Then later on, his Bogner tone was great. Although, I think he used the same rig on the David Lee Roth - Eat 'em and Smile album, where I LOVE the tone on that album, because they'res less reverb and delay." Theyre is WAY too much delay and reverb on this album, which gives it a cool spacy sound, but the guitar tone ain't perfect. IMO, the sound isn't that impressive, the guitar tones sound "far away" like the mics were placed 100feet from the amps. Then in 1990, he did Passion and Warfare, and he used all that stuff previously listed above. He used Charvel "Green Meanie" -> MXR Distortion+ -> Carvin X100B for the "Crossroads" guitar duel scene as well. The "Attitude Song, Call it Sleep, and the solo in "Junkie"" are PERFECT examples of that Carvin X100B tone that I was talking about, sounds JUST like it, I know from personal experience with MY Carvin X100B. It sounds like the amp is RIGHT THERE in the speakers, its almost like your sitting in front of the amp. I like his tone because its very clear, very simple, and very exposed.
IMO, his tone is great on this album, they'res barely any processing and very little Reverb and Delay. Its not terrible or bad in any regard, its just not the best.įlex-able : 1984: He used his 70's Fender Strat with a FLoyd Rose, and a Dimarzio X2N -> Crybaby Wah -> Carvin X100B amp. I think that while P&W has my favorite playing and songs, I think the tone is the worst on it. The actual noted part is the performance part of the original 8th (The dry guitar) The part is played in an 8th note fashion to the delays. The twoĭelayed harmonized signals are panned left and right respectively. The second delay is set to 360 ms (one eighth note)Īnd is sounding a perfect 4th higher than the original. There areĢ echos, the first being 180 ms (one sixteenth note) and sounding a major 6th higher. A stereo harmonizing delay program is set. This piece is performed with the use of the Eventide H-3000( harmonizer. Senhouser 421 and Sure 57s, close mic'd on amps, 414 AKG on the Gauge: 42-10 with a 53 on the bottom 7th string.Ģ - 4 by 12" cabinets housing 30 watt celestians. The only ones I'm sure of are for the 7-String. A Partridge In A Pear Tree OUTBOARD EQUALIZERS:ĪPI, Neve 4 Band, Massenburg, Yamaha Graphic, Pultec OUTBOARD GEAR IN STUDIO RACK USED ON GUITAR:į. Electronics Signal Processor 2290 1 Drawmer Dual Gate Rack - 2 Eventide H-3000 Harmonizers 2 Yamaha 1500 delaysġ T.c. If I used a piece of gear eitherĬoming into the console to be recorded, or in the mix, it was one of these many pieces: On the tune "Liberty," A Guild Acoustic with direct mic'ing was usedĬry Baby Wah Wah, MXR Distortion, Boss Super Overdrive, MXR Phase 90, MXR Phase 100, MXR Flanger, Maestro Phase Shifter, Mution Bi Phase, some others I can't remember. On all distorted sounds such as melodies and harmonizer.Ĭ. On the tune "Liberty," the Black 7-String Universe was used Three Ibanez Universe 7 String Guitars - black, white, and psychocolored. It utilizes an old transformer I had laying around. On the tune "Liberty," a specially madeĭirect box was constructed for me by Steve Firlotte. Line level to the Bradshaw Rack, and sometimes it was just directly out of the head into the cabs. They were run differentlyĪt different times for a desired effect. Seven different Marshall 100 watt heads were used throughout the recordings, all moded by Jose Arrendondo. The conglomeration of equipment used on the album could choke an elephant.Ī. Since I wasn't gonna copy everything by hand I scanned it and converted it to a text file so you may find some typos. He has continued performing and recording ever since.Iceman27 wrote:what pedals, guitars, amp settings,ect. He also replaced the injured Adrian Vandenberg on Whitesnake's "Slip of the Tongue." Vai's second solo album, "Passion and Warfare," was released in 1990.
Records contract and signing to Relativity Records.
After playing on two successful Roth albums, "Eat 'Em And Smile" and "Skyscraper," Vai went solo again, buying out his Warner Bros. Vai replaced Yngwie Malmsteen as the guitarist for Alcatrazz and played on the album "Disturbing The Peace." Vai left the group following the tour to join David Lee Roth's solo band following Roth's departure from Van Halen. This material would be released as his first solo album, "Flex-Able," in January 1984.
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He formed two separate bands, the Classified and 777, and began recording music in his own professional studio. He started as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa in 1978, joined his band in 1980 and stayed until 1983. He first learned guitar by studying under Joe Satriani and also studied at the Berklee College of Music. American guitarist, songwriter, composer and producer.