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Steve Vai's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment - Steve Vai Guitar Gear Pictures
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Monday, 13 August 2007 04:30
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Steve Vai's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment
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Wow. We sure are lucky folks. Jeroen Noordhuis had taken some awesome pictures of Steve Vai's gear for a featurette he wrote for vai.com. Jeroen graciously gave us permission to use some of these awesome photo's of Steve Vai's gear on UberProAudio. Thanks Jeroen and vai.com! These images are not to be redistributed without written permission from Jeroen/vai.com

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-1 #16 RE: Steve Vai's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — S. 2012-01-04 09:59
Is there any info on the famous "Crossroads" sound ?
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0 #15 RE: Steve Vai's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — jtreece18 2011-12-30 16:21
Steve just recieved a Gibson Jumbo Acoustic. There is a video of him playing it on his Youtube Channel, SteveVaiHimself.
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0 #14 RE: Steve Vai's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — Bruno 123 mko 2011-09-25 06:49
I don`t know if anybody already said this, but steve is using ernie ball strings rps 9 and also regular slinky 10: www.ernieball.com/artist/44-Steve-Vai
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-1 #13 RE: Steve Vai's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment — nico 2011-07-26 19:36
hey steve actually uses bogner amps, but show the carvin because he is endorsed.
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+1 #12 Nathan 2010-06-23 16:41
Steve has 2 acoustic guitars that he designed with Ibanez called Euphorias
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0 #11 prev guitars. — rod 2010-04-20 14:45
i think he used to play charvels and carvins before his ibanez.(you already said bout jacksons)
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-2 #10 Gear Fail... — robb 2009-07-08 22:39
The "yai Yai" sound is from the eventide harmonizer rack unit, not the wah pedal.
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+1 #9 Vai\'s gear during Roth period — Anton 2009-05-25 14:48
Hi guys. Vai's tone has changed a lot with his changing gear. According to an article in Guitar Player, May, 1988, here's Vai's setup for the Skyscraper album and tour:

Tom Anderson custom guitar
Jem 77 with stock Dimarzio DP151 PAF Pro pickups (the PAF pro is an important
distinguishing factor between 80's and post-80's Vai)

So, following the signal chain:
Marshall 100 watt head (unspecified), modified by Jose Arrendondo.
Out to Bob Bradshaw rack, featuring:
Boss SD1 Super Overdrive, Roland sde 3000, Yamaha 1500 delay, Ibanez Reverb 1000, Eventide H3000 Harmonizer, Eventide 2016, TC Electronics Stereo Chorus, Yamaha SPX90, Drawmer Noise Gate then into a Carvan power amp (unsecified) with Marshall cabinets featuring 30 watt Celestion speakers.
Note that some of the effects were found in a book "Steve Vai Guitar
Extravaganza" (1989, Warner Bros Publications). In that book, Vai contradicts his article, because he says he used Yamaha power amps, and 50 watt celestions. I have gone with the Guitar World article. Lastly, Vai also used a BC Rich 12 String electric guitar for some parts.
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0 #8 Almost! — Taylor 2009-04-14 17:19
The DS-1 and TS-9 are Keeley modified. It is stated on Keeley's site
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0 #7 rod 2009-04-05 17:16
if we´re talking about the same wah, it´s a morley bad horsie wah(i think there´s a new version)which is the seteve´s signature wah, and in the song named yai yai you can listen to it, it really sounds like a human!!!!!!
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0 #6 uberpro 2009-01-29 04:27
That blue pedal is a Peterson Strobostomp tuner pedal.
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+3 #5 what pedal is that? — doug 2009-01-28 14:59
hey i was just wondering what that pedal to the right of the evh phase 90 was?
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0 #4 Nathan 2009-01-16 19:39
steve vai has the legacy 2 amps coming out.
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0 #3 tater 2008-04-19 05:24
i forgot to mention that his board my be opening up to a new pedal soon, the Ibanez Steve Vai signature "Jemini" distortion pedal. if i were in his shoes, and seeing as how the pedal was custom made to sound like (and replace?) his TS9DX and DS-1, he may take the TS9DX and DS-1 off the board to make room for the Jemini (or he might keep them on there).
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0 #2 UberPro 2008-04-19 00:25
Tater, if you can give us permission to use the photo, that would be awesome!!! Shoot us an email through the form on the site and we'll give you contact info. All vai fans thank you!
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0 #1 tater 2008-04-18 15:43
i have a great picture of steve and his gear. his ds-1 is analog man modded, the tubescreamer is a modded (keeley i believe) TS-9 DX Turbo Tubescreamer. his phaser is the EVH signature MXR phase 90. and in my picture, there appears to be a dunlop (looks like a crybaby) pedal next to his foot, but i cant tell for sure. he also uses a peterson strobostomp tuner. if asked, i will reply with an image of the picture.
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