын

It took me almost 30 years to get my Desert Sun Yellow JEM 777, but I finally have it and it will be with me forever!

@miketurner4173 2 жыл бұрын

The JS is beautiful 💖✌️🤘🇦🇺

@arthousebill 2 жыл бұрын

I could totally listen to Steve Vai talk about his guitars all day lol. As along time Strat devotee it would be pretty otherworldly to play that early Sticker Strat

@watchuwatching1286 2 жыл бұрын

Someone needs to show PRS and John Mayer that green Jem77 as to what a proper Strat clone should look and sound like. Wow!

@raysills6666 2 жыл бұрын

Lol 👏🤣

@CocoKoi321 2 жыл бұрын

Its awesome when he shows and talks about the personalities of his guitars more than anything and the character of his old guitars Oh gosh his strat style jem only 21 frets :( ew isn't his guitars supposed to be more modern? No 22?

@Jaden48108 2 жыл бұрын

The PIA Black is definitely my favorite, especially after hearing it on the song Knappsack- was blown away by its playability. How many guitars you know that can be played one-handed?

@xamislimelight8965 2 жыл бұрын

Anything in Vai's hands? Lol

@Jaden48108 2 жыл бұрын

@@xamislimelight8965 Pretty much.

@Beyond-Antares Жыл бұрын

I played it in store and had to get it. I honestly find the neck felt like an improved Jem. Definitely worth getting!

@Jaden48108 Жыл бұрын

@@Beyond-Antares Do you remember the price tag on it?

@6xcchamber971 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mr Steve!!! Can you tell me what Potentiometers and Capacitors are in your beloved Jem Guitars!!! Thank you, B

@cbdyna 2 жыл бұрын

Cool story about naming your guitars after Harley engines. Evo is a great engine and I still see plenty of those Evo's on the road when I'm out riding. Especially when riding in the Appalachian mountains.

@comfortablynumb9342 2 жыл бұрын

I live near those mountains for now. It's always awesome when a pack of Hogs rolls by. But I miss Florida.

@hathaway.1166 2 жыл бұрын

what do you guys think abt the new Rev Max engine

@cbdyna 2 жыл бұрын

@@hathaway.1166 Dont know much about that engine, but sure its ok if it is the first one replacing the engine thats been in sportsters since 1986. Might have kinks to be worked out, but don't know? Hopefully no kinks like the new M8 the first few years. What are you hearing?

@RudiAnto-nb8zj 2 жыл бұрын

Wow Amazing ternyata Steve vai punya gitar Fender Stratocaster, ttapi warna yah terkeren yg pernah Saya liat dari Fender2 yg lain, sperti gitar Yngwie hanya berwarna kuning??? Hahaha... ®

@40fit38 2 жыл бұрын

Guitars have their own personality and we learn more about them as we bond while playing them.

@LuisRdzG10 2 жыл бұрын

Now you'll have to update this with the damn hydra guitar just released weeks ago... that's fucking crazy

@Shark_Sandwich 2 жыл бұрын

At so many points this teetered on the edge of Spinal Tap-ness 😂

@f.d.english5080 2 жыл бұрын

anybody know why JS likes a no angle head stock? just wondering

@RudiAnto-nb8zj 2 жыл бұрын

Gitar2 yah Steve vai emang yg pling keren dan nyentrik bentuk dan warna yah???hahaha...®

@davidhurry8729 2 жыл бұрын

I have an Ibanez performance 12 string acoustic guitar

@leeDs718 2 жыл бұрын

What is the guitar used in the Little Pretty video?

@user-qu3hw1wp7w 2 жыл бұрын

W O W ! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@DANTHETUBEMAN 2 жыл бұрын

Evo was the best engine.

@gordon9177 2 жыл бұрын

cool stuff guys. wonder why he didn't show that "Green" guitar he used, when he first joined DLR!

@fallingmanuk 2 жыл бұрын

The Green Meanie? I wondered that too but I don't think it actually exists in one piece as it came apart in his hands one day when he pulled the Floyd Rose right out, if I remember the story many years ago!

@gordon9177 2 жыл бұрын

@@fallingmanuk ah ya, I forgot abut. I do remember some of his gear had gotten stolen & figured that’s why it wasn’t showed. Tone Talk KZfaq channel has Grover as their guest and he tells the story on that guitar 🎸 and how Steve ended up with it.

@donDonau 2 жыл бұрын

You mean green strat?

@gordon9177 2 жыл бұрын

@@donDonau yup

@marclucas1683 2 жыл бұрын

I LOVE YOUR FENDER ! THE FIRST ! I LIKE IBANEZ ! BUT I LOVE FENDER GUITARS ! THANK YOU STEVE !!!