Alcatrazz with Steve Vai - Jet to Jet to

[@rcrinlv02]

I remember this tour when Vai took over for Yngwie. I had front row seat expecting Yngwie and it was obviously a first or second show for Vai, as he was out there actually setting up his pedals and cables pre-show!! So when he came out , I was like ," aint that the roadie?!?!"....haha!! Never the less, I've never gotten to see Yngwie live, but I was introduced to Vai. Who is by far, a more versitile player. Yngwie can play like a Mo-Fo , but its always the same thing. Vai is limitless.

[@poppycock6572]

Very well stated. Vai is limitless and as much as I enjoy Yngwie, he's definitely a one trick pony... its one HELLUVA trick though!!!

[@astraluna6is9]

Seen’em both. Apples n oranges man. Apples n oranges A quick personal observation though. Bonnet and DeSoto sound remarkably alike don’t you think?

[@SGED392]

@@astraluna6is9Jeff Scott Soto?

[@SGED392]

So would you compare it to the last minute Brad Gillis take over for Randy situation?

[@bobmartino8073]

@@SGED392 I would but Steve had a much tougher role to play. Gotta give Brad his due. He did it in like 10 days.

[@LanceCampeau]

How is it that I have NEVER heard of this band?!?!? The guy's voice is bloody awesome.

[@KeeperOfPoops]

i agree, Graham Bonnet's vocals are hard to beat

[@brogoram]

he was Rainbow's singer..

[@paulmahon1613]

@@brogoram he was their first lead singer then it was Ronnie James Dio then it was Joe Lynn Turner I think the problem was rainbow was Graham didn't have a middle name I guess LOL

[@brogoram]

@@paulmahon1613 🤣

[@TomGrubbe]

Also sang on Michael Schenker Group's Assault Attack album in 1982.

[@岸正伸]

18歳〜20歳の頃、アルカトラスのギタリストと言えばイングヴェイ・マルムスティーンで、彼の脱退後スティーヴ・ヴァイに変わったアルカトラスは、全くと言って良い程見ませんでした。 このジェット・トゥ・ジェットは、18歳〜20歳の頃から33年〜35年後の今、初めて真剣に見ました。 18歳〜20歳当時の私は、エドワード・ヴァン・ヘイレン狂いと、それ以上にイングヴェイ・マルムスティーン狂いだった訳で、この二人以外のギタリストは（数人を除いて）殆ど見ませんし聴きませんでした。 当然、見ない聴かない中に、アルカトラスのマルムスティーンの後任ギタリストのヴァイも入っていました。 スティーヴ・ヴァイ…素晴らしいギタリストですね。 ソロも凄いしバッキングを真面に弾いています。 今更ながらでも、スティーヴ・ヴァイの素晴らしさに気付けて良かったです。

[@davidbell7005]

love hearing Vai play this style

[@AlfredNazGates]

Learning a bit of history. I knew steve vai played in this band but never seen or heard it till now. Sweet to see him before the jem guitar. "for the love of god" was when I started listening to him. Also didn't know he replaced malmsteen, another guitarist I love. I cant believe steve had the chops to replace him within days he mentioned and relearned how to pick cause of malmsteens style. Thats legendary.

[@MrUmandMrEr]

Check out his studio album with Alcatrazz, if you haven't already. It's great! "Disturbing the Peace"

[@meerkat7406]

@@MrUmandMrEr Truly a gem of an album. IMHO among the best rock and guitar oriened albums of that era, but virtually unknown.

[@MrUmandMrEr]

@@meerkat7406 Likewise, Assault Attack by MSG with Graham on vox.

[@市川竜慈]

凄いですねこのパフォーマンス😊 好きなzepのナンバーでこの曲が1番好きですね。 なんでかって四人ともカッコいいから😊 アコギだけでしかもボーカルもしっかり歌えてる。 好きだからできるんだろうなを強く感じました。 ありがとう🎉

[@jeffl2647]

What a Great job Vai did on this! ...love the sweep arpeggios he does at 2:23

[@mymodel6]

Lol...

