I actually love how open he is to the nu-metal movement and how he's talking about Korn to a lot of people's disappointment. He's open-minded. Something a lot of musicians and people in general should think about improving on.

@user-ng2re6wp5o

11 ай бұрын

Like you it seems

@stevai6732

11 ай бұрын

@@user-ng2re6wp5o KEK k weirdo

@user-ng2re6wp5o

11 ай бұрын

@@stevai6732 see you refer to insults first thing :) still love you and I was just stating a fact :) much love and rock n roll buddy :)

@stevai6732

11 ай бұрын

@@user-ng2re6wp5o bro its a 10 year old comment and the like you thing is super weird cringe and unfunny because there's zero context and you just sound like either a weird stalker alog or there was some joke I didn't see, either way :)))))))))))))))))))))))

@TheFapFactory

10 ай бұрын

@@user-ng2re6wp5oYou’re insane

"A 7-string feels just like a 7-string aaaand... a 6-string feels like a 6-string" -Steve Vai, 2010.

@kalejoe6599

3 жыл бұрын

It is now 2021 and no Ibanez universe or passion and warfare 30th Anniversary I am Sad

I can't name one guitar player who has remained as relevant as Steve Vai and is still alive making music. Yes there are many guitarists that have left and impression on the guitar culture and some on the music culture as well but Steve is just so talented, so passionate, so loving and caring about what he does that he has survived in a way that no other guitar player ever has and I believe ever will.

He also created the atmosphere and the planets

@caseyjones831

5 жыл бұрын

Amen

@clintwilson6380

3 жыл бұрын

Talk about moving some air!

@SebaGTR7

3 жыл бұрын

And hallucinogenic mushrooms

The way of how the painting is done is fantastic.

@higler.

4 жыл бұрын

Body is primed, any bare wood and screw holes are filled with wax, then they dip the guitar into the mixture you saw. It's water, borax, and oil base paints that float on top of the water creating swirls. Very cool indeed, and pretty easy to do but it's a crap shoot as to how the swirl will turn out so it may take multiple dips before you're satisfied.

thank you Steve for making Korn what it is :)

@vincecarpenter661

5 жыл бұрын

meshuggah too!

@Kevin.Kelly.

4 жыл бұрын

Morbid Angel used it first!

@liquor8396

4 жыл бұрын

@@Kevin.Kelly. trey azagthoth!!! amazing guitarist

@TheCleansingx

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kevin.Kelly. Yea but no one outside of death metal circles knows of them.

@Kevin.Kelly.

3 жыл бұрын

TheCleansingx: Who cares. They used to! They were on MTV when you were in your diapers.

"And I put green polka dots on it..because I can!". hahaha

I also remember being totally blown away when I heard Korn's first CD but I was lucky it happened through really loud and powerful car stereo speakers.

I felt the same about Korn's first album...groundbreaking sound.

Just to hear the amazing PASSION AND WARFARE for background. Amazing album. Long live Universe and Steve Vai

People forget how much vai has contributed to world of guitar... not only is he a great player he also pioneered 7 strings floating trem hsh ... so much that we take for granted.. much like Evh and his humbucker on a strat... pure genius

I’m so happy with my original UVBK7 and so glad you signed it! It will always be my most cherished guitar.

Steve Vai.. Simply One Of The Greatest Musician This Century Has Ever Known.. Thank you for sharing your talent with us sir. i respect you.

Just having all those great guitars in the background tends to a delight for me.

I own several guitars but, there is only one I will never part with under any circumstances. I bought it used in 1993 for $350.00 from a friend who decided to move to Jackson guitars. I am and always will be the proud owner of a 1991 JEM, the most versitile instrument made, in my opinion. I love it more than my luggage. Save your bones and pull the trigger. If you play, you will never experience buyers remorse. Thank you Steve, for all the music and innovation over the years!!!!!!

I bet Munky from Korn would be overcome with happiness if he hears Steve Vai saying that because he seems to look up to Vai even though he used the Universe for a totally different thing

@thatnorwegianguy1986

8 жыл бұрын

RuffisInc Vai would approve he loves seeing people take music into different directions.

