I love the face he makes when he's reversing the position of the vibrato bar. I've seen a lot of Vai faces, none quite as body-involving and nerve thinglingly hilarious as that one.
I have two axes with 401 kits,and in two years i never discovered the low volume tone needed to play this song.Now i do and have been practicing this song.Almost finnished,having trouble with the last legato runs in the end.Also have to get rid of one of these to make room for my new arrival,07 1570mrr,pulled the edge pro out,put a low pro edge in,401 kit set up just like steves with evos.And dummy next to the driver.Custom clear pickguard and truss rod cover.Mint,Let me know,401 kits rock.
you have to take the back plate off and screw in the springs a little bit, because its a floating bridge and it has to have equal tension from the strings and from the springs for it to sit level...real annoying trying to set one up
@YoungGun552 hmmm thats interesting... ive been playing with tens and 11s my entire life so i wonder if swwitching to 9s will make a difference i mean it would make sense after a few months on tour playing what he does on tens i guess it would make sense to relax your hands and put 9s, but ive always been told anything lower than 10s will dull your sound and sorta give it that non full tone but idk
Yep watch Velvet Revolver play fall to pieces on the myspace stream they did. Slash's string gets stuck under his humbucker and you can really tell when it happens. Steve and a few other players I know of tape it up so that doesn't happen.
Does anybody know? Can you use the Evolution HB bridge pick up with the Fernandez single coil sustainer system? Or do you have to use the HB pickup that comes with it in the bridge?
please clarify me, is the sustainer the green thing on the pickup? Im thinking of getting on of those guitars but none of the JEMs comes with the greeny thing...
Can somebody plz tell me if this GEM guitar can be tuned to standard?1 cuz i have an Ibanex 350EX and it cant get standard cuz of the floyd rose >.> ....so plzz guys reply to this !
@young0wylde0child Vai says when he starts touring he is playing with a 10 guage and switches to a 9 about mid way through the tour when he feels his hands are "stronger"
every guitar can be tuned to any tuning you want. you need to tighten- or loosen up those 3 springs on the back of the guitar but I wouldn't recommend it doing that on your own if you've never done it. have somebody show it to you, it's not that hard really...
does anybody know what gauge string he uses? by the way hes bending those strings with 1 finger it looks like 9's or he has really fucking strong fingers and is playing with ten's
Welll i think you have hearing problem.... Or tone deaf...'steve vais vibrato osnt that great regardless circular or what.... End of it is wheher its sound good or not..... He teaches something that he wasnt really best at.....
I dont find that example vai play is really difficult or amazing.... Gilbert and friedman have better finger touch to guitar... Vai rely mostly on effects
mr steve hasta los errores se te escuchan genial...maestro de maestros.
He is a wonderfull acoustic player too. He doesn´t need the bar to do miracles with his guitar.
Whispering a prayer... Really awesome
All the notes he's playing in this are flowing through his whole body. Even in a fucking intructional video. Epic.
I love the face he makes when he's reversing the position of the vibrato bar. I've seen a lot of Vai faces, none quite as body-involving and nerve thinglingly hilarious as that one.
2:05 the chicks gotta love steve, if you catch my drift...
HAHAHAHA, at the end he's like "yess.." lol, it sounded creepy, like saying " yeah man i know i play good" haha
@djanggo73 the man has his own style of vibration. Please, he has more touch than anyone.
I have two axes with 401 kits,and in two years i never discovered the low volume tone needed to play this song.Now i do and have been practicing this song.Almost finnished,having trouble with the last legato runs in the end.Also have to get rid of one of these to make room for my new arrival,07 1570mrr,pulled the edge pro out,put a low pro edge in,401 kit set up just like steves with evos.And dummy next to the driver.Custom clear pickguard and truss rod cover.Mint,Let me know,401 kits rock.
It's Whispering a Prayer... So fucking beatiful song :')
yeah! so beatiful! thanks!
Man his guitar is almost crying, it's amazing.
Awesome
Yes I am! that's what those little black switchs are, they switch on and off the sustain in the pickups.
you have to take the back plate off and screw in the springs a little bit, because its a floating bridge and it has to have equal tension from the strings and from the springs for it to sit level...real annoying trying to set one up
"make it speak.. you got to be inside of every single note"...-steve-
that's the sense of playing the guitar..
"whoops" ? ....O.o I feel like I watched someone divide by zero
it's simple amazing
It is an appendix of the guitar magazine currently sold only at Japan
hhahaa xD i love the oops in 1:09
his face when he does the backwards wammy bar....... i think he jizzed his pants.....
nicee
oh my god did steve say oops? first time for everything
@YoungGun552 hmmm thats interesting... ive been playing with tens and 11s my entire life so i wonder if swwitching to 9s will make a difference i mean it would make sense after a few months on tour playing what he does on tens i guess it would make sense to relax your hands and put 9s, but ive always been told anything lower than 10s will dull your sound and sorta give it that non full tone but idk
Touching.
its weird how flo and evo sound so similar yet so different
he has a sustainer kit but do they come with his dimarzio pickups because the only thing i could find was the fernandes sustainer.