[@山田正幸-e2u]

スティーブ本当に凄いよ👾👾

[@tedcabana]

Steve said he had many great shoes to fill in past bands. To follow Adrian Belew, Yngwie Malmsteen, Eddie Van Halen, Ritchie Blackmore, John Sykes, and many more players, who he humbly paid his respects to. And he pulled it off without a hitch. Only a true virtuoso could fill all those shoes in one lifetime. So who do you think is the greatest of all those guitarists?

[@SIR0777]

Ritchie Blackmore ? When and where?

[@mwdanny]

@@SIR0777Graham sang in Rainbow, so essentially he was following both Yngwie and subsequently Blackmore as well. That’s where Graham got his notoriety from.

[@SIR0777]

@@mwdanny makes no sense to me. Steve followed Yngwie.Nothing to do between Vai and Blackmore. The rest of the list is correct but Ritchie does not belong in that list imho.

[@64siskat96]

respect for mentioning sykes

[@Peter_Joshua]

Holdsworth or Lane prolly.

[@jeffreyp1855]

This Vai kid is going to be famous some day! 🤣🤘🏻

[@mateoahumada2429]

2:03 blows my mind every time

[@JohnProph]

@wasdroger The riff is pretty much exactly "Spotlight Kid" by Rainbow

[@Kreln1221]

Far out! It's Vai's Charvel Greenie Meanie before it was painted green! How cool is that?!!!

[@mahesajenar9815]

Alcatrazz tidak pernah salah memilih gitaris....Bravo Steve and Yngwie.

[@イザナギ-j5r]

グラハムボネットかっこいいなぁ まぁやすしって言われてもふふふってなる 厚切りでもいいな

[@uma_uma355]

この既視感はやすし師匠でしたか、気付かせてくれてありがとう！

[@etype-o-negativ3874]

I love Graham!

[@siuldeleo]

Una de las mejores bandas de los 89-90

[@ChildoftheCorn666]

Dude looks like Wesker from Resident Evil

[@inkyblck]

ChildoftheCorn666 holy shit, funniest thing I've heard in a while

[@thebassofmontecristo]

+ChildoftheCorn666 I knew something was bothering me about Graham! Hahahahah!

[@user-nu7xx7pc1d]

😂😂😂😂yes

[@mr.brenman2132]

He looks like Graham Bonnet.

[@TheMasonator777]

Wesker looks like him.

[@kackdackel9170]

Always love it when people who havent achieved anything argue about who is the better player, like its gonna change anything if Jerry aged 56 argues with Walt aged 47 that Yngwie was better or faster than Vai or Vai had cleaner or smoother picking. we are not in a position to decide whos better cause nobody here can play even remotely like malmsteen or vai.

[@maxmenius9839]

Vai was unreal good! Amazing.

[@IlluminatiScorpio]

Steve Vai Rocks! damn you got to love vai!=D

[@jogobonito1234]

Vai is the best guitar hero of all hard/heavy history

[@josej.aguayo8035]

Great tone on that Charvel, none of his Jems have that beautiful sonic texture !

[@tubesoupio]

Well, that was one special piece of wood, for sure...Grover Jackson's personal guitar!

[@kackdackel9170]

stop yapping. no one could hear the difference if he was playing a metal bar with strings attached.

[@tubesoupio]

@@kackdackel9170stop trolling…you obviously know nothing about musical instruments, clown.

[@jacksackofhairytirds5188]

Alcatraz is by far the weirdest 80s band I've ever seen

[@royabelrh]

And Nitro?

[@HaakonOdinsson]

In what way may I ask?

[@blendzol]

One of a kind voice and Vai is just an awesome down to earth master of his trade.

[@3minute-tikoku]

歌うでしかし！

[@satofishsato]

yasushi ?lololol

[@NoNotMe0000]

This is sweet!

