Steve talks about the origins of the Ibanez Universe 7-string guitar, and introduces the 20th Anniversary Reissue!
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@rockerdrake5 жыл бұрын
"A 7-string feels just like a 7-string aaaand... a 6-string feels like a 6-string" -Steve Vai, 2010.
@kalejoe65993 жыл бұрын
It is now 2021 and no Ibanez universe or passion and warfare 30th Anniversary I am Sad
@stevai673212 жыл бұрын
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 Жыл бұрын
Like you it seems
@stevai6732 Жыл бұрын
@@user-ng2re6wp5o KEK k weirdo
@user-ng2re6wp5o Жыл 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 Жыл 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 Жыл бұрын
@@user-ng2re6wp5oYou’re insane
@giuseppemare14 жыл бұрын
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.
@jwcorcoran98389 жыл бұрын
"And I put green polka dots on it..because I can!". hahaha
@Thaymarracho11 жыл бұрын
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.
@stevedunch5817 жыл бұрын
He also created the atmosphere and the planets
@caseyjones8315 жыл бұрын
Amen
@clintwilson63804 жыл бұрын
Talk about moving some air!
@SebaGTR73 жыл бұрын
And hallucinogenic mushrooms
@phenbuz9 жыл бұрын
Just to hear the amazing PASSION AND WARFARE for background. Amazing album. Long live Universe and Steve Vai
@@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.
@B0yardigi0rn012 жыл бұрын
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.
@DrThrashmaster11 жыл бұрын
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
@tsibren5 жыл бұрын
I’m so happy with my original UVBK7 and so glad you signed it! It will always be my most cherished guitar.
@dave1986R5 жыл бұрын
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.
@BLACKHAZARD114 жыл бұрын
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.
@pez---12 жыл бұрын
I felt the same about Korn's first album...groundbreaking sound.
@frankbreuer8849 Жыл бұрын
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.
@jdcsteelers4982 жыл бұрын
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.
@lodestarArtist11 жыл бұрын
Just having all those great guitars in the background tends to a delight for me.
@TheRobTV13 жыл бұрын
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.
@Lean54012 жыл бұрын
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!!!!!!
@RuffisInc9 жыл бұрын
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
@thatnorwegianguy19869 жыл бұрын
RuffisInc Vai would approve he loves seeing people take music into different directions.
@marktorres15458 жыл бұрын
It was so awesome to hear Vai shout out props to Korn
@MrSFblack6 жыл бұрын
Steve has already met the guys from Korn so I'm sure he knows how much Munky and Head admire him
@vincecarpenter6616 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
@donniedarko4448 жыл бұрын
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.
@aidencantrell85347 жыл бұрын
Im seeing steve in a month im super excited!!!!!!! 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
@BreakingNVain2 жыл бұрын
How was it?
@aidencantrell85342 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
@xkalivasx14 жыл бұрын
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!
@ugmodude12 жыл бұрын
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.
@theitalianstallion9733 жыл бұрын
So Steve listened to the first korn record? That’s so cool
@Andrino1510 жыл бұрын
64 unlikes!!!!!!!!!! WTF??? Steve is God
@emrenazmiev191110 жыл бұрын
dood he is more than God
@TheChrispablo10 жыл бұрын
***** whats the problem with Korn? They have a unique sound back in the days and they introduced a new style of rock.
@timanderson73726 жыл бұрын
Andy Benarjee Steve is not God. Jesus is. Repent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Obey Acts 2:38
@g-shack36555 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.
@WilfridRUN14 жыл бұрын
Love all that you made and still make on those incredible guitars Master Steve VAI!
@rickyp7314 жыл бұрын
amazing craft and workmanship of this awsome ibanez reissue indeed and a mastermind behind the craft of the 7 string guitar...It absolutely rocks!!!
@TaureanMixing9 жыл бұрын
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.
@NishadGeorge9 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.
@TaureanMixing9 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.
@MrSFblack6 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.
@gaylittleboy66696 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.
@vivekteega12 жыл бұрын
" How can you move your hands around 8 string ? " Answer. Fredrik Thordendal and Tosin Abasi will show you that.
@bluemcdaniel994 жыл бұрын
A Spanish guitar player thinks that’s light work 😂😂
@alkoolblue13 жыл бұрын
Steve, seems like yesterday! What 2 great decades!!!
