Steve Vai's favorite 10 guitars 2022 

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.

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!!!✨💖🌞

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!

I’m new on the scene and keep seeing Steve’s name all over. This is the first video I watched with him in it and he’s is truly a special person. He deserves all the praise.

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。

Vai looks more italian than ever with that glorious stache.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

I like what those guitars are tryin' to do.

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

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

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.

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

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?

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

Thank You for sharing these Guitars.

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

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... ®

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

I have an Ibanez performance 12 string acoustic guitar

MR STEVE VAI ! YOUR GREAT !

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

Ibanez Jem scalloped

ヴァイさんがアイバニーズを使い出す前 80年代を通じて愛用していたパステル･グリーン･フィニッシュのシャーベル・カスタム・モデルがないですねぇ

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

Ok I just saw Steve Vai chicken picking on a jem strat ok I can die now .....

.... Steve Via with a mustache looks like my traffic safety instructor....i can't unsee it.... think i could get him for emotional trauma?.... like an ebony pia made from asteroid metals?

Him and Satriani are both such nice dudes, I wish I cared for their music.

If I only had 50% of his skills I would be in a Rock band .......🤟

There's never enough love shown for Woody. For some reason I feel that Steve ultimately doesn't love it that much.

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I wanted to use my fingers and no whammy bar and all sorts of kind of "crazy" things-lol ...and here we were thinking all of the licking the guitar, harmonic tapping with your tongue, and outer space whammy bar with absolute otherworldly FX were the "crazy" things ;)))) Who knew?

どれも説得力があるな

7 strings acoustic... mmm, never see that coming 🔥

That green pia holly shit it’s the Jennifer Aniston guitars absolutely gorgeous

I thought "FLO" was named after the Floral pattern.

Has all the gear in the world, record voice on the video with a toaster

No jem77fp? How Is It possible

6:12! ooh ooh black Pia bam ba lam!

Don't feel bad Steve, I can't play your style of music on my Gretsch either...

DOPE!!! DOPE.....

Can I have one please?

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I want the green Jem. Not a fan of the PIA "Teardrops". They look more like Jalapenos.

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1 the green stolen Charvel will always be THE guitar for me. 2 where Yngwie's strat?

7弦のアコギって確かに見かけないな

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Awesome guitars, but that poor 7-string acoustic was so out of tune. You could see the pain on Steve's face when he first strummed it.

In my opinion Flo III sounds better than any other white jem.

I can't get past the mustache sorry Steve

Steve can i borrow your least special guitar for awhile? ;)

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!

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

👍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

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

Very cool! That gift from Joe is really awesome!

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

Please watch gary yourofsky's speech on veganism on RU-vid and end animal cruelty also check out earthling Ed, Dr michel greger, dominion documentary for more information 💚 Steve vai is also vegan 😀

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

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?

the stratogem should be a production model.

I already know the list before watching... lets see how close I think I am. Edit post-watching: No. 1, I'm correct. No. 2, I'm correct. No. 3, I'm correct(Partially). No. 4, I'm correct. No. 5, I'm wrong. No. 6, I'm correct. No. 7, I'm correct. No. 8, I'm wrong. No. 9, I'm way off. No. 10, didn't see that one coming. 60%....I failed.

the acoustic sounded like garbage 😂

Vai is starting to look more and more like Zappa

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!

Damn imagine if his mom never got him a guitar

Cool stuff!

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

My Girlfriend said " But they are all exactly the same "

thank you so much for putting this together!

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

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

As much as I should expect it, it's really disturbing to me seeing Steve outside of his comfort zone. Yeah! The Gretsch!!!

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

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

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

Knpa Steve vai lbih menyukai Gitar Evo warna putih, dan knpa di gagang yah itu bkan yah titik ttapi mlah sperti gambar daun sirih??? Hahaha... ®

It makes me feel like a kid in a candyshop.

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

I thought the FLO guitars were repainted floral JEMs. That's what he said in the past. Also, wasn't EVO the resonant one?

Wah ternyata Ibanez ada yg bentuk dan suara yah sperti Fender Telecaster??? Hahaha... ®

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

Steve vai gitar yah buanyak tp jarang pda di pakai di panggung??? Hahaha... ®

Wah gitar yah Joe satriani jg punya Steve vai??? Hahaha... ®

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.

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.

Humble steve via

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

W O W ! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