Steve Vai "History and Gear" Guitar Center Private Sessions

[@nvvam7597]

Such a brilliant guitarist. His timing, emotion, approach and feel is nearly flawless.

[@Hirvibongari2]

Oh, I so love to see him play Tender Surrender as an older guy! The original video is burned into my retina!

[@Kyuslydian]

Keep doing what you do Mr Vai. You inspire me as a human being not just as a guitarist. Your philosophical approach is where it is at despite the amazing things you have written and can play. May all musicians strive to be true to themselves and recognize the importance they play to humanity.

[@michaelhale7991]

This man is brilliant he do not think in the way most people think.

[@skullroses]

"the Vai advantage" i love this quote! giving props to Joe when he didn't have to. in many ways Steve is so much better but they are both so humble... i love to watch Vai, but love to listen to Joe!!!

[@jeanounou]

The Vai advantage!!! An artist of this caliber with no ego whatsoever is unheard of! What an humble man!

[@scottturner2215]

You were inspiring when I was 18. Still inspiring now im 45. Thanks!

[@AndresChagollaOfficial]

This is truely inspirational. I feel that I need to grab my guitar after watched this.

[@chavamel]

steve you are my best inspiration, you have magic in your hands n you make me feel like heaven always you play. thank you for your art.

[@knoxrembrandt]

I love your music... the sound... all is so very good.. and I AM DREAMING WITH YOUR MOVIE::thank you... for your GUITAR-LAND.

[@Sethoria]

The ending of this song is so... Perfect ! I really like the whammy bar effect he does and the volume swell... it gives a special feeling to the end... Really like this !

[@Florida_guy]

He is the most skillful well rounded guitar player I've ever seen

[@solngv8]

Everything Vai touches turns to gold.

[@ditroiamusic]

I have a tremendous respect for him. As a player and as I person. True artist and gentleman.

[@canajian]

This man is frigging amazing... The finest guitarist in rock music today...What touch and feel... WOW!! A true musical genius...

[@TheMrMartinhough]

THIS WAS AWESOME TO SEE 10 FEET FROM ME LIVE!!!!!!! thanks guitar center and mr. vai for the best time of my life!!!!!!!!! marty hough

[@landonech]

"I call that the Vai advantage." Haha. I love it. I'd say working with Zappa is another "Vai Advantage".

[@TripperLV]

Congratulations on an outstanding career! Love the video, thanks for posting! RJ

[@pubsterguy]

Simply the best , and that is an understatement

[@hunnuit]

jesus!!! imagine being lucky enough to have vai as a music teacher!!!! i'd never leave!

[@cast390]

There is no denying Steve Vai's technical expertise,But whenever I listen to steve play I always get this feeling that its not about the music,Its all about Steve Vai.

[@rdtfrtm]

listen to the steve vai's speech and tender surrender at the same time. it's heaven you know.....

[@jordanmajel]

Every time Steve's on stage, he makes magic.

[@dashfront21]

"not compare it to anybody else, compare it to myself" how wise is that..

[@Geerladenlad]

I liked your reaction on The video for TC Reverb pedal. You were like a kid with a new toy. It's very cool to see a life long musician like you still get excited about playing and gear. ;-D

[@Turn2Self]

Yea. Thanks for that. I have not really listened to Vai's solo work. I have listened to the Zappa years. Now I am getting a listen of his (Vai's) solo works. I really like this piece. So far Tender Surrender is my favourite Vai piece.

[@kdenn71]

You are an inspiration Steve. Thanks

[@andreamq]

The best song ever!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to cry!

[@Chaos23x]

wow I haven't watched that many videos of Steve but from the first one I thought he had to be one of if not the most inspirational musician ever.

[@MindofYǒng]

He is a very humble virtuoso, love you always Mr. Vai

[@trafalgarla]

Thanks! I've been trying to find it for a while.

[@vaiman7777]

The image from 4:54 is amazing. It's like all the guitars have come to listen to Steve.