@sergeantsodom69692 жыл бұрын
Shit, I remember this coming out as a 16 year old kid watching this over and over - wishing I'd get one of these
@bobclark255711 жыл бұрын
I still have my Ibanez les paul custom copy I bought in 1977 for $499.00 jet black with gold accents
@jmromero63816 жыл бұрын
Bet it still plays GREAT.
@jaimepizano97444 жыл бұрын
I have a Tobacco Sunburst. I love that guitar.
@dougsteeleguitar9 жыл бұрын
I've got UV7BK, getting UV777BK next week. Awwwww yeah!!
@blkjakk9 жыл бұрын
Hell 6 strings is hard enough!!!!
@dougsteeleguitar9 жыл бұрын
Correct! I think 7 is the max and only Meshuggah can use 8.
@dougsteeleguitar9 жыл бұрын
Still getting set up.
@Kita95329 жыл бұрын
Doug Steele animals as leaders too ;)
@dougsteeleguitar9 жыл бұрын
Thank you father.
@pawewronowski42226 жыл бұрын
This guitar is absolutely stunning!
@LaZicaJeOne13 жыл бұрын
so great !!!! totally unique steve !!!!!!!
@freddieellis84497 жыл бұрын
I'm awful enough on 6 strings! Lol
@tasteegold77727 жыл бұрын
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
@andym287 жыл бұрын
it actually makes a substantial tonal difference. makes sense given its the connection of both parts.
@rtsoccerplayer14 жыл бұрын
wow that paint job, dipping it in that paint, its so cool!
@lolmaomfgtfok14 жыл бұрын
Great video, amazing guitar. Keep rockin' Mr. Vai!
@thewickedwizard10 жыл бұрын
Jeez Steve goes on like he invented pick ups.
@larmerguitars10 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.
@thewickedwizard9 жыл бұрын
No fender built the first electric 7 string. It's always good to research these things before posting online.
@JRP3music7 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_Band7 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.
@ajporter74876 жыл бұрын
Colin Plumb Fender Lmao
@skylinelife53968 жыл бұрын
Whats the intro song?
@Agent-nw3me8 жыл бұрын
Erotic nightmares from the album passion and warfare
@HowlingWolfgang14 жыл бұрын
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
@CensureAsylum Жыл бұрын
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".
@stratotega10 жыл бұрын
what does the pickups splitter do? connect the single coil to half of an humbucker?
@MichaelD839310 жыл бұрын
Yup.
@theballyerboy9 жыл бұрын
It does exactly that
@zakkwyldededicatedfan97335 жыл бұрын
Alberto Perez connects you to god
@6672rock8 жыл бұрын
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.
@dylanswint17958 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!
@ar9v8 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.
@Djarra8 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-jl9ru7 жыл бұрын
6672rock thinner strings are harder to break
@LennartIbanez14 жыл бұрын
i love those pictures with that steves 80s 90's look!
@jbeTV114 жыл бұрын
your' dedication to the art of guitar is as admirable as your' talent. Love the new dvd.
@redrocker10558 жыл бұрын
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.
@leetattoo19766 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
@jmromero63816 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.
@richarddavis840610 жыл бұрын
George Van Epps played a 7 string guitar 30 years before Steve Vai "invented" it.
@jwcorcoran98389 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.
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..
@JesseLeeKing Жыл бұрын
I love the swirl on that reissue that he had
@exmortiss14 жыл бұрын
that is so awesome how its painted
@singedapicultor17769 жыл бұрын
1.00000.000000.00000000 $
@SuperGaleford6 жыл бұрын
☝🏻To the 10th power☝🏻
@dafunk399 жыл бұрын
I think Bruce Jenner took his new look from Steve!
@dafunk399 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. 
@dafunk399 жыл бұрын
@the holy father. It's Bruce.
@dafunk399 жыл бұрын
***** Bruce
@dafunk399 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.
@dafunk399 жыл бұрын
+The Holy Father. Thank you "Holy" one.
@dickyp113 жыл бұрын
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
@djzilk12 жыл бұрын
I have memorized every single note of Passion And Warfare in my head... Really!
@chadsingleton65238 жыл бұрын
great great freaking great guitarist, but he has some of the ugliest guitars ive ever seen
@bionicfingerz3 жыл бұрын
My IBANEZ UNIVERSE Still plays and sounds awesome , love the neck !
@etcbyte12 жыл бұрын
That finish just looks so awesome...
