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Location: Michigan | holy smokes i watched a few minutes of a steve via concert on i think it was the paladia network last night and this guy makes jimi hendrix look like a beginner on guitar.
i cant think of anyone from my past that can play a lead guitar like him.he doesn't miss a lick and its like he is totaly effortless when playing.he is so fast and never looks down to see where his fingers are at on the fretboard.
wow just let me have a dream one night :eek: that it was me playing like that.
what a lead guitar player.GWB |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Vai... Steve Vai
You wish to be Steve Via and no telling where you'll end up! |
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Location: Michigan | just for one night.
thank you for the spell check,i always did suck at spelling singing and playing guitar. GWB |
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Location: Colorado | First saw him as part of David Lee Roth's band in about 1986. At that point I had no idea of the real talent he possessed or that he played in Frank Zappa's band. I bought his second solo album, "Passion and Warfare", on cassette the minute it was available in the record store (remember those?) and wore it out. "For The Love Of God" is probably considered his benchmark performance and is on this release. "Frank" (dedicated to Steve's mentor and friend Zappa) is a song on Steve's "Ultra Zone" disc that has recently become my favorite Steve Vai song.
If you like Steve Vai, I would recommend listening to Andy Timmons, Paul Gilbert, Joe Satriani, and John Petrucci. YMMV. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | I saw Steve play with Dave Lee Roth, also saw him play with Zappa. I prefer Satriani, Steve's tutor!
Zappa listed Steve on his albums as "stunt guitar".
It's well documented that Steve would practise for 12 hours a day. Do that for some years and you should develop some serious chops. Oh and joining a band like Zappa's at age 17 having impressed Zappa with his awesome transcription abilities helps.
Lastly don't forget to dye your hair blue.
Hope that helps. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I have seen Vai several times, including his performances/demonstrations at NAMM. He is simply on another plane of consciousness. In an interview he revealed his "method" which was to learn to regulate his sleep state, so that he would dream these melodies, then wake up and play them.
There was a scale he did in one of Roth's tunes that I wanted to learn. Just the one riff/scale... figured I could use it elsewhere... I gave up when I found it involved using the tremolo while doing the scale to get all the notes. In his world as example.. G# and A has another note (or two) in between...
I agree with Dweezil... I'm guessing if I played 8-10 hours a day, 7 days a week, for the last 40 or so years... I'd be pretty good now too.
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Location: Alagoas, Brazil | Originally posted by Mr. Ovation:
There was a scale he did in one of Roth's tunes that I wanted to learn. Just the one riff/scale... figured I could use it elsewhere... I gave up when I found it involved using the tremolo while doing the scale to get all the notes. In his world as example.. G# and A has another note (or two) in between...
Oh well... You mean microtonalism? Thats pretty serious musical stuff. |
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Location: New Hampshire, USA | A little trivia:
In 1986, Steve Vai played the devil's guitarist who guitar-dueled against Ralph Macchio in the movie Crossroads .
Vai actually played both guitar parts. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Are you sure I thought Ry Cooder played the slide parts? I could be very wrong. |
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Location: Nova Scotia, Canada | Yes, Cooder was playing the "good guy" in Crossroads. |
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Location: Canada | i use to follow Steve back in the 90's. Satriani as well. Both are nuts. Crossroads was a decent movie too. I remember drooling over some of Steve's custom Ibanez's. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | I never dug the Ibanez Universe's, but I did like the Satriani models, I have a Ibanez JS10th (A.K.A. Chrome Boy)...
Yes it's chrome plated wood!
And an Ibanez J2SK (A.K.A. The Crystal Planet)...
Yes, it's see through and bonkers under black light!
NB: These aren't my pictures, I've yet to get round to taking pics of mine.
I told you I liked Satch! ;)
However I only play acoustics now. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I had a band called Crystal Axe once. It was inspired by the Dan Armstrong lucite guitar, but I always wanted either a clear Strat or a clear B.C. Rich Bich.
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Miles & Dweez,
How much do those clear puppies weigh? |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
How much do those clear puppies weigh? I remember the BC Rich being heavier than their wood counterparts...which are really lightweight anyway... but not as heavy as some others. Maybe Dweez has an exact weight. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | it's heavy, oh and I forgot I had a chrome plated custom shop strat once, sold it
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Location: Michigan | dweezil don't you have a steven vai d.n.a. guitar :eek:
a friend of mine was telling me that steve donated a pint of his own blood to paint so many of his model and that those sell for crazy money :D
can you touch on that :confused: GWB |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Nah never got a Vai DNA, as I said I more a fan of Satch. |
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Location: New Hampshire, USA | Originally posted by dweezil:
Are you sure I thought Ry Cooder played the slide parts? I could be very wrong. According to IMDB.com, we're both right.
Steve Vai played both sides of the guitar duel, while acting as Jack Butler, the devil's guitarist. Ry Cooder recorded the slide parts and produced the soundtrack. |
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