Description
Steven Siro Vai, born June 6, 1960) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. A three-time Grammy Award winner and fifteen-time nominee,Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa,and played in Zappa’s band from 1980 to 1983.He embarked on a solo career in 1983 and has released 11 solo albums to date.He has recorded and toured with Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, and Whitesnake, as well as recording with artists such as Public Image Ltd, Mary J. Blige, Spinal Tap, Alice Cooper, Motörhead, and Polyphia. Additionally, Vai has toured with live-only acts G3, Zappa Plays Zappa, Beat (playing 1980s era King Crimson) and the Experience Hendrix Tour, as well as headlining international tours.
in May 1990, Vai released Passion and Warfare through Relativity Records,and following its release, the album had reached number 18 in the Billboard 200, selling over a million and a half copies worldwide.Passion and Warfare won Vai a number of awards such as Guitar World and Guitar Player’s “Best Album” and “Best Rock Guitarist” awards.Passion and Warfare has been cited as one of the most pertinent instrumental albums released.
here is my collection of Steve Vai tones created with Neural DSP Petrucci (all apart from The Animal) and Henson (The Animal tones only)
i love this guitarist so much! , so i was thrilled to create a tone pack with these wonderful sounding plugins! all created with my Ibanez Jem
here is the 12 preset list you can look forward to playing these songs with
For The Love Of God
Just Like Paradise (two presets, one for the main rhythm tone with add ons in it for extra drive and delay for the intro, the second preset for that iconic solo section)
Blue Powder (two presets, one for the main lead tone with add on extra drive, and a tone for the clean interlude section)
The Animal (two presets, one for the harmony theme and one for the main guitar lead parts)
Tender Surrender (two presets, one for the clean part with an add on light drive as it starts to build up and the second tone is for the main lead when it all starts fully!)
Yankee Rose
Bad Horsie (two presets, one fr the rhythm and one for the lead parts)
audio demos here recorded totally direct with Cubase with no additional mastering so you can hear just how they sound!
You will need the Neural DSP products, Petrucci and Henson to receive and import the tones we provide.
Supplied via instant download link in .xml files upon purchase so you can drop into your amp sim and enjoy!
The music of Steve Vai is available to buy and stream from all the best retailers and music services. The track and album names and images are the property of the band, these are just my tones made to play along.
