AFIII New Steve Vai - Vai/Gash Covers

[Greg Smith]

Did a couple standout tunes from Vai's latest release. Used a 5153 and Friedman amp models with a few cabs to try and recreate the tones. Will share the presets if anyone wants them.

 

[Davester1234]

They sound great! I'd love to try the presets in my fm9 actually.

 

[stink]

Sounded fantastic!

 

[Davester1234]

Share please
Will I be able to use on fm9?

 

[is9582]

Nice tones. I’d enjoy giving your preset a try, if you don’t mind.

Cheers
Lee

 

[MrGuitarabuse]

Havent listen to any of this new Vai stuff. Sounds like the Alcatazz record that got away

 

[Greg Smith]

Here is the preset I used for She Save My Life Tonight. I need to clean up the preset used for the other tune and will load it to AceCHange as soon as I can.

For use in the FM9 - I believe you can use Frac-Tool and convert it, as this preset was made in an Axe FX3.

https://axechange.fractalaudio.com/detail.php?preset=10128

 

[Greg Smith]

Havent listen to any of this new Vai stuff. Sounds like the Alcatazz record that got away

I hear Alcatraz mixed with David Lee Roth mixed with Whitesnake. His singers voice reminds me a lot of Alcatraz.

 

[Davester1234]

I hear Alcatraz mixed with David Lee Roth mixed with Whitesnake. His singers voice reminds me a lot of Alcatraz.

I do too. I saw an interview with Vai, you probably already know this, but Gash was a good friend of Vai's who was a real wild child. Unfortunately he passed away years ago in an accident. Vai heard him sing a Sinatra cover and realized the guy had vocal chops. He wanted to make a quick straight up rock n roll album and threw Gash into the studio to lay down the vocal. He no real experience in the studio but apparently he had a blast. Vai has been sitting in this recording for decades. Anyway His vocals sound great and definitely remind me of a golden time in music. Everything was larger than life.

 

[Greg Smith]

Yeah, I saw the same video. Sounded like Vai wanted to take on a simple project and the Vai/Gash recording sessions were on. Heard that Vai laid down all the instruments in about a week and then Gash came in and did the vocals in a fairly short time as well.