@@FreddhunterxBad Horsie wah. It's an optical wah which turns on when you move it, and it is spring loaded to go back up and turn off when you step off it.
@@AB7F9 I mean clearly to a point; its a supeer strat with dimarzios and a floating trem going through the same effects, preamps, ampliferies and post production; if you break it down holistically its not THAT much departed; but it is refreshing to see vai just ... sounds like vai. If you put him on a hollowbody tele with single coils, its gonna sound like "vai" but its going to be a bit of a tangent sound here.
@@AB7F9 Yep! EVH was the 1st person I heard say that. It's true. Seen a lot of great players with unique tone play on someone else's rig and sound as usual.
Teenaged me always wanted a Parker Fly but could never afford one. Middle-aged me is now more interested in modding guitars and amps and building pedals than actually playing, so will likely still never own one.
I owned the first Carvin Legacy halfstack and almost killed my hearing permanently with its toneful bliss. Now I own a VLD1 preamp pedal but vow to own another Legacy in my lifetime. I have much more common sense now than I did in 2007... 😉😁😂
If only it was recorded vertically. Anyway. Usually I’d say the guitar doesn’t matter it’s the player but you can see Steve struggling a bit with this guitar but still managed to play it well.
I'm guessing you mean "horizontally"? I was very close to Steve during this performance and the phone I had at the time didn't have a wide angle lens. If I'd have recorded it horizontally I'd only been able to capture the guitar so I doubt it would have been any better than this.
That’s great as a general comment, but did you happen to miss the huge pedalboard at his feet 😂? You could maybe use Eric Clapton, or Wes Montgomery, or anyone else as a suitable example, but Steve Vai is hardly an example. I get your point- that he would sound like himself whether it was an Ibanez or a Parker Fly, but don’t confuse his distinctive style for “tone”.
False. Gear won't magically turn you into Vai, but even Vai couldn't make a Taylor acoustic sound like this. Or whatever. To get even close to this, you need an electric guitar, high gain amp and a wah...at least. Gear DOES matter...even to him.
@@sanjeevmraman completely missed the point. 😆 of course there’s a pedal board in front of him. If I give him my pedal board, guess what my board will sound like. 🤔 Steve Vai. 😮
Guys, we all use gear. We all have unique styles. It doesn’t matter what you plug into. Your fingers is where the tone starts. We all have a preference of gear. But the fingers is where it’s at because our fingers are unique to our style. Don’t over think this kids.
Is 10:30 pm and I'm getting ready to sleep, I reached to the phone to turn it off, this is somehow waiting on my queue and sure I clicked on it and fucking Boooomm!!! Wow!! This guys energy and that guitar sound is freaking insane!! Now I'm going to bed happy, I'll watch it again first thing! Later you freaking animals and a big applause for this dude!
Parker passed extensive pressure testing by Mr. Vai with positive marks in sonic and structural categories. Results: I want one, and they’re impossible to find at a price my bank account approves of.
*I used to want a Parker, so bad, in the 90s. Now that time has passed, I find them ugly and plain-looking. But they truly were great guitars. I'd rather a PRS.*
Little Stevie Vai demonstrating why he's at the top. Anyone want to grab the other video (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qt9niB3gOo8.html) and do some editing?
