Hello RU-vid, this is my cover of Steve Vai's legendary song Tender Surrender. I really enjoy playing it, especially on this guitar ! all credit goes to Steve Vai : / stevevai #SteveVai #Ibanez #PIA #TenderSurrender #Cover
Here it is! Mind blowing, outstanding. You got such a feeling, sounds like notes are your words, chords are phrases and solos - poems. Keep it up, I'm seriously hoping you'll reach RU-vid heights, you deserve it bud. 👏
@@JamesFlorio-ti8gc Thanks a lot mate, I really appreciate 🙏 🎸 🔥 You should checkout Guthrie Govan’s tutorial, I have learned from his old series videos you should be fine with this ! (No tab but Guthrie is a great teacher)
Thanks a lot dude 🙏 Yeah I had to put some work on this one. Currently working some Guthrie Govan stuff and it requires even more work 🤣 Thanks again for your comment 🎸 🔥
You have really great feel. Vai has a very unique approach to the instrument and most people (especially me) can't really match his phrasing and intonation, but you seem to have got the feel down. I don't care for most covers on the internet but really enjoyed this one.
Thanks a lot for your feedback 😎 Actually still not perfect, and as Master Vai has said self-criticism can be both source of improvement and frustration, when I see his playing I feel bad 😂 but anyway I have released this cover as it is, nothing to prove but make me improve for sure and all unexpected feedbacks like yours really reach me 🙂 Thanks again and glad you enjoyed 😎 🎸 🔥
You are the perfect example of a really good guitar player. You are aproaching a better playing, better soun, better musicality, nothing appers just as a miracle. You have been working constantly. Im sure you will become an excellent musician keeping this way amd uploading videos like this one. I admire your dedication. Regards from México. I hope to get the same Pia Guitar White that you have, it looks amazing. Be safe
Thank you for your nice feedback, i really apprieciate ! I had the chance to start classical guitar at 7-8yo and real work was on this instrument. Started Electrical guitar at 14yo and it was only advertisement. But I used to spend a lot of time on it. Today after almost 8 years without playing, Covid brought guitars back to my life and I tried to catch back all this time. This PIA came to me also by pure and not planned chance, and this is by far the best guitar I have ever played (and i used to test many different guitars). I really wish you to test it once and to get it if it fits your taste Be safe too 🎸🔥
Hi Mate, thanks a lot for your feedback !! Actually I had a comment regarding the delay, apparently too much and I kind of agree. Also, as Steve uses 2 none synchronized delays, it is tough to get close 😅 Again thanks, hope you enjoyed 🎸🔥
Thanks man 😎 Yeah that PIA is so cool to play and sound is great. Very versatile as well! Lately I am also coming back to fender as well, get a Fender Telecaster Player Plus Nashville and it really sound great. Pretty different from that PIA of course 🎸
@@ilyasrayan4791 hey bro for got to say my very first guitar was Ibanez i play a Fender Jazzmaster but i fine that Ibanez felt much better in my hand then Fender the Fender neck feel's bulky or fat. Ibanez feel's flat and comfortable for me hoping to get Ibanez Jem or Pia but Australia prices are way up there hope i win lotto Peace out Homie keep playing
@@julenropitini9749 haha I wish you to win loto then! For my PIA it is a nice holidays story, didn't planned to buy it at all and just fall on it randomly during summer (not easy to find in france) brand new with 600€ discount and this one has been only played by me.. I could test it for 1 hour... 1 month later I bought it and receive it. Regarding fender neck. Actually i didn't like fender for years but last 6 month I started to get back to it and found out that you have hundreds of different necks.... Player plus neck is good, and lately I have tested Socal Charvel with compound radius.... Really nice feeling. Across all the guitar it became I like each neck according to what I want to play... But Pia's is above all for me. Wish you to get one soon! By the way you'll see pia's neck is a bit thicker compared to the jem. Body is more comfortable and New Utopia dimarzio pickups are way above classic jem dimarzio pickups