[@RenanPowerGuitar]

LoooooooooL,olha a garganta desse vocalista.....No coments :$

[@linoza192]

thanks for uploading this masterpiece of art! i love them!

[@Petezw]

Hang on, isn't that riff Rainbow's Spotlight Kid? Not complaining as Vai's guitar work and Bonnet's vocals are fabulous

[@unklbacon]

My first thought exactly.

[@verrysmusic]

This song is from the Malmsteen era, released in 1983, Bonnet was a member of Rainbow as well, so it kind of makes sense the influence. Regardless, a great tune and band!!!

[@mack666wikid]

steve vai is ridiculously talented and bonnets an awesome rock screamer

[@XRAY1415]

엄청나시네요 감동받았습니다👍

[@Serendipity2539]

やすし師匠！！ ｗ　 　 　

[@SwampSurferPDX]

i saw one of those Aria Pro II Elite basses on craigslist today.

[@YukaHotta0529]

I'm very lucky to find this video

[@MisterTee]

@pistache7 It is the Green Meanie before it was painted green.....

[@nandovix02]

IMO arguing who is the best is a big waste of time... yngwie is a legendary player, he changed the guitar just like hendrix and van halen did before him, and that's a fact, even if you don't like him, just accept it! and vai is a great player that made history with his talent as well...so I THINK that both of them deserve A LOT of respect...

[@rockrabbitt]

ソロに行く前に高速フレーズに備える時間を与えるバンド陣。半分は確りとピッキングで、後半はライトハンド（今やタッピングと言わんと通じないのか ^_^）で楽する Vai 先生。やすし先生も良く声が出ている。

[@laudanum669]

I think Graham Bonnet had to influence Scott Weiland's post STP look and stage performances. Just saying.

[@vinvincent9387]

I agree

[@andthensome512]

I was just thinking the same same thing. Graham Bonnet was a great singer.

[@RockinRobin411]

I want to see a film of Vai's first performance with Alcatrazz. The legend goes that no one knew Yngwie left, and before the band entered, the audience shouted "Yngwie! Yngwie! Yngwie!" and then they saw Steve Vai. I also want to comment that in this video, Vai's playing sounds a lot like Yngwie's, except without Yngwie's distinctive sound. Vai has a great sound as well, but I think Vai is better as a solo artist (although I love Eat 'Em and Smile and Vai's Sex & Religion album).

[@modelclub]

当時は「イングヴェイのぶん払っても、おつりが来たスティーブと」

[@arrygunawan8503]

Stevie Vai played like Yngwie ... amazing

[@funkster007]

If you mean 25 years ago yeah. " Now I weel play black star...... afta I eat thwee whole cheekens." LOL

[@wahyuridwan9508]

good melodious bonet n stevai

[@kariagekimuchiyaro5795]

インギー在籍時の曲をステップ踏みながら軽快に弾くヴァイ

[@cristianpavez6832]

Vai's guitar always shines brighter more with a great vocalist at his side whether it's Graham Bonnet, David Lee Roth or David Coverdale.

[@janycordovanavarro]

Cuenta la leyenda que había un steve vai que tocaba con strtocaster....

[@TrochezCovers]

jany cordova haha esas son las Charvel So-Cal, excelentes guitarras y hermanas de las Strat

[@AngelLeppard]

+Joel Trochez Hasta ahora que Fender compro Charvel les empezaron a llamar So-Cal a las charvel con pickguard, antes no se les llamaba asi.

[@NEUQUlNO]

El usaba súperstratos cuando recién se habían inventado :v

[@freddarroyo]

Tambien cuenta la leyenda que esa guitarra era de Grover Jackson. Vai la pidió prestada, al tiempo le cambio el color a verde y nunca la devolvió. Esa es la green meanie. Esa guitarra fue la inspiración para Ibanez Jem

[@azrock1984]

wat the hell are u saying...? do u play guitar at all..?? they r both great!

