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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: The workhorse 14:11 The pedalboard 15:04 Steve's most important switch 15:53 The Synergy control surface: RJM Mastermind 16:13 Axe-FX control 17:13 Actual tube preamps 17:51 The rest of the signal chain: Real cabs on stage! 18:18 First time with In-Ears! 19:21 Interlude Playing 19:51 The Hydra Routing 22:44 The Hydra is heavy! Teeth of the Hydra videoshoot stories 23:59 The Hydra will be back! 24:33 The synth in the Hydra and its sounds 25:20 More John Scofield Hollowbody Playing 26:33 The back of one of the most tidy racks you'll ever see 27:37 The struggles of touring with that big of a rig 29:18 A screen to stay in sync 29:34 How to keep that rig easy to troubleshoot 30:17 Thanks Thomas, Doug and Steve Vai! Webshop: Facebook: Twitter: @thomann Instagram: @ Pinterest: Visit our blogs: GER: ENG: FRA: ESP: ITA: NED: FIN:
