The Passion and Warfare Guitar - 30 Years Later
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- Опубліковано 9 чер 2024
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This video is about the Prototype Ibanez Passion and Warfare 7 String Universe guitar, which was gifted to me by Steve Vai, back in the 90's.
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Thanks for watching guys, please give the video a thumbs up if you enjoyed - it really helps a lot. Thanks!! 💜
Hey Thomas, do you ever talk to Danny cooksey?
Dude, that is a crazy Steve Vai story! Wow I only heard P&W in the late 90's when I was just discovering music at 16 yrs old.
The holy grail of seven strings! Let me know if you ever want to sell it.lol
OMG - this is my ultimate dream guitar. I have drooled over that guitar on the cover of P&W so many times. So awesome that you still have it!!
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Saw Steve Vai for 25th anniversary P & W tour. Met him back stage after and told him he played the guitar like he was born with it. He's a great guitarist and super nice guy.
McRocklin's playing sends me places that are enchanting. I'm always really impressed. No wonder Vai gave this beautiful beast of an axe to him.
A holy grail prototype Ibanez! Just incredible! Also, when you play it, there’s literally no difference between you and Steve Vai!
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agree
So glad this guitar still exists and is in good hands.
Thankfully he didn’t chop it up like he did Steves guitar when he was a kid!!!😆
That guitar was a huge inspiration for me to practice every day as a kid. I listened to Passion and Warfare everyday and Satiani's Flying in a Blue Dream. Those two albums were my beginning inspirations.
My dream guitar.. Wished Ibanez would release these in the 6 and 7 string w/ the same color scheme and inlays.
Would be pretty cool!
@@larsheuker I know.. I mean for us regular folks to be able to buy. Swirl paint jobs aren't that pricey to do, pretty cheap actually. They could even do an Indo Premium version like they do a lot of signatures now a days and I would be stoked
Have you seen the new 2022 models, I think your wish is about to come true?
@@AstorSkywalker yeah but will be way out of my price range probably Bevin the 6 k range
Thats perfect of steve, no parent can take that gift away and life with themselves but spend your earnings, and rationalize it, good gift
Amazing. All of it. The guitar, the story, the playing. Thanks for making this video!
Thanks for watching! :)
Just imagine.. get an Ibanez as a gift from Steve, being a child. That should be crazy motivating, damn….
This is by far one of my favourite Ibanez guitars ever. Pyramid inlays are 🔥🔥🔥Awesome vid, good sir!
Thank you mate!!! :D
This guitar went to a very deserving artist. I know you’ll take care of it and write amazing music on it.
Trip down memory lane... I actually remember those pyramid inlays from a guitar brochure when I was a kid.
Such a shred machine and used on one of the greatest instrumental albums of all time. The colour of the pick-ups, the pyramid inlays and of course the swirling paint job scream out late 80’s shred and I love it. Great video Thomas!
Appreciate that mate thank you, glad you enjoyed it!!!
Wow that was really great!! Thanks for making & sharing - it’s such a famous & well loved icon! So glad it’s in your hands and not tucked away, never to be seen!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Thanks Stu, appreciate it mate!!
Been waiting a long time for this video Tommy, absolutely love this series of reviewing your guitars and telling us the back stories. You have the Holy Grail of shred guitars there my friend and what a guy Mr Vai is to gift you that incredible beautiful machine.
Appreciate it buddy, thank you.
That's the most beautiful Ibanez Jem that I have ever seen! Awesome mate. You play can play it exactly like Vai. subscribed! Cheers. :)
This is my favorite swirl of all time. Absolutely beautiful with the salmon pink and pastels
Thank you Thomas for sharing that piece of history you inherited. I would love to (no pun intended) to see you play The Audience is Listening with that guitar now that you are older. Very BIG THUMBS UP!!
All of this is just legendary...
Thank you so much!
Thanks for watching! : )
IBANEZ.. reissue THIS one and take all of my money.
Passion and Warfare is Steve Vai’s best album ever and it’s amazing Thomas here got to be a part of it. You were a child prodigy back then and a guitar 🎸 god in your own right now that you’re all grown up. Major congrats on your journey!
Wow. Thank you! : )
I've always wanted one of these but I never saw one with such a good swirl!!
Awesome Thomas I remember that video was one of my favorite back in the day - keep on rocking Thomas 🤟🤟🤟🤟
Cheers Mike!
I’ve got a real soft spot for the Ibanez Universe; grace and power. Your playing compliments this incredible guitar perfectly, evidently Steve knew exactly what he was doing when he gave it to you.
This UV has the most incredible swirl ever done by Darren. Brutal!!!
coolest inlays ever. solo to the animal is one of my favorite guitar solo's of all time.
