All of Steve Vai’s guitars

NelsonP

For some reason i find it hard to picture Mr Vai playing this:

Stevepage

EricTheWeary said:

Just flicking through and some of the JEMs seem to  have very little wood above the monkey grip, I wonder how common it is to have a break there. 

Well Vai has been using his 'Evo' Jem for 25 years or so now and there's no mention of a breakage there. 

Funkfingers

There is method in the madness. Clicking on each guitar identity hyperlink summons up more information - including whether that instrument is for sale.

EricTheWeary

Stevepage said:

EricTheWeary said:

Just flicking through and some of the JEMs seem to  have very little wood above the monkey grip, I wonder how common it is to have a break there. 

Well Vai has been using his 'Evo' Jem for 25 years or so now and there's no mention of a breakage there. 

Presumably if there had been a repair Ibanez wouldn't be advertising it but the monkey grip looks a bit different on different models, might just be an angle of photo thing. 

JDE

Blimey, imagine his what his string orders are like!
”Better chuck on a few sets to get free shipping”

prlgmnr

Stevepage said:

EricTheWeary said:

Just flicking through and some of the JEMs seem to  have very little wood above the monkey grip, I wonder how common it is to have a break there. 

Well Vai has been using his 'Evo' Jem for 25 years or so now and there's no mention of a breakage there. 

Yeah the handle's fine, it's just the rest of it....

boogieman

bluechargeboy said:

boogieman said:

bluechargeboy said:

Ooo, an AZ in SSS configuration with strat controls...

So basically........... a Strat then? 

Well, a Strat with a thinner neck, stainless frets, Luminlay side dots, massively superior upper fret access, etc etc

skullfunkerry

There are some lovely guitars there - nice to see a few Performances, too! Mine is literally the only one I've ever seen  

Couple of things surprised me: he's got quite a few signature models... also why does he have a leftie?

octatonic

skullfunkerry said:

There are some lovely guitars there - nice to see a few Performances, too! Mine is literally the only one I've ever seen  

Couple of things surprised me: he's got quite a few signature models... also why does he have a leftie?

Because he is a freak and can play left and right handed (up to a point).
Check out the early Vai (maybe with DLR) where he has a dual neck guitar, one on the left and one on the right and he is shredding the arse off both at once.

I hate his taste in acoustics.

mudslide73

Even after X years of Jemness I can't see past the Green Meenie. It's legendary. 

newi123

mudslide73 said:

Even after X years of Jemness I can't see past the Green Meenie. It's legendary. 

Me too - and the sticker strat............ 

Wayne charvel used to do recreation green meanies I think under Wayne guitars?

Interesting to read how much Mr vai likes his 50s roadworn strat.