[@derekpierkowski7641]

Graham was the first singer to employ 1/4 tones!

[@Retroscoop]

Incredible that he's not sweating like a horse in that outfit... He surely was a strange bird in Hardrockland, but hey, let's not forget that even Thin Lizzy once toured with... Midge Ure, complete in pink & yellow outfit and mascara... They just can't all look like AC DC, Status Quo or Lynyrd Skynyrd can they... So hail hail to Strange Birds with talents....

[@felphero]

Holy shit O.O this proves that even one of the best guitarrists in the world can't play the same way as malmsteen

[@ericnootebos5855]

Ofcourse not, he play’s like Vai. That is completely different. Both great, but Vai way more tastefull for my taste.

[@JimiRayYng]

Anyone who thinks yngwie only plays fast is pretty much deaf or has only heard yngwies later stuff.

[@TrochezCovers]

***** well said mate, i love yngwies music until 1992, fire and ice, after that he became only speed, i like some seven sign songs, but thats it

[@CloudsBeyond]

+JimiRayYng Black his early stuff was fantastic and the solos works of art for the most part, from roughly mid 90's onwards it was tedious repetitive boring stuff. Recall Yngwie saying in interviews later he started improvising nearly every solo and you could tell a mile away as it was mainly 100mph not very melodic stuff separated by the odd sustained vibrato note. Yngwie is really irrelevant today as a guitar player but he could have been one of the all time greats.

[@harrispj4205]

I think you accidentally posted this in a Steve Vai video. Just saying ...

[@Bottomdweller]

That's no accident. The song and guitar solo were written by Yngwie J. Malmsteen. Yngwie was the original guitarist of the band. Vai replaced him.

[@jeffreyp1855]

I remember a video of an Alcatrazz concert, after Steve had just joined the band and some guy yelling "You suck, without Yngwie!" All the while, Vai is playing Yngwie's guitar parts, note for note. Pretty funny!

[@davidevans3175]

That is absolutely true.

[@stephanodsilva]

Gotta applaud Steve Vai for even trying these tunes, but it also illustrates how flipping cleanly Yngwie picks cos Steve couldn't do it, hence the tapping which hasn't half as much power.

[@SwedishMeattball]

how stupid 😂 thats his style and he literally picked it before he tapped it anyway😂 hed actually a cleaner picker i think even malmsteen would say so

[@mr.brenman2132]

Vai's era of Alcatraz is better. He had a very short time to learn these songs.

[@BeamRider100]

There's a heavy metal scene in Ivory Coast right ?

[@sab2871]

+BeamRider100 African bands , wow, if you can send me over a link to a vid of one , I really wannna see this, Africa can use a dose of Metal , that will light a fire in their pants , it might become their " march " to re igniting " who they are as people in Africa "!! Great movement for Africans , this can be a " take down the Iron Curtain moment " !! African head bangers " !! Gotta see this !

[@BeamRider100]

+sab287Leporidae I was getting mixed up with Botswana edition.cnn.com/2014/02/13/world/africa/africa-botswana-metal-heads/

[@KingGrio]

Anybody who was at that show, witnessed Steve's guitar playing, and wasn't happy with it, doesn't know d*ck about guitar.

[@JohnCoctoasten85]

2:04 🔥

[@FloridaManMatty]

Fun fact. The guitar that Steve is molesting in this video eventually morphed into the infamous and long lost “Green Meanie”.

[@pauloandredias1081]

I see these guys talking about Malmsteen and Vai and who's the best blah blah...Fuck'em! The best in this song is Graham Bonnet!!

[@DD-um4dd]

Bonnet BLOWS

[@maugrinder]

Yes, agreed

[@BORANBURCIN]

better then album!

[@randombedroomguitarrist5253]

That's what T-1000 did in the 80's for a living...

[@HUNTERYOUGAF]

I love the snake skin pantalones senor vai!

[@druchumley4571]

Vai can convincingly copy anyone's style, but NO ONE can copy Vai.