Great solo! Cheers mate
The entire track is basically a solo:)
Hi mcrocklin, I don't even know if you'll see this message. But I'm 50 years old and in my youth I saw the video of Steve Vai "the audience" and subsequently I came across this great group produced by Steve Vai "bad4good" whoaou the mega slap. And when I came across the UA-cam algorithm I came across a video of you in a TV show, and there, the revelation the little boy in the clip and indeed you. And I find it funny to have bought this great vst guitar at 50 without knowing it was you. Thank you, the circle is closed as they say
Wow, sometimes it’s absolutely wild how the world works! Thanks for taking the time to comment. Have a great weekend.
@@McRocklin Yes, I really find it cool. Some people buy your plugging without knowing your history. But knowing this 34 years later makes me the happiest. Thank you keep it up. Have a good weekend
When you were demoing the different pickup positions, I actually felt the resonance in the body of the guitar through the sound... is that nuts?
I'm definitely from the mindset of "guitars are just tools we use", with a few exceptions, and this is one of them. For me, when you brought this guitar out on your stream, it was like seeing an old friend I haven't seen in ages. Passion and Warfare was introduced to me by my guitar teacher in 91, back when I started playing. I spent many nights with headphones listening to it while getting lost in the sounds and swirls of that very guitar.
Such an icon! (and the guitar is pretty cool too ). Rock on, Thomas!
No, no you did not, you pretended you were Steve And played air guitar 🤣 great comment dude🤘🤘
Thanks Sean! Ye, I know what you mean. I didn't intend to shoot the pickup selection section, but when I started to switch between the pickups some of the positions reminded me of the tones from PAW album. So I thought, I'd include it.
Excellent!! Stoked to hear these stories and see this legendary guitar 30 years later! Fantastic bro!!
Greg!!! Thank you mate, hope you're doing well!
You have a great way of sharing life experiences and stories that truly creates a feeling.. I was there myself. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Eris!
Most dope indeed, sir.
If anyone other than SV deserves to own it, it's you Thomas!
love the history behind this guitar...great gift for a great player...you do it justice
Wow thanks so much JB! 💜
Absolutely amazing story and your playing is fantastic. What an honor to be the care taker of such an important piece of history...congratulations!
Thank you! : )
Awesome story and video! I LOVED the passion and warfare album. I was 18 then. Great to see you. Great playing! SUBBED.
That is such a special guitar to own ! Nice to see it getting played and showing it in a new video.
Cheers Neil!
Very cool story. I always loved the looks of and wanted that guitar. Awesome chops my friend!
Wow, it's probably one of the most wanted guitar for every teenagers fan of Steve back then !!!
30 years later, how is that possible?
I'm still in my 20's
When did Passion and Warfare come out? ;)
That guitar is as iconic as they come to me (and millions of others im sure)! Such a great piece
great to see such an iconic, beautiful instrument again, and knowing it's being looked after - thanks sir!
Nice! A remarkable guitar for sure! Thanks for sharing Thom!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for a great look at such an iconic guitar! I couldn't think of a better home for it-- You're the man!
Thank you! : )
Loved seeing and hearing this guitar. I played that cassette constantly when it was released, and still love the album - it was and is one of the richest sounding albums out there.
I used to play it over and over myself and just immerse in it. Every song was amazing, and I know what you mean, this album didn't sound like a guitar album, the production at the time was so well done, big drums, super great guitar sounds of course, all the story lines to every song, the art, the audience is listening video with Thomas in it, Vai's real teacher from school, spiritual, enigmatic, fierce, the eventide harmonizer out of this world sound effects, Steve's look and persona, the iconic universe guitar, such and amazing landmark of an album. At the time only Satriani with Flying in a Blue dream and Eric Johnson maybe with ah via musicom were truly from another planet or the same realm.
My dream axe, baddest mutha around anywhere!!!!!! Damn!!!!
Great vid. I loved that guitar, loved that album.
Awesome , I’ve been looking at this for a long time over the years , on the vinyl sleeve ,picture disc, cassette, cd etc it’s a true icon. Thanks for sharing . I’ve seen some guys from your end of the country touring when I’ve been to gigs Hi on maiden tribute , and Bon jovi forever both from the north east. Have a great week
Awesome video and great tones!!
Thank you mate!!!
Wow my absolute shred guitar, THE absolute shred guitar... Man, that guitar has an EDGE tremolo 7 string, so rare... just wow.
Stumbled upon you channel. Awesome. I'm sooo jealous, if I could acquire 1 guitar this was the one that came to mind. Maybe a razorback/wyld style would make a close second. Killer playing man. Looking for to watch more of your channel for now on. Man, I love that guitar!
I love the clean sound it gets - not trying to be a Strat AT ALL! Sounding great, Thomas! Good to see you again, after all these years!
I watched this 2 years ago so can't give it another thumbs up, I wonder why it came back up in my feed now?
