Steve Vai - Jemini Distortion Pedal Demo 

I first watched this when I was 17 and I was absolutely blown away, here I am at 31 still just as in awe at his playing.

I've never heard of steve vai, but so far my impression of him is that he really likes playing with himself while everyone watches.

This video is very funny! Love the reactions from the 2 Steve's. Great sounds from the pedals and stellar playing, of course.

Musically speaking, as good as everyone says he is, the more you know about music the more you're blown away by what Steve Vai does and can do. Production-wise, I would've called this video/infomercial cheesy if it wasn't for his acting and editing chops. This video was well done!

i came back to this at 28, first heard it at 15, it still sounds as good

I must be the only person on earth who has never heard of Steve Vai's music. His guitar playing is in another universe + he has great sense of humour.

Right when vai starts playing the 7-string is just purely amazing!!!

Ohh man that face when he's playing !! Just priceless.

Such an amazing artist and cool guy in the meanwhile !

Pedal? I've just been watching god.. I mean Steve Vai beat his guitar stupid. *bowing*

I remember watching this 10 years ago.

I love this guy

Steve is an alien!!

I just can't help feeling that while the rest of us are struggling to bring our genius to the surface, he's struggling to keep his genius close enough to the ground where we can still understand it enough to enjoy it.

this video literally made me change my opinion of him, he's a funny guy!

2024 anyone? I come back to this video at least once a year.

Steve Vai - "I like playing with you!" Steve Vai - "Yeh, I know"

It’s 2023 and I finally got myself a Jemini. That tone still rules today. ❤

I had to check Wikipedia to see if Steve Vai had a twin brother, because seriously, that is some good editing!

This video is gold in so many ways haha. The back and forth, the playing, ... Just killer

clean channel my ass

This "Advertisement" continues to inspire me all these years later. Vai is the most emotionally intelligent guitarist of all time. Praise Hail VAI

Steve is so hilarious, he is a guitar virtuosso and I would love to meet him one day and be his friend.

Who's here in 2021? This vid still holds up and was way ahead of its time. Great stuff #stevevai

Does this not count as playing with yourself? Glad nobody has put video of me playing with myself on RU-vid.

He mentioned gas prices being so high with the 2008 election around the corner in the beginning...gas was $1.84 a gallon then. It's $3.50 a gallon now. Can I return the pedal for a full refund?

Steve is the kind of guy who stands in front of his bathroom mirror every morning...gives himself a big smile and says something like "Dude..you are so AWESOME..gimme 5!"

That first chord progression that he does on the 7 string is amazing.

he calls himself Jack Butler... it's funny, coz he played Jack butler in crossroads...

4:41 lets be real.. that tone with that chord. fucking nice

I admire people who don't take themselves completely serious and can make fun of themselves! xD

this vid makes me smile every time i watch it...gotta love the guy.

5:30 I love his 7 string playing

It doesn't matter which "Vai" plays, they're both amazing. Pedal sounds phenomenal.

Vai has a PhD in music. Therefore he has sonic healing powers.

I love this video, your love of music and how you continually evolve both yourself and music itself is inspiring. Thanks man for being you.

4:47 I spat out my drink....

He just has that tone that no one else has. Signature tone like EVH that no one else has. Damn is it beautiful.

You make the most gorgeous faces when you play

this was the best-coordinated split-screen conversation I've ever seen. Only a good musician could pull something like this off.

i am proud to say iv had a guitar lesson with this great guy :) you would think someone of his talent had no patients but he was really awesome :)

"you wanna play Jack Butler?" crossroads reference totally made my night! haha

6:38 lol "I like playing with you" "Yeah, I know!"

"Clean"...+ chorus, reverb, delay, noise reduction and Vainess.

thet means: Steve Vai's favorite person is Steve Vai

when steve vai called himself jack butler, it was a reference to the movie crossroads, where he plays a guitarist. this man is amazing

Regardless of his style or what you think of Steve Vai....he is very consistent! Always pushing to be creative in new ways with everything he does, and this video is perfect example. Heck of an entertaining piece to self promote, self deprecate, demonstrate the nuts out of a new product and make it funny all at same time. I bet the editing was quite the technical task to boot! Nice job Steve.

steve vai feat. steve vai.

2:42 - 4:47 = Fuckin' Amazin!! This guy is one hell of a guitarist!

5:15- takes me somewhere, some amazing galaxy,.. Vai is a legend.

Steve Vai is So Fuc*ing Awesome. I will never Play like Vai, Even though i love improv on my guitar. Its just Everyone has a Style, And If that sounds good to other guitarists then Embrace that Style!!! Rock On Everyone (Including you Steve!!!!)

