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Five years ago, Michael Mesker in collaboration with RUFUS PUBLICATIONS, began a journey to capture the most expansive creative overview ever assembled of one singular guitarist’s collection of instruments. That subject being Steve Vai. A guitarist who has pushed the envelope of innovation consistently for decades.
4 days ago · Upcoming Tourdates for Steve. For enqueries regarding tickets or Evo Xperience packages, contact the approprate reseller. Please note that EVO packages are taken off-sale 7 days before the show date in order to have enough time to process these.
The end result of Mesker’s crusade features over 100 of Vai’s most famous guitars captured in exquisite detail, and presented in a two-volume large format photography book. There are over 1000 full color pages, all photographed, designed and researched by Steve’s long-tenured Art Director Mesker, who first explored Vai’s famed guitar vault in December 2002 and marveled at the history ...
AF151F-VLS-12-01 (Artstar Natural Finish Hollow Body) Type: HOLLOW BODY. SV 117. Andrea. Light Blue Custom Built Vai Guitar W/ Vai Logo on Headstock & Album Art Finish Explorer style. Type: FAN BUILT. SV 70. Corazon. “Cusom Fan Made by Min-Yang Lee” Acoustic W/ Pyramid Inlay On Headstock Amber Finish.
Spark MINI Vai has arrived. Sign-up to be first in line to buy: https://bit.ly/3XlgA1c. Custom designed by Steve Vai and Positive Grid. Get Steve’s legendary tone at your fingertips; complete with an exclusive burgundy Tolex™ wrap, mandala grille, custom top-panel featuring four Vai designed presets, and 24k gold-plated braided instrument ...
Vai takes a deep dive into the basics of music theory to help players better understand the language of music and become more musically literate. Through in-depth discussions of music theory fundamentals, the esteemed player combines practical exercises, diagrams, tips, practice methods, and various ways of looking at music to help kickstart a new view of the guitar for readers.
Available from Light Without Heat way back in the early 80’s, these mini guitar lessons written by Steve Vai have been out of print for years, and original printings have become highly collectable among hardcore fans. Click on any title below for that mini guitar lesson…. • Hammering With The Right Hand. • Fun With Your Whammy Bar.
Nov 30, 2017 · The Vai Academy Army is made up of the 6-, 7- and 8-string guitar players who attended Vai’s guitar camp, Vai Academy — Song Evolution Camp, in 2014. Recorded as part of the camp held at the Gideon Putnam Resort in Saratoga Springs, New York, “Flash Mob” features a bounty of licks and guitar solos by 155 campers that Vai skillfully mixed into one track.
by Steve Vai. Written in 1983 for a music magazine, but never published. It was the summer of 1978. I had just turned 18 years old and had sent some transcriptions to Frank Zappa. He responded by putting me on salary to transcribe tons of music, everything from lead sheets to orchestral scores. The bulk of the work was guitar solos, some with ...
This is like learning how to play a fretless guitar. It takes great intonation and a lot of patience. Pick a key and hit a note. With the bar, bend the note down to the next note in the key. Then, bend it down again to the next lower note. Go in between these three notes to create a melody. Here’s an example: In the key of F# minor, play an ...
