Steve Vai | 2022 Live Guitar Rig | Thomann

We had the honour to check out Steve Vai’s Live Guitar Rig together with him and his 2 great techs, Doug and Thomas, during their 2022 Inviolate European tour. The rig is a form of art in itself - The sound integrity and cable management - including the Hydra routing - is pretty impressive. Steve Vai uses the following gear: Recorded and mixed with Universal Audio: Monitors optimised through Sonarworks: Interesting bits and pieces: 0:00 Introduction 0:18 Intro Playing 0:54 Steve’s guitars with Doug 2:50 Playing John Scofield Hollowbody 3:28 More guitars! 6:51 Expensive magnets 8:04 Playing Bruno 9:00 Whitesnake Era Guitar! 10:11 Why a Hollowbody? 11:07 On stage with Thomas Nordegg: Rack and Board 11:24 Mindblowing schematics from Thomas Nordegg and Eddie Clothier 12:26 Hey, that’s Steve Vai! 13:17 Synergy modules: The jewels 13:38 Fractal Audio Axe-FX III: T