[@1976oswald]

For the love of god, yeah that song changed my life, i saw it on TV, the video still amaze me

[@mplayer4621]

This man is a awesome guitarplayer and guitar designer 👍

[@curtisscott9922]

Make sure you pay attention to his left and right hand. Its not just picking its also strumming without a pick. see how he puts the pick "away but still has it in his hand while playing? its a good trick to have in your arsenal

[@BasswipeNC]

I love listening to him. A lot of people feel he is really full of himself but I always see the exact opposite. He's funny as hell too. He’s the man.

[@Merovamal]

Steve vai is the most intreasting person i have ever seen\met..

[@espectaculardavidrcq]

Hace lo que quiere con las guitarras!!! Grande Steve Vai!!!

[@Diegolopezlira]

The song is Tender Surrender, it's from the Alien Love Secrets EP.

[@guitarsender]

@DiekClaymation it is unbelieveable how much inspiration you can get from just one person.

[@huangjiasheng]

Thank you Steve =D. I hope to meet you soon

[@Dreamfullofzen]

Thanks for sharing with that Steve.

[@DeadGlassEyes]

Just eternal respect for you Steve.

[@SamwellJamesMusic]

i love how you can really tell he enjoys what he's playing :)

[@Add_Account485]

Be stil my heart! Oh god that really touched me! (And my cat!) .. I felt that guitar playing intensely through my whole being ... It took me to another world!../ And for that i THANKU ..

[@JohnnySouzavai]

meu sonho e te conhecer steve vai e tocar com ele e o melhor do mundo

[@jimistephen]

@Lizco93 actually It's green tap that he's had on there forever, it doesn't effect the sound, where it says "FLO II" it used to say "FLO" on the same green tape and there's "EVO" and "KNOX" it's just there to be there.

[@gautampg12]

i practice guitar every single day because i want to play like steve vai

[@redlinebam]

from all gear his shoes are the sickest piece of equip

[@DaveDangerous74]

1:38 I'm sorry... Hold it right there!!! The whitesnake, slip of the tongue album is by far the best work he has ever done.

[@ColorIce09]

LOVELY!! and just brilliant and original :)

[@MRTNZZPaBLoXZK]

no one handles a whammy bar like vai.....maestro!!!

[@andrewmauro6400]

Vai has infinite skill and energy incomparable to none..the guitar is his slave and he is the supreme master

[@jeanounou]

I fully understand that he gives credit to Joe, an already accomplished player at that time, for influencing him when he was starting. I started guitar 10 years ago by myself, and it's only now that I'm discovering what arpeggios and chord tones are! Wish I had someone telling me those basics earlier.

[@TitanicHorseRacingLover]

The man is awesome. He is just amazing. He is a sick player. Love that "Tender Surrender" piece. :) Nice to see he's a fan of QUEEN also. Good musical taste. :)

[@adamgold1]

@TheDracfink It's a piece of tape, IIRC. He puts it there so the high e-string doesn't get stuck under the pickup when he does crazy things to it.

[@joescott6647]

It is Vaital that we continue with our Vai comments.

[@OliverMazur]

i love his interviews :D

[@arseface7792]

He's inspirational

[@SomethinWild]

@svenzia Fender has no model called Les Paul. The Les Paul model is made by Gibson, and Mr Vai's guitar is an Ibanez JEM (his signature series) ;-)) Cheers!

[@de7con]

Mr Steve Vai, here I am writing to you again. Please make a video explaining how do you do your famous round shape vibratos, I'm dying to know that!

[@RushFanPix]

@NemoTn Also on "Alien Love Secrets" (where it is, in fact, the 7th song) CD and DVD. ;-)

[@sltmbnc]

If there`s re-incarnation, I wanna born as Steve Vai of that time. Respect! :-)

[@nemtall]

Amazing.Just Amazing

[@ItsGojira3]

this is a very well made video

[@6whatusay9]

such control over the instrument.

[@techdeckin2day]

my favorite song of all time. plus are legacys now at guitar center?