@marktorres1545

8 жыл бұрын

It was so awesome to hear Vai shout out props to Korn

@MrSFblack

6 жыл бұрын

Steve has already met the guys from Korn so I'm sure he knows how much Munky and Head admire him

@vincecarpenter661

5 жыл бұрын

I feel like Vai should've given meshuggah some props for the none ep and destroy erase improve

@Kevin.Kelly.

4 жыл бұрын

Vstudios HD: Morbid Angel used it first

this is great. Vai should do an hour long video of him just sitting with guitars and telling all sorts of guitar stories. Ideas he put in building guitars. Spinal tap moments etc... it would be really great.

Very few things have changed my life in the way that ERG's have. Vai was my first as far as seven strings, when I discovered him through a friend I worked with in a restaurant back in 96. Being that I was only 15 at the time, buying a universe was out of my price range. So finally in 1999 I got a Schecter Avenger 7, and it was absolutely mind boggling. Now I own several 7's, a couple 8's, and one 9 string. All but one are Ibanez. And I just recently preordered another 8 string, which is a certain artists signature to be released soon. Vai and his trailblazing has changed the way I view and write music, I will be forever grateful.

Steve is the real deal. His love, his passion.... Sometimes I cringe, sometimes I'm laughing my fc*g a*s off (listening to the marketing mambo mambo) What really counts is though, he delivers and whether its his guitar masterclass or being a guest at Zappa plays Zappa, he is genuine and real beyond any shred of doubt.

I was born in 98 but I was introduced to Steve Vai before I was even in kindergarten and this is like THE GUITAR for me. To be more specific the one on the cover of passion and warfare or any of the swirl finishes.

Im seeing steve in a month im super excited!!!!!!! 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄

@BreakingNVain

2 жыл бұрын

How was it?

@aidencantrell8534

2 жыл бұрын

@@BreakingNVain it was an awesome show he played the entirety of passion and warfare. then 3 years ago i got to meet him

So Steve listened to the first korn record? That’s so cool

It’s so cool of him to give the Korn guys so much admiration. Munky actually had Ibanez make him a one-of-a-kind 7-string JEM Guitar. They had to get permission from Steve Vai first and he was totally cool with it. Then Munky sent Steve a picture of it and he was so impressed by it that he wanted one of his own.

I play 7th string guitar since 2000 and last year i got 8th string, these guitars change the way that i play guitar. I play a lot of tapping. Thanks a lot Steve and Ibanez to give us the seven string and 8th string guitars! God bless u!

It's a shame though that Vai didn't acknowledge Trey Azagthoth's (Morbid Angel) unique contributions in utilizing the 7-string, before Korn circa 1992/1993.

@NishadGeorge

9 жыл бұрын

Transcending Music I think Vai doesn't/wasn't generally digging extra deep to find metal acts using it to be aware. I'm 99% sure if we went back to '94 and put the radio on, we'd hear Korn on hundreds of times before Morbid Angel. Kind of unfortunate and a shame, like you said. But hey, at least some credit went where it was due.

@TaureanMixing

9 жыл бұрын

Nishad George Hi Nishad, absolutely agree that exposure had a lot to with it. Although in my opinion, exposure is merely a facilitator in discovery. Otherwise, I still maintain that an artist, especially one who is so proficient and such a master of their instrument such as Vai, should certainly be in tune (no pun) with other innovators.

@MrSFblack

6 жыл бұрын

Morbid Angel didn't use the 7 string until 1993's Covenant,which by that time Korn had already formed so it's hard to say MA was the first metal band using them. Besides, Steve probably hadn't even heard of them. He hadn't even heard of Korn before hearing one of their songs on the radio and immediately noticing the 7 string sound. So don't take it to heart.