Haha no idea!
Hi from Wisconsin !
Great video man !!
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P&W is pure quintessence. Thanks for the video, Thomas.
My pleasure, thanks for watching 👍🏻
That's a great story in guitar history. Super cool; thanks for sharing it. I have to admit I'm a little jealous. :)
Thanks Ben!
Nice🎸Thank you🌞
1:37 - Even the pickups change colour! 😉
Maan, I want a 7 string Universe now!
A well deserved gift for a gifted guy👍
Wow.. first time coming across your channel and this is the video I first watch. Just wow.
Thanks Peter! Welcome :)
Amazing story!! What a piece of history. Steve seems like a nice guy.
Great story.
Steve boy 😱😱😱😱
Absolutely gorgeous guitar what a blessing to have in your arsenal. I have an RG7620 very close in spec with old Dimarzio Blazes and it's something special, I've often thought about adding that middle pickup and getting it swirled 🤟
So in love with that guitar i cannot articulate it enough! I saw that show when i was 9!
Been a Huge fan of yours my entire life Tom!
Wow thank you so much!
How inspirational was this guitar for me. Amazing.
That’s awesome!
Thanks for this Thomas.
My pleasure
@@McRocklin It really is a treat to have the accessibility to you, having been a fan since Bad 4 Good. I played that tape regularly, and sent many to listen to it. Thanks for being so kind as to correspond. Love the stories, and the playing. Please keep them coming.
I´m happy that you own that axe man, couldnt be in better hands. I hope to see you on the road with steve sometime!
Thank you mate!
Thomas you must have been offered an insane amount for that guitar in the past. Glad to see it stays with you.
Epic mate! 🙅🙏🤟
Cheers Nick!
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the audience is listening is one of my favourite steve vai's track. i just played it few hours ago and bam, this video come up my feed.
Mad timing lol
Priceless
I went to that concert as well! Great memories
Wow.. amazing
Awesome, legand guitar ✌️🤘🏴☠️🇦🇺
I love those stories mate, plus this is indeed a legendary guitar from my guitar hero. Keep them coming!
Thank you Dimi!
Thank you for sharing this, that guitar and the Fool for Your Loving Video is the reason I started playing the guitar. I shopped for one of these for a long time trying to find that swirl pattern and color range I got as close as I could but always wished mine had the matching monkey grip!! May not be the exact guitar but pretty damn close! Again Thank-you for sharing. This guitar was a milestone for me and very special!
I have much more to this story to share but can't put it all here!! Lol
what a great video :O
Seeing this guitar on the cover of Guitar World made me start playing guitar. Amazing!
That record is the reason I play guitar!!!
Awesome! Never knew the audience is listening kid is you.
Hey Thomas, another great video of an amazing classic. I see you giving a lot of credit to the jams (well deserved) but your axe of choice is still the Kiesel? What makes the Kiesel your guitar of choice now?
I have one of the new ones, #1 of 77 SVR. Very proud, this video makes me want to play. You play incredibly, inspiring riffs. Major 👍.
Appreciate that thanks and that’s an awesome guitar!
Chicken wings story was rock n roll bruh !! 🔥🏴☠️🤣
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What I love about this guitar is the fullness of the pickups (neck and bridge). On the bridge position, notes sound full but chords sound huge and clear even with heavy distortion. I have a RG470 that I got around 1993. I want to change all the pickups out but just not sure what DiMarzio pickups I want and need.
DiMarzio Blaze pickups were used in the 7string Universe and DiMarzio PAF pro's in the 6 string Jem.
I know every bloody note on that album I listened to it so much!
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Amazing story !
Awesome !!!!!
These are really interesting videos and you couldn't get a better mentor than Steve Vai. Also your style of play is away from the usual robotic neo-classical shred that has sort of taken over in recent years. Good stuff.
I have that whole episode of head bangers ball with Steve Vai on VHS tape. Never thought I'd see what ever happened to that little kid. Pretty cool that you're him and can actually play very well 😂🤘
Wow. So THERE it is as its not hanging on Harmony Huts wall:) Thanks for sharing the history of the Holy Grail of my 20:s!
Epic!
Cheers!
Such a great story and memories to have. Plus beautiful bit of vai history
Btw how heavy is it for an RG 7 string?
One of my most fav guitars ever hands down Thanks for doing this vid your guitar playing is truly amazing too love your style 🤘🏻
just curious does it have a ebony fret board the universe I own has rosewood which is more brown and yours seems way darker it looks ace along with the swirl finish also do u know if it uses dimarzios blaze pickups like the modern ones too?
Thanks! You know it looks pretty dark but I always thought it was Rosewood. I'm not 100% sure though.
Nissssssssssssssssssce 🍻
Alil piece of history right there!
this guitar is beautiful.