Sounds wonderful, you nailed it. Just pick a pia up ,every day I’m loving it more .probably the easiest guitar I have to play ..now I’m going to have to learn this song 🙄😀
Thanks a lot mate 🎸 🔥 Yeah I made sure to learn this one and for the love of god (you can check the cover on my channel too) before getting the PIA and it was way easier to play on it 🤣 Pretty sure you are enjoying your PIA and good luck for learning Tender Surrender ! It worth the time spent 😎
Very nice! 🎉 But, can you play without a pick. It sounds to crunchy, and if you listen and also see Steve Vai, goes without pick. I’m very rusty now, but back in the old times I could get the same sound only with fingers. What a way to rock that Pia man! Nicely done
Hi Nicolás ! Thanks a lot for your feedback 🙏🎸🔥 Yes I know Steve is using his fingers on the clean part. Actually I used to play it using my fingers (sometimes both depending of the section), but I also wanted at some point more brightness on my clean sound so I played it using the pick only. Since then and on the video (you can see during the transition) I am actually running a transparent overdrive on the clean part and reducing volume pot + PIA trebble bleed enabled on the 4th position pickups. I liked the way it sound but as you mentioned it diserves to go back to fingers for the clean part 🤣 I’ll probably do so, anyway it is recorded now but I will apply your wise advise 😎 And Yeah PIA is a great instrument to play, incredible guitar 🎸 ❤️
Steve plays the mellow parts tenderly w his fingers....hence the name of this song. This guy nailed it. Tone wise as well there was nothing to crunchy about it. But hey everyone is entitled to there opinion. Probably the second best I've heard . The best I heard was an interpretation and wasn't note for note.
Haha Actually Bad Horsie looks really awesome to play. The only issue is that it needs a Drop C and on floyd guitar it's mess... (not really playing drop C songs) I may do it on my old ltd kh-202 though butI have to take the time first to do the trem setting and then learn the song. I'll keep it in mind!
Thanks 🙏 I needed like 1 day to fully learn it from Guthrie Govan's video tutorial and then I just played it over and over for fun and it came out like this 😎
Never say never (actually in case of the white or black model because yeah the pia3671 looks insane and so is the price 🤣) Wish you to get one whatever the color !
Hi Matthew, Thank you for your feedback :) I use guitar rig 6 + my pedalboard on my videos. For FTLOG, I had only used GR6 default preset "80's solo" + my Kirk HamMett Wah. For Tender Surrender, I use simple Jazz amp from GR6 + couple pedals (Jan Ray for crunch on clean part, then Jan Ray + distortion pedal on solo + delay and reverb). Secret is mainly coming from the PIA played at low volume with trebble bleed enabled. Using this PIA configuration on 4th position (to get that to be strat sound) on a crunchy amp or amp in a box. Also using a very very small Shimmer on my reverb (stolen this from RU-vidr Paul Davids). but PIA is really making the difference, tone is incredible ! You have all my secrets
@@ilyasrayan4791 my friend you’re beyond a pro level player and it is a joy to hear these versions. And that Pia is sublime! Out of my price range especially given my skill level, but wow is she gorgeous! Please keep making and sharing music with her!