@gaylittleboy6669

6 жыл бұрын

Taurean Mixing korn shits on morbed shit Angel,,,,really you need to cry about a band that only losers know? Angel haha not good enough you fucker

@TaureanMixing

Жыл бұрын

@@MrSFblack Sorry I somehow missed this message. Actually, regardless of when they banded together, Korn FIRST utilized the 7-string on their Self-titled 1994 debut. Morbid Angel had already released Covenant by 1993.

I still have my Ibanez les paul custom copy I bought in 1977 for $499.00 jet black with gold accents

@jmromero6381

6 жыл бұрын

Bet it still plays GREAT.

@jaimepizano9744

4 жыл бұрын

I have a Tobacco Sunburst. I love that guitar.

Love all that you made and still make on those incredible guitars Master Steve VAI!

amazing craft and workmanship of this awsome ibanez reissue indeed and a mastermind behind the craft of the 7 string guitar...It absolutely rocks!!!

64 unlikes!!!!!!!!!! WTF??? Steve is God

@emrenazmiev1911

10 жыл бұрын

dood he is more than God

@TheChrispablo

10 жыл бұрын

***** whats the problem with Korn? They have a unique sound back in the days and they introduced a new style of rock.

@timanderson7372

5 жыл бұрын

Andy Benarjee Steve is not God. Jesus is. Repent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Obey Acts 2:38

@g-shack3655

5 жыл бұрын

WRONG! ADAM JONES IS GOD. STEVE IS JUST A SHOW OFF. ANYBODY THAT IS HALFWAY DECENT ON GUITAR CAN DO WHAT HE DOES.

I've got UV7BK, getting UV777BK next week. Awwwww yeah!!

@blkjakk

9 жыл бұрын

Hell 6 strings is hard enough!!!!

@dougsteeleguitar

9 жыл бұрын

Correct! I think 7 is the max and only Meshuggah can use 8.

@dougsteeleguitar

9 жыл бұрын

Still getting set up.

@Kita9532

8 жыл бұрын

Doug Steele animals as leaders too ;)

@dougsteeleguitar

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you father.

While his style is not my cuppa tea, Steve Vai deserves respect for his skills. I saw him play with Zappa twice, and his legacy is deserved for that accomplishment by itself, ntm his full canon of work.

This guitar is absolutely stunning!

" How can you move your hands around 8 string ? " Answer. Fredrik Thordendal and Tosin Abasi will show you that.

@bluemcdaniel99

4 жыл бұрын

A Spanish guitar player thinks that’s light work 😂😂

Whats the intro song?

@Agent-nw3me

7 жыл бұрын

Erotic nightmares from the album passion and warfare

wow that paint job, dipping it in that paint, its so cool!

i still got the passion and warfare picture disc and the 'dipped' paintwork is still so recognisable! i wish i had one of those ibanez jems! An Icon with an Iconic guitar! what more could you ask for?

what does the pickups splitter do? connect the single coil to half of an humbucker?

@MichaelD8393

10 жыл бұрын

Yup.

@theballyerboy

9 жыл бұрын

It does exactly that

@zakkwyldededicatedfan9733

5 жыл бұрын

Alberto Perez connects you to god

I didn't know you could put a string on the guitar that was higher than high E. I thought anything thinner than high E would be way too thin and break too easily.

@dylanswint1795

8 жыл бұрын

it would probably break incredibly easily, and not to mention the pitch of it would be insanely high... but hey there's always room for experimentation!

@ar9v

8 жыл бұрын

A guitarrist that had a high seventh string was Lenny Breau. I'm not sure if he was the first to have one (considering there are Russian 7 and 8 strings that are used in popular music), but apparently the concept was so new that he had to use fishing line as that extra A string.

@Djarra

8 жыл бұрын

Alex Gregory who is more of a neo classical guy had a seven string strat with a high G (to sound more like a violin) although I don't think it was that durable. Most people who go for a extra high string go for an A normally using a shorter scale length than the Ibanez (something closer to a Fender Mustang) which means the string isn't a tight.