[@HorridFroth]

@1:20 "we will drink up their pee"

[@tradbowseven]

You’re in love with the spotlight

[@boethius1812]

Wow, a Steve Vai somg that's listenable. Yay!

[@randomcultist398]

Could anyone tell what model guitar he plays in the video?

[@themetalghost]

Charvel

[@marvinthemartian6788]

Vai on a Charvel! A few years before the Ibanez jem was created

[@Stick2208]

youre damn right !!!!

[@Olaverda]

Didn't realise David Bowie was in Alcatraz 🤔

[@modusceo]

Hah! There’s grover’s personal guitar still in sunburst on loan, before steve made it the “green meanie”

[@新野稔]

Stieve Vai というドレッドヘアの無名の人がいとも簡単にYJMの穴を埋めてしまったのを目の当たりにした当時の日本のキッズ 「あれ❓実はYJM って大したこと無いのかな❓」

[@shredsixsixsix9218]

Yngwie wrote these songs ,and can phrase any note at any time and make it good .Steve is using a Van Halen Melodic chromatic approach that works good in major keys,but not really in minor . yngwie utilizes Diminished Whole half over Dorian ,which gives you harmonic minor AND the bebop scale ,.Blackmore did this on "SnakeCharmer" blackmore usually soloed with a slide .Yngwie plays much faster like Di Meola,and has better phrasing than anyone using this approach There is NO WAY any guitarist using the melodic Minor Chromatic approach could have written "Black Star" Even Frank Gambale

[@sisajtegabre]

do not get me wrong nothing against YM and his fans, but did you think that Vai simple did not wish to copy anybody, when i listen YM and some classic guitarists from my academy malmsteen is funny He robed Bah all the way (and regarding stile Blackamoor and Uli VR), personal i love more Vai due to his perfect whammy a sort of talking playing He put Jeff Back stile in stratosphere, and imho Gambale and Meola are far better than YM, simply i find that fusion guitarist have more skills, neither can YM write Meolas 'Race with Devil on Spanish Highway' or any other neoclassic guitarist or any song from Gambale Live (1989). anyhow there is a lot to learn from YM beside picking technique many forget his great vibrato, and it is great that such guitarist hit the scene in early 80s, all the best.

[@shredsixsixsix9218]

MusicHunter Di Meola is a super expressive jazz stylist . Yngwie doesn't even have that dimension in his writing Tony Mac Alpine is the best in the whole Shred Genre . Yngwie put modern guitar together from Segovia through Hendrix and blackmore to DiMeola and Holdsworth . Yngwie is the only true Rock Star of the genre . Vai really couldn't handle the rockstar life and went back to fusion All the Debut albums from Vai Satriani and Malmsteen were brilliant . All the British invasion Guitarists were brilliant It comes down to guitar having no limit in music synthesis ! It can borrow techniques of a Keyboard a violin a Sax .It can create percussive textures ,it can be a mandolin or a sitar .It can make animal sounds .It can be a flute It can talk it can make motorcycle sounds .It can be a harp , it can be a bell . Guitar to me has primarily the voice of a rock blues or country instrument . Those motor skills are impressive to see. To see those telecaster bends done right in front of your face ,and real blues chops put together with the right intervals to build and release ' Everything else is an augmentation .Violin Technique ,fret tapping,sweep picking ,things all taken from Sax Keys and fiddle . Peace out !

