Steve Stevens demonstrates how to use a Ray gun with your guitar

[@LauDanielS]

I was wondering how he made that noise in the solo. Never thought I'd find a video of the man himself explaining exactly what he did to produce it. Cool!

[@vaanozzi]

min 33:00 kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWfFaHVjo5iUf5I

[@JohnSchroeder-c2x]

Gotta love the Internet. I ayed smoke on the water wrong for 20 years till Ritchie Blackmore showed me the right way in a video

[@walterferres5858]

I have literally known of this man all my life. And i can't believe that he is this down to earth and so nice. I have more respect for him now than ever.

[@vaanozzi]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWfFaHVjo5iUf5I min 33:00

[@rockervolt9177]

I remember how amazing I found the guitar solo on "Look in her eyes" from Vince Neil solo album. Steve Stevens is an unique musician, creative, virtuoso and very entertaining to listen to.

[@vaanozzi]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWfFaHVjo5iUf5I min 33:00

[@jonathanmontoya9711]

Agreed. I always that that was looney tunes. Amazing.

[@gzeuskraiste]

I think he's talking about the circuit bending community. The idea is you experiment with cheap electronic toys by attaching wires at different points which changes the signal path ie "bending" the circuit. Adding simple components like pots as Steve says or capacitors etc can be part of it

[@skeletonmodel]

Yeah, that should be it

[@dougwilliams44]

This guy is such a BADASS.. Even 36 years later. He & Andy Taylor (Duran Duran) need to be known

[@aztecworrior79]

Steve Stevens is one of my favorite guitarist awesome player and teacher!..🤘

[@sirius6113]

omg I adore him so much and to use chinese ray guns for his personal SPACE GUITAR style is much more royal rock´n´roll than just pushin a button on an industrial fabricated guitar STEVE RULES!!!

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

+sirius 6 You don't get to decide what is rock and roll or not. :P

[@wilddogwatching6457]

​@@ZiddersRooFurrycan we kiss

[@PS-Straya_M8]

This guy is so humble. Would love to be his neighbor ! :)

[@jimwolabaugh3608]

Such a cool and humble guy. Not to mention a master at his craft

[@rkidlat]

He just sent me a signed gun. Stoked! My favorite guitarist!

[@PedroEvil12]

You guys should do a tone print with the Ray Gun effect

[@v.villain3238]

Steve is a guitar hero for me.more innovative than any other i know.such a joy to watch him play yay.

[@jokerfleckcast3196]

That sound is so fuckking awesome! All over the Billy Idol records and Dirty Diana too. What a legend.

[@balmain2496]

Steve Stevens is a bonafide guitar legend. One of the GOATs

[@KlockoFett]

this also works with some TV remotes. not variable, but different remotes make different sounds. some faster, some different pitch.

[@TheArchitectOfDreams]

I'd love to hang out with him for a day. Seems like a pretty cool dude.

[@Mr.Goldbar]

Honestly the ray gun effect should be made into a guitar pedal! A pedal replicating the settings from that PCM. TC, now it's your chance!

[@toowild8634]

Too Cool Stevie !

[@emilianodelacruz3504]

Steve Stevens a very cool awesome musician guy.

[@JCKnuckles]

Gosh I love Steve Stevens!!

[@VioletDeliriums]

i remember in Guitar Player magazine back in the day he said he used a delay to make the noise. so he's had the same story for like 40 years. :)

[@fuzzcous]

Cool seeing him play an EVH.

[@danbee998]

First time I saw Steve do this was the 2001 MTV 20th Anniversary show televised (Rebel Yell solo).

[@hellavoxx4753]

Same here. Blew me away.

[@nullface_YT]

Seems like a cool guy. Always loved his work but never really "noticed" him if you know what I mean. Kinda feel like I missed out. I'll try to catch up with his stuff.

[@kevincoffield1787]

Always wondered how he did this little trick! 🤘🖖

[@peopleareloudmovers]

Steve talking about circuit bending is something I never expected…

[@buddhahead7732]

Steve Stevens is so cool!!! How inventive!!!!!

[@tSxO44]

Buckethead does it with a Star Wars R2-D2 toy equally as awesome!

[@jonesy2111]

Great guitarist... and cool.