@MTAlupyourass13 жыл бұрын
Steve is so awesome, seems like someone who would be like a really laid back chill highschool music teacher or something haha
@gearhead2299613 жыл бұрын
i have to say, the way that they paint those guitars is soo awesome
@taylormzalewski9 жыл бұрын
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
@bm666one11 жыл бұрын
yeah thank you steve vai for the 7-strings! i've own one of your ibanez universes and its my favorite guitar!
@RokDAWG114 жыл бұрын
What a cool interview. What a humble dude.
@sergi1dtone14 жыл бұрын
Sempre il migliore!!!Grande Steve!
@Zakkarath9 жыл бұрын
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....!
@fredericadda2 жыл бұрын
On the 6th day, Steve created the 6-string guitar. On the 7th day he created the 7-string guitar, saw that it was good and took a well-deserved 15-mn break.
@guitarj9214 жыл бұрын
That was a great interview. You've created such a beautiful guitar Steve! I only wish I could afford one =P
@ItsTheColeTrainBaby13 жыл бұрын
seems like such a chill dude. not conceited at all either. a true artist if there ever was one
@StrifeGuitar14 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful guitar!
@smkonwater2314 жыл бұрын
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.
@RobJMeronek12 жыл бұрын
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. :)
@GuitarManRivera14 жыл бұрын
Nice guitar and great guitar player....this is the man.....
@miked80752 жыл бұрын
Thank you Steve
@pcq826414 жыл бұрын
your the best Steve! you're the best n very famous in my country:)
@Alienadin11 жыл бұрын
I so want one someday! Such an epic guitar!
@WomackPhotoKCMO14 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video!
@6672rock12 жыл бұрын
Maybe one day soon, we'll see Steve wax poetic about the virtues of the 8-string like he does about the 7-string. I'd like to hear him use an 8-string on his next album.
@JesseLeeKing Жыл бұрын
He actually gave the original swirl guitar away... To Thomas Mcrocklin when he was a kid and did the audience is listening video. How cool of a guy is that when he must of known how iconic of a guitar that would become.
@AtomicPunk199513 жыл бұрын
I had a dream one night that I was playing one of those guitars. Great guitar!
@YogaArmy13 жыл бұрын
Great video!!! Very coooool!
@D1CKYM1NT13 жыл бұрын
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?
@visionop82 жыл бұрын
I really like my UV70P Green Dot. It plays pretty well. I'm good with that.
@petiethepitt14 жыл бұрын
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.
@DMRCapitalHill6 жыл бұрын
6:00 wow that’s amazing! That’s tight because they were using Ibanez Universes that’s awesome
@44MrOss4414 жыл бұрын
You are an Alien !!!! God bless you !!!! "Mr.Oss" from Germany .
@firdausmukhtar14 жыл бұрын
1 of my guitar gods... freakin awesome dude..
@mikeyoung6351 Жыл бұрын
I wish they would re release the white universe. My absolute favourite guitar of all time. They really would sell lile hot cakes as the originals are worth 10 + k. Steve! Make it happen!
@MCHH-ml2qq10 ай бұрын
They did re-release it but it was discontinued after only 2 years 2015-2017 oddly enough now the reissue while not as expensive as an original is also a rare guitar itself doesn't come up often its the UV71P thats the white universe reissue.
@mikeyoung635110 ай бұрын
@MCHH-ml2qq yeah mate, the Premium. I own one, it's a fantastic guitar and the only INDO Ibanez I own. The rest are Japanese.
@MikeRailey14 жыл бұрын
You rock Steve!
@espectaculardavidrcq14 жыл бұрын
Felicidades!!!! Maravillosas guitarras!!!
@LuckySinghMusic14 жыл бұрын
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!
@mplayer4611 жыл бұрын
ALL THOSE GUITARS I LOVE IT YEAH!
@anymaryful14 жыл бұрын
that's the beauty of being a great guitarist, his means of expression is effective and cool! .. i love this guitar, very good.. lol
@Tivandi12 жыл бұрын
"Because*chuckle* I can". Priceless.
@verbotenco13 жыл бұрын
The pose with the Lifeguard Malibu shirt is so cute. So Californian.
@Super360achievements12 жыл бұрын
Oh Steve Vai, always innovating!
@Heinrick19214 жыл бұрын
Those are some cool shades
@pattomuso5 жыл бұрын
I still love my '82 AR-300!
@joesatriani1200rulez14 жыл бұрын
wow those are some good looking monsterous guitars , i would love to design my own one like that someday! :D
@hylianprincess711 жыл бұрын
As soon as I saw the little image to the video, I thought it looked like Bill Nye went rocker. Dammit. That would have made my day.