@Trey-jl9ru

7 жыл бұрын

6672rock thinner strings are harder to break

Agreed I love the thick chords on a 7 string. The thick chords and bass lines are incredible. The down tuning is really cool too. the extra octave possibilities is like a whole new universe

so great !!!! totally unique steve !!!!!!!

why oh why did they go back to chunky square neck joint..the paint is a reissue but the all access neck joint should have been implemented

@andym28

7 жыл бұрын

it actually makes a substantial tonal difference. makes sense given its the connection of both parts.

I'm awful enough on 6 strings! Lol

Steve, seems like yesterday! What 2 great decades!!!

your' dedication to the art of guitar is as admirable as your' talent. Love the new dvd.

Jeez Steve goes on like he invented pick ups.

@larmerguitars

10 жыл бұрын

When this guitar was first released in the late 80's/early 90's, there was nothing like it that was mainstream. Sure there were 7 strings already around, but Steve Vai was one of the first guys to reall popularize it.

@thewickedwizard

9 жыл бұрын

No fender built the first electric 7 string. It's always good to research these things before posting online.

@JRP3music

7 жыл бұрын

Gretsch made one for George Van Eps in the late 30's. It was a hollow body jazz guitar. That was electric. Fender did make one prior to the Ibanez Universe. Built Ibanez made the first commercially successful solid body 7 string. Look that up!

@Pinko_Band

7 жыл бұрын

+Colin Plumb Always good to read the comment before shitting on it. He said that there were 7 strings already around, not that Ibanez built the first one. Smart ass.

@ajporter7487

6 жыл бұрын

Colin Plumb Fender Lmao

I like Vai and I have no doubt Ibanez makes him some fine instruments. But the newer ones I've played meant for us mere mortals are garbage. Cheap materials and finish that make them feel like 'Guitar Hero' controllers. I check out Guitar Center, guitar shops and pawn shops a couple times a month and since about 2009 the quality of the new Ibanez's has plummeted. Even the made in Japan line isn't on par with other manufactures offerings for entry level "real guitars." What a world we live in where Fender owned Jackson and Charvel have gotten better whereas Ibanez has gotten worse. Step up your game Ibanez.

@leetattoo1976

6 жыл бұрын

Disagree, I've been playing them for 30 years, and now you can get a real well made instrument for a much better price

@jmromero6381

6 жыл бұрын

I disagree. My RGs, for the money, are better than anything I've owned in the past 37 years. Put simply, I want more of them.

that is so awesome how its painted

That finish just looks so awesome...

1.00000.000000.00000000 $

@SuperGaleford

6 жыл бұрын

☝🏻To the 10th power☝🏻

I think Bruce Jenner took his new look from Steve!

@dafunk39

8 жыл бұрын

@wilmaman Sorry, apparently you're a Bruce fan. I didn't think any of Bruce Jenner's new fans would be watching this video. 

@dafunk39

8 жыл бұрын

@the holy father. It's Bruce.

@dafunk39

8 жыл бұрын

***** Bruce

@dafunk39

8 жыл бұрын

@ the holy father Who says I'm Christian? You're the "Holy Father". I call him Bruce because that's what his parents named him. Look it up.

@dafunk39

8 жыл бұрын

+The Holy Father. Thank you "Holy" one.

Great video, amazing guitar. Keep rockin' Mr. Vai!

i have 3 of these in my possession... strung 0.20-0.70... tuned to drop E, like a bass... awesome!!! ... not only KORN used them, Meshuggah used them too... THNX STEVE

George Van Epps played a 7 string guitar 30 years before Steve Vai "invented" it.

@jwcorcoran9838

9 жыл бұрын

Steve Vai never said that he invented it. Anyone who has a clue about guitar knows that too. Steve Vai's universe guitar was revolutionary, because it was the first 7 string that was commercially mass-produced.

@jmromero6381

6 жыл бұрын

JW Corcoran Agreed.