[@joebolick112]

Awesome guitar player 💪

[@nbuehster]

He also used the ray gun effect during his guitar performance in Michael Jackson's hit Dirty Diana. But he changes the speed. I want to know how he did that. It starts out slow. Then it speeds up. Then it slows down again.

[@guiltyspark66]

Dirty Diana lead sounds very much like an analog delay set to go crazy. Easy to do with the correct ($$) unit like an old Memory Man, Boss DM2 maybe.

[@nbuehster]

@@guiltyspark66 What???

[@alansmithee4895]

Imagine he and Ace Frehley getting together and jamming

[@charliec5653]

That would be epic.

[@mikewallace1270]

I love Steve Stevens

[@santosjerez1586]

1st seen this in 1994 Las Vegas Hotel Casino HardRock show .....great Axe man...

[@thereverendofrock1863]

He does some killer stuff with this on Vince Neil Exposed album. Great album.

[@petemartin7589]

The Reverend of Rock Now that album was so way ahead of its time. In my opinion. Steve is the master

[@thereverendofrock1863]

Pete Martin I agree! Should have been a much bigger album! Grunge kind of messed that up though...

[@johnlawerence5675]

@@thereverendofrock1863 that's right. That exposed record is such a great under-rated album. Unfortunatelly it was released in 1993 and grunge was very popular.

[@mfrie]

yo Steve it's called Circuit Bending

[@pregfcbankingculture]

Who would have thought that a high rate pitch lfo would resonate with distorted guitar harmonics 😉

[@DieciBoutiqueRestaurant]

Amazing guitarrist of all times

[@angelloantoniopesantesbaca8767]

Lo maximooo con ese efecto y tan solo con esa simple Pistola de Juguetee..pero es un BOOM! Steve Stevans..lo Maximoo en la guitarraaa!... :)

[@franciscovela3326]

Holi!!! Sh......!! I always wonder how he did that!!! That is very creative!!!!

[@SDRockman]

This is pure class.

[@mgaeeeee9150]

2:41 so that's how you got that sound on the "Look in Her Eyes" solo on Vince Neil Exposed

[@gurzair998]

It's called "circuit bending".

[@hiseminencetheholymacdiarmada]

I like the sound on the original recording, I always thought it was something he did with the whammy bar

[@chucky1time337]

Omg Steve is the man

[@RoryLaird-tc6xp]

Awesome guitarist

[@fernandocoversalgomasamart4370]

Stevens vos sos genial... Mucho mas q otros guitarristas q por ser veloces lo tienen como Dioses... Te prefiero a vos para aprender a tocar la guitarra por que SOS INTELIGENTE y eso es lo mas importante para mi.... La gente no entiende hoy tus maneras o búsquedas porque es la época de Internet... De tener todo resuelto... De jugar a la play... Entonces la gente no va a entender porque sencillamente no es posible que entienden ni siquiera algo... Muero por como has tocado White Wedding en el video que pone "Live at overdrive" del 2008 creo... Sos un crack!!! 👉🥂

[@TMoody]

Man, that is a nice guitar!

[@PhantomOfTheMall]

That’s an EVH Wolfgang, designed by Eddie VanHalen. They used to be made by Peavey, but now they’re being made by Fender...but they have their own logo “EVH”, instead of “Fender” on the headstock.

[@BPJJohn]

that mix room is hilarious XD

[@libertarianrevolution7026]

Very creative idea to use a toy ray gun to make sounds on a guitar.

[@billbryan9990]

A master at work

[@ParkerShilling-l9j]

Steve is so cool.

[@robertolensi7240]

I love this guy ❤

[@regpither3392]

It's such a fine line between stupid... and clever. Nigel lives! 😎

[@lordclancharlie1325]

This is how you stay young forever

[@ajabano7667]

Awesome!

[@oldgit4260]

That's really creative

[@capt_howdy]

So cool that he’s into circuit bending!

[@5urg3x]

THAT'S AWESOME....HOW DID HE FIGURE THIS OUT OMG :X I'm amazed...