1:08 is the first mistake i have ever seen him do!
yeah,my profile pic is the one for sale,I have 2 of them exactly the same in red and only one in blue,so its the red that must go.Thanx for looking.
I think flo's bridge is an evolution, and the neck is the fernandes 401 kit.
That is the only time that I have ever heard him make a mistake.
Yep watch Velvet Revolver play fall to pieces on the myspace stream they did. Slash's string gets stuck under his humbucker and you can really tell when it happens. Steve and a few other players I know of tape it up so that doesn't happen.
you gotta be inside of EVERY single note!!
.....whooops!
lol
Does anybody know?
Can you use the Evolution HB bridge pick up with the Fernandez single coil sustainer system?
Or do you have to use the HB pickup that comes with it in the bridge?
STEVE I THOUGHT I MIGHT LISTEN IN TO YOUR CLASS VERY GOOD
HEY STEVE I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD LISTEN IN ON YOUR CLASS VERY INTERESTING
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He just created what sounded like a song, just by playing around
1:08 lol..well he's human after all haha..
please clarify me, is the sustainer the green thing on the pickup? Im thinking of getting on of those guitars but none of the JEMs comes with the greeny thing...
he uses fenandes sustainer pickups on the "FLO" guitar
and DiMarzio evolutions on "EVO"
It's really a hard technique to nail right...Paul Gilbert is seen sometimes using it.
I'm surprised Vai didn't tip his hat to Jeff Beck during this clip.
@IrnBruDude000 do u kno what song this is from?
its a circular vibrato, a trademark of steve vai...
somebody tell me the song ‘s name？thanks
1:07 steve fucks up on purpose to once again conceal his secret that he is the perfect human
Can somebody plz tell me if this GEM guitar can be tuned to standard?1 cuz i have an Ibanex 350EX and it cant get standard cuz of the floyd rose >.> ....so plzz guys reply to this !
In an Interview with him and Larry DiMarzio I think!
@young0wylde0child
Vai says when he starts touring he is playing with a 10 guage and switches to a 9 about mid way through the tour when he feels his hands are "stronger"
whispering a prayer
was he using the 4th last pickup when playing whispering a player? just saw that...
playing this is harder then shreding 20 notes per second!
dont when can i play this kind of guitar :'(
EVO is steve's favorite jem. duh
He isn't, he just wants us to believe he is.
Read Oolon Colluphids Philosophical blockbusters: "Where god when wrong", "Some more of gods greatest mistakes", and "Who is this god person anyway?"
massive hands
Happy birthday Steve today (06/06/11)
I guess he's Ronald Duck then.
lol... Th VaiBrato Bar..
but you don't see him make mistakes live.
Jeff Beck still does this stuff best.
is he using a volume pedal or is that swelling effect due to the sustainer?
He got the weirdest vibrato I have ever seen(anyplace).He actually rotate the finger??Damn Steve..
but i am curious coz the speed of the notes is not consistent
every guitar can be tuned to any tuning you want. you need to tighten- or loosen up those 3 springs on the back of the guitar but I wouldn't recommend it doing that on your own if you've never done it. have somebody show it to you, it's not that hard really...
the only reason people think steve vai is good is because of his sustainer, and that, that DAMN WHAMMY BAR!
Is this from some DVD?
does anyone knows what FLO written on his guitar means??
@KingOfShadows1500 Lady Gaga is actually a good musician, just look at the music for Bad Romance. She's up there with Phil Collins in pop.
i think it's swelling effect, he do not use his pedal in live performance in that part of the piece brother
is this from a song?
whoops is japanese for "i fucking meant to do that shit"
People thought Vai was good way before he got the sustainer;)
I would give up being a guy to play like that
@BorgAngel That gaves me hope ^^
lol
does anybody know what gauge string he uses? by the way hes bending those strings with 1 finger it looks like 9's or he has really fucking strong fingers and is playing with ten's
0:14 sounded like a fart
@PantallicaWRXT i'm no avaiation expert, but he has a high-flying chance of bein' awesome lol
ha ha whoops!!! was that intentional??
i think its from Fire Garden.......Taurus bulba or sumthin...
Nope....whispering a Prayer.
on his neck pick up does he have a thret on it?
I mean at 1:50
1:08
Steve mistake? Impossible! Fake!
:D
Woolkan I think he did it on purpose lol
i almost jizzed such a pleasant thing too watch him play
haha, i was just mocking all of the haters. I like steve vai a lot, he's incredible.
It's actually not a pedal his pickups
dont diss vai or the wahmmy bar vai is an excelent player so why wouldnt he be using a sustainer so he could play even beter
OMG !! Steve Vai failed at 1:11 !!!!!
Welll i think you have hearing problem.... Or tone deaf...'steve vais vibrato osnt that great regardless circular or what.... End of it is wheher its sound good or not..... He teaches something that he wasnt really best at.....
i believe they shit in the sea
:57 said steve vai to his wife after he stopped having sex with her
I dont find that example vai play is really difficult or amazing.... Gilbert and friedman have better finger touch to guitar... Vai rely mostly on effects
djanggo73, you're out to lunch kiddo.
Human? Or making us believe he is? ;)
who the fuck are the 3 dislikers?!
1) justin bieber
2) lady gaga
3) miley cyrus