2:43-4:47 This solo alone made Steve Vai my guitar hero.

This is like Joe Rogan interviewing Joe Rogan

Steve: “Did you see this new pedal?” Steve: “Yeah I designed it.” Steve: “Oh you did huh?” Steve: “Yeah.” Steve: “Hm.”

Jemini Distortion Pedal is great ! A really amazing performance Steve ! Best regards !!!

Hey look it's Steve Vai and Christian Bale.

Even making a goofy video, he's STILL the greatest guitarist ever!!!!

If you look closely, you'll notice that this is indeed the same person playing with himself

No, YOU rock Vai, no YOUU rock Vai! I loved this, and I apprecaite your sense of humor:) I now have to go and check out this pedal, even if this is a few years old. Thanks!

4:47 is priceless haha

Man,some real talent. Best of the best imo.

This is so cool. 6:08 is priceless.

What song does he play at 5:15?????? I love the sound.

I've got a bunch of concert recordings of Mahavishnu from between 1972 and 1975 and there is some stuff that's on these recordings that just flat out unreal in how McLaughlin played. A lot of it isn't on RU-vid or released albums. Fast? Depending on the gig, they would sometimes kick up the tempo to unreal levels that was mind blowing. He didn't rely too much on trick playing, no real gimmicks being used, but he brought different forms of styles of music which aided in his musical expression.

7:00 i always laugh at this XDDDDDD

Jack Butler :D

I think Steve did a pretty good job but I don’t know…. I feel like Steve really crushed it and Steve’s distortion just sounded better than Steve’s… that’s just my opinion though… maybe you preferred Steve’s ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Vai‘s pickups are really powerful，the sound is extremly bright，like a golden light from the sky.

Hilarious! Plusk the usual brilliant melodic playing. Thank you, Maestro 🙏🏻

Hey Steve, gas prices are high, the dollar is weak, and the Presidential Election is right around the corner. Any possibility of making a new distortion pedal again?

I think first watching this one when I was like 11 is the thing that made me wanna start playing 7 string guitars! That tone on the 7 is just godly :)

The intro had major covid vibes until I check the upload date

2:18 : "you are the BOSS" ooops...

The 252 that gave Steve Vai thumbs down are clearly not guitarists.

What the hell. Steve has a twin brother That explains why he is at so many places at the same time 😂

No one sounds like Steve Vai. Sure, there's lots of technically skilled guitarists in the world, but in addition to the technical skills, Vai composes and plays like he's from another planet.

This is 15 yrs ago but what he said in the beginning might be true for 2023.

14 years later still holds up

That intro let me know that this vid was from 2008 lmao

14 years later and I'm still wondering if he went to Tahiti. I need to know!

This world needs more Steve Vai's. Genuine Vai's. Love you man.

Classic RU-vid guitar moment.

And those Evolution pick ups don’t hurt either

4:00 those scratches tho

Vai Vs Vai a new album cover perhaps? 😂😂😂

You Rock Vai

Someone told this dude he was good once They were right

What's crazy to me is that Vai seems to have reached a point with rock music, as limited as it is sheet-music wise, where he's essentially mastered any technique of any modern era rock guitarist and it's almost like he sleepwalks through it he's so good. He's a pretty esoteric dude who CAN read music and being a Zappa acolyte, and watching other videos of old Stevie boy online, is obviously playing some searching material. A lot of Vai's earlier solo stuff was a little grating (OK, a LOT grating) for the uninitiated, but it grew like mold. Can't tell you how many Vai Flexable tapes I basically stole from the Bradlee's I worked at just to get the music out there and demo the shitty home audio systems that were the rage at the time.

2021 and this video still make me laugh

i came back to check that part haha 4:13 man, time flyes !!

I saw this video 13 years ago… I need this pedal

i'm crying of laughter at the fucking bit at 1:55

@camilovelandiamusic Have you ever heard Vai without any effects? haha

Actually if i was him, my favorite person would be myself too.

2024 and im here again

this was so natural...

I've got this pedal and I love it! What's best about this demo to me is besides the comedy, it isn't misleading. Y'know how sometimes the demo sounds awesome but then you sound nothing like it because you don't have all of the other awesome goodies that the artist in the demo has and their pedal has maybe been modded, but here this isn't the case. I don't sound anything like Steve Vai and I don't aim to, but you can get Vai sounds with this pedal. Thanks for this great and accurate demo :)

this is the kind of music you can trip to

Steve is just so damn funny and talent oozes from every pore it's like he's not even human simply brilliant!

this demo feels like a clinic, lol