[@shredsixsixsix9218]

MusicHunter I like what you said .No .I don't think Vai wanted to copy anybody ! Replacing Yngwie in Alcatrazz was like the Graduate program in his schooling! Passion and Warfare is a super expressive album full of color and innovation

[@sisajtegabre]

Shred Sixsixsix Agree 100%, i adore Hendrix, 'guitar is easy to learn but hard/impossible to master' forget the name of the person who said this. nice that you have mentioned Tony Mac Alpine ( un fer underrated guitarist), many of today's Kids do not nothing about him, guess that His composing abilities are the strongest from those shred gods from 80's, last that i'v herd about him is that He returned to piano moreover He still shreds awesome due to what i saw on Vai concerts. Depending from day i love to listen last 2-3 months Maiden old stuff from 2-4 album, or YM, then i switch to Vai, next day i'm in fusion world, but i enjoy the most in Hendrix stuff (even in robert Jhonson as well and other blues masters from 30s). i had a problem due to it is a sort forbidden to bend strings, and to do hamer on-pul ofs stuff on jazz academy but i love it, the best thing is to take what we like from each musical genre and to make our music with a personal expressions. so it is great to have so many different stiles and players, friendly regards.

[@shredsixsixsix9218]

MusicHunter Oh cool. Yes Fusion . my one guitar friend was telling me Jazz guys tended to spend their money on a really nice Semi Hollowbody,and in turn neglect the quality of the actual guitar amp! For Jazz I usually listen to Wes, Les ,or Pizzarelli . Fusion i like Stern and Scofield . Actually JazzEveryone .com has the guy willie Thomas on trumpet,he does a "Know and Blow" series I always watch,and for picking Mechanics on guitar I watch Troy Grady Cracking the Code. Also Mac Alpines instructional ,and The Shawn Lane Instructional from early 90s , had some good explanations of picking and unpicked Legato playing . Some guys just don't have the pinky,or the dexterity to hammer and pull notes cleanly .. .I noticed the hammering is developed but the pull offs are a problem because of playing with the tip of the pinky I see violinists look like their Pinky is an index finger !!! Bach Bouree in E is actually very good for pinky development . I don't think low action is super critical for clean unpicked legato I would love to buy a Ibanez S Series from eary 90 or a Steinberger with a trans trem !!!

[@brianmcnamara5890]

I think vai wears that shirt in the crossroads duel

[@Yngwie69]

I'm all about devirsity of looks on stage makes for good stage presence and allows the artist to position him or herself e.g. I remember Diamond Dave for his skin tight, leopard print spandex pants, love that shit!!. I guess, I just have a thing about people who look like Car salesman.

[@Nardbluzrootz]

@TalentBoy89 if you are aware with the Jem777lng (lochness green) it came from what this guitar would come to be.. this is what Vai turned into his green meanie. if you google "steve vai green meanie" it will show you Photos of what that charvel came to be.

[@BillLarkinmusic]

@dupcyngierTM it's a Charvel custom ....

[@RobertoArceCorretjer]

@malmsteen108 i completely agree with you, ppl dont give him enough credit and he deserves the respect that his supposed to have earned. finally found someone who love yngwie : )

[@BillLarkinmusic]

@kamaboko1 WingWang ? LoL !!!

[@sviso71]

This sounds just like Yngwie Malmsteen-inspired classical music stuff!🎸

[@boogyjuggy]

tight

[@jonathanlafey4988]

Weell, this song is composed by Yngwie...

[@tochansyukitb7772]

やすしきよし脱退後にボーカルするとはさすがやすし師匠！

[@samueljorge3171]

2:03

[@KakviBRE]

Steve Vai...lol...he is funny,Yngwie is GOD for him..

[@oliverpura9876]

I went to see Steve Vai play in a little music theatre in Monterey thinking the sound would be fantastic in a place meant for presenting music. It was Boom! Boom! Boom! just all the concerts you go to now.I did not go to listen to the drummer. You never heard the rhythm guitar or bass guitar. I thought Vai would not be like this. The person who I invited to come to the show walked out after one song and went to watch the car auction down the street. You could hear people yelling "Turn it down!" in between songs but he just laughed it off! But he played very well and was like what you see on the net. The rest of the band sucked. I've seen many shows but this was one to forget. Not a fun experience.

[@318825768]

whats that for a guitar?

[@geetarguy777]

I'm not going to "pick" my favorite guitarist, but am I the only one who gets a kick out of how much ALL the singers Vai was with emphasize his tattoo?