@aitordotco

5 жыл бұрын

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@azrael666ethereal

4 жыл бұрын

Vai decided to go for the low string as opposed to the high A. It was also one of the first solid bodies. The others were either acoustic or hollow bodied guitars appart from Lenny Breau's idea of a solid body but was with a high A like the others. The guitar never made it past the prototype stages..

great great freaking great guitarist, but he has some of the ugliest guitars ive ever seen

Wonderful video!

best one is the broken mirror/disco ball guitar with the white pickups, he used to use it during Whitesnake. I think it's the coolest one

seems like such a chill dude. not conceited at all either. a true artist if there ever was one

i love those pictures with that steves 80s 90's look!

I so want one someday! Such an epic guitar!

Felicidades!!!! Maravillosas guitarras!!!

What a beautiful guitar!

What a cool interview. What a humble dude.

yeah thank you steve vai for the 7-strings! i've own one of your ibanez universes and its my favorite guitar!

i have to say, the way that they paint those guitars is soo awesome

Nice guitar and great guitar player....this is the man.....

Thank you Steve

Great video!!! Very coooool!

7 string pioneer - jazz guitarist George Van Eps, I'm sure Steve knows him or about him. Of course, I thanks Steve for using the 7 string concept on Passion and Warfare, as it's one of my fav albums from him.

6:00 wow that’s amazing! That’s tight because they were using Ibanez Universes that’s awesome

My IBANEZ UNIVERSE Still plays and sounds awesome , love the neck !

My technical learning part of my guitar playing really took off after I started practicing from an article by Andy Aledort in '89 and I only learned recently that he was a student of yours, so thanks Steve! P.S., most of us can barely manage 6 strings. :)

The Locking nut: keeps the guitar in tune - the is no need for a tuning pedal. Play a whole set without re-tuning. You are a guitar hero of mine SteveVai. After having bought and learned every guitar solo in those magazines, I duscoverd SteveVai. I still love cutting heads scene from the movie with Ralph Machio "Cross Roads".

I hope to have one .... one day.... it truly is an awesome guitar.... literally AWESOME.... When I look at it.... it invokes AWE in me.... it's magnificant....!

Vai youre a creative genious among men. Such a great person and musician!! You deserve the career you have but hope some day i will deserve to own one of your guitars haha!

I love the swirl on that reissue that he had

That was a great interview. You've created such a beautiful guitar Steve! I only wish I could afford one =P

yeah.And Gilbert,just so many amazing players it would be hard to say any one player is my fav..or label anyone as the "Best"..I think we are lucky to have so much talent to choose from.

I had a dream one night that I was playing one of those guitars. Great guitar!

I have memorized every single note of Passion And Warfare in my head... Really!

Sempre il migliore!!!Grande Steve!

wow those are some good looking monsterous guitars , i would love to design my own one like that someday! :D

Those are some cool shades

your the best Steve! you're the best n very famous in my country:)

Steve is so awesome, seems like someone who would be like a really laid back chill highschool music teacher or something haha

that's the beauty of being a great guitarist, his means of expression is effective and cool! .. i love this guitar, very good.. lol

You rock Steve!

To me it would seem odd to try the 7th string at first but once mastered, it would open new doors to experiment and create different variations of sounds to add to bass lines.

swirl painted guitar are so cool!

Wow very beautifull

1 of my guitar gods... freakin awesome dude..

Shit, I remember this coming out as a 16 year old kid watching this over and over - wishing I'd get one of these

I still love my '82 AR-300!

Hi Mr. Vai Im a big fan of your music, and a big fan of Ibanez guitars , actually I got two Ibanez, like a fan I think it would be a good idea in order to celebrate this 20Th Anniversary make these guitars more affordable, maybe around US 1,000.00 (just a suggestion) , so more people will enjoy this beautiful guitar. Thanks for making such an amazing music

marvelous...guitar

Have you ever played a Jem? They sound incredible and feel terrific. Looks is an individual thing, but the tone can't be denied.

I really like my UV70P Green Dot. It plays pretty well. I'm good with that.

Oh Steve Vai, always innovating!

Hydro dipping is so awesome.

You are an Alien !!!! God bless you !!!! "Mr.Oss" from Germany .

saludos desde colombia, south america, steve¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