[@Sean2592]

@liamzuid i'm not sure who invented the firs real whammy bar but i do know that the first ones to use a floyd rose were Hendrix and Van Halen back in the day

[@thojyout23]

he grew up in such a good musical movement

[@aigmeyer]

@Sean2592 I believe so, plus David Coverdale pretty much is Whitesnake.

[@MarkThomasMusic]

you have it all on your plate

[@ziggyzappada4554]

Pure genius!

[@MarcioBaron]

mr. Vai is a gentleman, thats a fact. 77777 ibanez RG/JEM models is just too cool, they reinvented de Stratocaster model. Regards.

[@MrAndreapisciotta]

GRAZIE MAESTRO

[@srvnumber1fan]

I swear the first piece that is on here sounds like a version of Villanova Junction at Woodstock by Jimi's Gypsy's, Sun's, and Rainbow's Band as he calls them. One of the truly beautiful handful of songs that Jimi played. Like Stevie Ray Vaughan, he never played a song the same way twice, from night-to-night. I would LOVE to hear Steve Via play a version of this based on the Woodstock version and NOT the other available versions that are good, but IMO not AS good. GREAT MUSIC STEVE!

[@guitartate92]

steve signed my JEM when i took his master class last june.... best moment in my life... i was totally speechless lol i was like "uh...uh...uh...ji... he...hi......" he laughed

[@Lebluez]

If he could be music school teacher, that school would be on fire

[@7vic11]

ending kinda sounded like halo... i'm so glad he was in that soundtrack

[@LavamanMusic]

LoL, the Vai advantage. I like that one :) Personally , Tender Surrender always reminded me of Eric Johnson's Manhattan. Both great tracks

[@nemtall]

I want it and bought it .

[@freezaxp]

this song is all about "surrender to the sound tenderly!"

[@Sean2592]

@aigmeyer good point. isn't David Coverdale the only original member now?

[@viasevenvai]

This has already been uploaded.

[@Grasstenn]

Wish I could get my hands on some Vai Advantage.

[@Jacksonkellyfreak]

@wingnutofcoolness love Morse. have you seen the vid on here of him playing little wing with steve lukather?

[@GuillermoSmyser]

@CollericoPit there's that one riff but even that isn't all that similar. I definitely wouldn't say it's "almost the same" but yeah I see what you mean.

[@NemoTn]

@DieAndThenCry Tender Surrender from the 7th song album ;)

[@sogandik]

the intro songs. is when im dead. the gates of heaven is opening and there a wall of guitars .man!

[@Alexiaden93]

This guy truly is vaildly successful.

[@aigmeyer]

@Sean2592 Considering the fact that he's more famous than any of whitesnake's guitarists, and since Whitesnake isn't wildly popular anymore, he probably wouldn't be more famous than he is now. He played for whitesnake at their peak of popularity.

[@ERNE100]

Vai`s WORLD

[@buffylover2007]

@Sean2592 Hate to burst your bubble but Hendrix died in 1970. The Original Floyd Rose (OFR) patents are from 1977if you mean by "real wammy bar" a double locking system they came into existance when the OFR patents were filed . For at least the 1st and 2nd albums EVH used Charvels with non locking trems...

[@rafasounds2010]

@ioearnold Im not talking about myself here. Have you already heard the Viollanova Junction song I mentioned?

[@JoshMustin]

@de7con theres an article in his website that goes a form of vibrato meditation exercise. It was extremely helpful to me! Vai.com- Little balck dots- Martian Love Secrets- Part 2: Musical Meditation

[@chrislandrum62]

It's actually to prevent the E string from getting snagged on the pickup when he strikes it hard

[@Turn2Self]

Nice, very nice. The piece of music Mr Vai is playing is it an actual Vai composition or improvised? Does anybody know the title of these piece? Thanks for your integrity Steve.

[@djdolber]

awesome!

[@redshift40]

Pure class act, a true gem (no pun intended)

[@pigfacekingrussel]

i love those telecaster at the back..lol

[@rj0drex047]

@Drockvashon right bro! :) it slipped my mind.. well without the honeywell, vai still rocks! \m/