[@davidramos4317]

Did you have a stroke when you typed this 5 years ago?

[@64siskat96]

@@davidramos4317i think you were just restarted 5 years ago. Its a perfectly fine sentence

[@tatsukadoteranishi2896]

vai is well well. important video.

[@628tmorgan]

The main riff sounds like "Spolight Kid", but a great song regardless. Vai was playing great in this show.

[@shamisenalchemist8556]

歌詞知りたいな

[@Carlos-fh8wk]

To at Yngwie sure is good

[@kipponi]

Intro sounds Rainbow's Spotlight kid.

[@understone]

Vai is such an amazing guitarist and musician...so good he can have a solo career but I would prefer amazing guitarists like him in a band. I play guitar and I just walk away from listening to his solo stuff with a sense of how unbelievable he is as a guitarist and musician but its not compelling beyond that to me. If i want to listen to Vai, I listen to DLR stuff...

[@TacomaGraphicArtist]

I love Vai's work with DLR, especially Eat'm and Smile era, I also liked when he formed Vai with Devin Townsend, but I felt he was out of place in Whitesnake being that they were more blues-based than what he usually does

[@understone]

@@TacomaGraphicArtist oh..i thought whitesnake was interesting. I never thought he was out of place at all but u knew he was limited a great deal

[@paulmahon1613]

Steve was so incredibly limited when he played with White Snake and David Lee roth. We got to hear so much more out of him as a solo artist. The thing is though had he played with a band for a good long time I don't think people would be having an argument over who was better him or Eddie Van halen. It's clearly Steve Vai. Now when we're talking blues it's Stevie Ray Vaughan. Blues is the one genre that neither Eddie nor Steve truly mastered

[@robertpoole9136]

Vai said he learned the entire Alcatrazz show in a day..is that possible?

[@tubesoupio]

I heard it was maybe 2 days LOL...possible if you're Steve Vai!

[@長門雪男]

音楽性の広さ、テクニック的にもヴァイ先生の方が新しさを感じておりました。 でもイングエーさんの今や古典芸能みたいなスタイルも好きです。

[@MrShaneshanker]

Graham looks like the cop In Terminator 2 Lol.

[@singlefather01]

I like Yngwie and Vai. They are a different player. Vai more theoretical and broad. Yngiew is more bluesy and technical. I enjoy both. I won't say which one suits me. I can be in a mood for either. Some times, Satriani, Holdsworth, Hoey. I like them at different times.

[@Elriq93]

Spotlight kid.

[@Cajun-it3yf]

Both are good guitarists period. But, Steve can play Yngwie...not vice versa. I like Yngwie, but he always sounds the same each song. Steve ventures into different territories. I have also always felt that Steve really enjoys playing where Yngwie is a stage show. Regardless...I do like them both.

[@capnzilog]

+Cajun9000 Steve has apologized to Yngwie in person for not being able to pull off Yngwie's solos note-for-note. Yngwie was gracious about it, saying "that's why the solos are there - to play your way." Neither can play like the other, nor would they want to I don't think.

[@Q8_BoRashed]

If you honestly believe Yngwie can't play Steve because of technical difficulties then you're either biased or completely out of your mind. Both are legendary guitarists and can play each other.

[@capnzilog]

You overestimate the generality of guitar skills. I wouldn't expect you to be able to copy my accent, nor I yours... so what makes you think their styles are so interchangeable? Music is the same way. Steve Vai said what he did in print, I believe it, and that settles it. Either could probably do what the other does if they truly committed themselves to the task, but that ain't gonna happen.

[@Q8_BoRashed]

I clearly state the reason to be "technical difficulties." Yngwie can mostly surely technically cover every guitarist on this planet (besides styles that are variously different than his for example Flamenco.) I didn't mean "feel" or mimic the "style. The comment was pointed at the original poster "Cajun9000" for stating that Steve can play Yngwie but not the other way around.