[@denonhd8]

TC Electronics, next time, ask the person who REALLY did it on the album - John Goodsall of Brand X. From a Rolling Stone article: Published on Jan 31, 2012 "John Goodsall - lead & rythm guitars, Ric Parnell - drums, Mike Porcaro - bass, Billy Idol, vocal/piano/composer, Sylvester - keyboards. This song had been composed by Idol with his live guitarist Steve Stevens. The live band are listed in the sleeve but the tracks were actually recorded by LA session men. Keith Forsey, producer had tried recording Billy's band in NY but was dissapointed in their studio performance. Forsey & Idol hired pro session musicians in Los Angeles to record the album. John Goodsall's signature 'machine gun' effect in the gtr solo was acheived by beating down the neck of a Fender Strat with his knuckles.Miming to the video and live Stevens jerks the tremolo arm at that point which obviosly has a pitch modulation effect & not the original percussive acheived on the record." On an unrelated note, I love my BH-550, great amp!

[@siggemannen1]

Interesting, his wiki page did mention working with Billy, but not prominently. This solo is really cool

[@davide724]

Innovative. Sounds good, too.😎

[@samanthawhiteman8596]

Happy 59th Birthday Steve Stevens

[@jamesmeek754]

Great guy

[@nikkijojijojinikki945]

Such a genius!

[@DomesticTruther]

Love how they try and act like they weren't expecting this question🤣🤣🤣

[@Bad_P0tato]

I thought this was Chris Lilley for the first half of the clip

[@thomasedmundrichards]

Sneaky nuts

[@ChristianGuynn]

Is Steve Stevens and CC Deville the same guy?

[@kevincarr335]

love the costume in the backround

[@bestofjoy]

Did he use this at the end of dirty diana??

[@megatronn194]

Yup.

[@nbuehster]

My question about the effect in that song is that he changes the speed. I want to know how he did that. It starts out slow. Then it speeds up. Then it slows down again.

[@rnj007]

Steve Stevens Awesome gee ta

[@BillDerBerg]

The Dead Next Door on Rebel Yell was also the Lexicon using the square wave part of the LFO as opposed to the sine wave.

[@BillDerBerg]

I wonder if that's a USA or Japanese EVH Wolfgang

[@MrYoungandelder]

thats awesome

[@grupomilano4268]

Maestria y bastante sencillez de uno de los más grandes guitarristas del mundo, lamentablemente no bien ponderado.

[@gooscooby5988]

Ronald Raygun ?

[@chrisobrien1344]

💖 stevie

[@Bibidrego578]

What toy ray gun is it?

[@rexhead]

Who needs spinal tap

[@j_freed]

Beginning musicians.

[@seanwoodburn2616]

Genius.

[@andyjohnson4485]

He's talking about circuit bending!

[@SloppyLarry]

Circuit benders is the word I believe he was looking for.

[@kurtdahle]

is that guitars scale super small or what

[@LuisDiaz-ff8qg]

Ese guitarro es mucha pieza

[@undergroundjohnny]

The Jazz Cats just don't understand how to have fun.

[@daynelawless]

"Circuit bent" is the term he was trying to recall. So cool. SS is a legend! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmewc3h_iKh-h9U

[@leomomento1901]

This is genius

[@anthonym5705]

You can use the plastic gun or buy an effects box for $100 or more to do that!

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

EVH guiitar. he knows whats up

[@schmollywood]

Pretty ironic for a sound company like TC not to employ a sound guy to film an interview. If you would have put out the extra 200 bucks someone the sound guy would have noticed that Steve covers and hits his mic constantly with his guitar

[@dd212NYC]

Looks and sounds like CC Deville with black hair

[@jerwolf8961]

No he doesn’t. Steve is a cool guy. I was forced to hang out with CC Deville when they were really big and the guy is annoying AF.

[@linusraggaren7837]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🎶🎶🎶👑👑

[@vaanozzi]

:D yeah!

[@valeriotorchio]

Steve Stevens plays it with a toy laser gun.

[@TourGuide223]

He should make a raygun pedal

[@dennysbreakfast5688]

SPOILER ALERT! Any noise your phone makes can do this too. Endless possibilities.

[@dennysbreakfast5688]

Not Knocking Steve Stevens in the least. Its funny cuz I discovered the phone thing a few years back He just beat me to the punch.

[@jcs7217]

I smell a new pedal ...

[@uzumaki6759]

I'm here because of james iha

[@smokeylovesfire1589]

He has been hanging around with Jimmy Page!

[@ronroyer1888]

Find the restistah!

[@rayva1]

Why don't they just redisign the new guitars that will incorporate those sounds by just the press of a button? You've got those special effects on synthesizers. Why not electric guitars?