@@matthewmp111 thanks a lot I appreciate 🔥 💪 Wasn't expecting this kind of feedback! Unfortunately I can't play as often as I would like due to everybody's time constraint, but for sure I won't give up the guitar again! I wish you to keep improving on your guitar skills, and enjoy the music out of your fingers and instrument, this is the most important 😎 🎸 🔥 Cheers from France 🇫🇷 🎸 🔥
Thanks dude 😎 Keep working on it! It will make you progress if you maintain a certain level of self-criticism. The point also is that Master Vai's music is of course not the easiest songs to learn (beginner or not) used to have a friend who played Vai's as beginner, and despite he could play, his overall touch (whatever the sound) was not clear at all and even 'on guitarists could hear the difference. My advice would be keep learning tender surrender and enjoy it! But in parallel keep working your guitar touch on esier songs. Tender surrender is quite tricky to play, you need the best of your touch to make it your own version :) Really good luck, and wish you all the best for your infinite guitar journey 🎸 🔥
Thanks for your comment 😊 Sure I can give you some hints ! So firstly whats is really helpful is to listen the song enough so you can even kind of know and remember the overall melody. Then, I volountary or unvolontary applied old childhood song learning method I got from my classical guitar class : decomposing & repetition. You need to split the whole song within small parts and learn them one by one. Once one part is learned and played enough, you will remember it for sure. Applying this both your mind and fingers will memorize the song. if you don't know how to decompose, I can recommend you Guthrie Govan's videos. I have actually learned tender Surrender from his videos : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-MnC_SUTXxdo.html Wish you good luck and enjoy both learning process + end results 🎸🔥
Thanks a lot !! Yeah I received some requests for Bad Horsie, I would love too, but it needs a total different setting on the PIA with also other String Gauges... I got Lazy on it only due to that 😅
Yo how long have you been playing for? I have been playing for two years and I will be using this song to audition for Berkeley college of music in around a year and a half so I’m starting to prepare right now and I have the clean part down so far. This was an amazing rendition of the song and the pia is an outstanding guitar that I only had the chance to play once at a nearby guitar store. Wish you the best!
Hi actually tough question 😂 Started classical guitar at 7yo and electrical guitar at 14 yo. Now I am 29 yo but I spent like 10 years without touching a single guitar. No. Back to it, I needed first to get my ikd level back and now do some improvement 😎 But trying this tune after 2 years of playing is really a good challenge. I am. Far from being pro but If I would give any hint (from classical guitar learning technique), try to decompose as much the song to master each part and then work on the different transitions. Once everything is unlocked, try to focus on nuances and listen carefully over and over different steve vais live. This can inspire you and maybe bring some of your own mark :) Thanks a lot for your feedback Mate 😎 and yes the PIA is really incredible to play. I wish you good luck for Berkley audition. You are following a great path on your infinite guitar journey 🎸 🔥
@@ilyasrayan4791 I really appreciate the advice. I am steadily making progress in the way you recommended and I just wanna say once again that your cover was awesome!
@@Geetarishie good luck in advance dude! getting into the finest music school in the world is no easy task i’d imagine haha. good song choice too i must say
Meu sonho é uma guitarra dessa, mas aqui no Brasil ela custa um preço que dá pra comprar um lote, e ainda dá pra começar a construir!!! Nos EUA ela é bem mais barato!!!!
I do confirm it is a good dream. Right here in France it is more and more difficult to find one. I was very lucky to find mine during holidays by total chance with a big discount on it and brand new.... Sometimes it comes to you without looking for it xD Wish you to get one soon !
Bravo amico oggi lho finita anch'io finalmente di studiare è stata dura ma c'è labb7amo fatta Cojè la nuova Pia da suonare ????? Dev'essere una fitata ????
Ciao Alessandro, not italian speaker but I hope I mostly catch your comment 😅 It is hard work to learn and play it but you should already see that it worth the time spent. PIA is absolutely great to play, the quality and sound of the instrument are there. You only need to like very flat necks (both neck profile and fretboard radius). Harmonics are coming very easily on this ! Playing Steve Vai on his signature guitar is speachless !
@@ilyasrayan4791 ciao Ryan io ho la jam normale che ha sempre usato prima che uscisse la Pia certo lo so è una chitarra meravigliosa la jem normale e la Pia dev'essere super meravigliosa appena mi sarà possibile la comprerò senz'altro io ho anche libanez che usa Stive vai in zbad Horse tutta cromata è bellissima ma è meglio la jem wite Ti seguirò volentieri un abbraccio Ryan 🙏🙏🙏
@@alessandrogambazzi2783 I have tried both Jem and PIA, and my preference goes to the PIA. Actually the Utopia Pickups are way better, the neck is very similar but a little bit thicker on the PIA (so maybe on this point I would prefer the Jem) however the body is more confortable to sit with. Hope you can test and grab one soon ;) Maybe go for the Black One, it is an absolute beauty !
Thanks 😊 Yes you are probably right, it is not easy to recreate steve vai delays effect. As he used 2 unsynchronized delay pedals. I should have try to look more within guitar rig 6 to make it better!
