Steve Vai's favorite 10 guitars 2022 

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 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!

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 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.

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

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

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!!!✨💖🌞

thank you so much for putting this together!

Very cool! That gift from Joe is really awesome!

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

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

Vai looks more italian than ever with that glorious stache.

Nice collection!

Cool stuff!

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

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

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

👍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

Thank You for sharing these Guitars.

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

Love you Steve! Thank you for sharing! ✌️

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.

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

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

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

I like what those guitars are tryin' to do.

Man !! So cool !!

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

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..

All his whammy bars look HUGE!

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

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.

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

Such a lovely guy!!!

とても興味深くみれました〜！

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

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

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.

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

ヴァイ先生、新譜良かったです♪

人柄が素晴らしい

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

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!

Amazing the black pia ...💫🔝

The GOAT right there.

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

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。

Black Pia is my favorite!!

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.

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

the stratogem should be a production model.

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!!

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

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.

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

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?

Digging the facial hair Steven.

It makes me feel like a kid in a candyshop.

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

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

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.

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

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!

MR STEVE VAI ! YOUR GREAT !

Humble steve via

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

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...。

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

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

That Black Pia 😍

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

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

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

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?

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

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♪

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

The JS is beautiful 💖✌️🤘🇦🇺

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Ibanez Jem scalloped

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

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... ®

どれも説得力があるな

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

What is the guitar used in the Little Pretty video?

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

Evo was the best engine.

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

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

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

I have an Ibanez performance 12 string acoustic guitar

I wonder who goes in and cleans that studio. So much gear in one place.

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