Steve Vai

Steve's setup: "The guitar in line goes into the Wah Wah on the board - either the Dunlop automatic one or the Bad Horsie (he switches between the two). From there it goes to the two distortion boxes, the DS-1 and the Keely modded TS-10, then the EvH flanger and from there it goes back into the front of the amp. "

At 24:56, Vai shows his personal pedalboard, which has the chorus in his effects loop, after a volume pedal. He does this, as it splits the signal into stereo, going into two Boss DD7 delays and two different heads.

#ProductDemo In this video, Vai discusses perfect pedal order, and uses the flanger at 13:30. He recommends experimenting with the flanger's placement in the signal chain to find a sound you like.

Used live with Alcatrazz, as documented and pictured on the "Alcatrazz Gear" page of Vai's official website. The "Live Gear" page specifies the "ALCATRAZZ USA & JAPAN TOURS 1984-1985".

http://www.vai.com/site-images/tm/xlivegear_alcatrazz06.jpg.pagespeed.ic.xAOYSy6fME.jpg

A very simple pedalboard consisting of a BOSS SD-1 Super Overdrive pedal, a Carvin footswitch used to control his amplifier, a custom-made clean/distortion switch and a Crybaby wah pedal.

Steve’s pedalboard soon grew into this one, featuring the same pedals as above (right), but without the custom clean/dirty switch, and adding 2 DC-8 switching units and a delay hold pedal.

"I'm using a Dunlop Wah-Wah," said Steve Vai about his Dunlop Original Cry Baby Wah Pedal.

In this video where Vai talks about perfect pedal order, he uses the DD-7 at 10:36, and explains how he likes to use delay in his amp's FX loop, but if on a pedalboard, actually will put delay in front of distortions, contrary to the common method of end of signal chain placement.

"The pedalboard out of the front amp is pretty simple. I have an Ibanez Jemini Distortion pedal, which I designed. It's got two distortions in it which is kind of nice," explains Steve Vai about the Ibanez Jemini Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal.

The DigiTech Whammy Pitch-Shifting Guitar Effects Pedal is part of Steve Vai's pedalboard.

"I just kind of put different pieces of gear in to try different pedals. I usually find a wild, whacky pedal that I use for a minute and then I don't like it. These are some new pedals I just got, the Red Witch stuff, that I'm trying out. I kind of like them a lot," says Steve Vai in also in reference to the Red Witch Titan Delay Guitar Effects Pedal which is part of his pedalboard.

"I usually use a Little Alligator volume pedal, but because of the system I'm using now the most practical thing is the volume expresion pedal for the Fractal Axe-Fx II," says Steve Vai about the Morley Little Alligator Volume Pedal.

#ProductDemo In this video where Vai discusses perfect pedal order, he plays through the OD1X at 5:17, and mentions how he likes to run overdrive into a distorted amplifier.

#ProductDemo At 49:20, Vai demos the SD-1W, and explains how he likes to use it with a distorted amp.

In this Instagram photo posted by TC Electronic, Steve Vai can be seen using the TC Electronic PolyTune Clip tuner, clipped onto the headstock of his Ibanez JEM-EVO electric guitar. The caption reads:

"Steve Vai and Evo have joined the ranks of PolyTune Clip users! Our hearts are bursting with pride ... oh, and check out Steve's latest pedalboard. Pretty cool, eh?"

TonePrint session with the one and only Steve Vai

Steve Vai utilized the DigiTech WH-4 Whammy (4th Gen) pedal during his 'Visual Sound Theories' project, as evidenced by a user-uploaded photo on Guitars.

During the 1996 G3/Fire Garden tour, a Chorus Ensemble was used on an on-stage pedalboard.

During the Sex & Religion tour, Vai used a DS-2 in an off-stage effects rack. It was controlled by an onstage Custom Audio Electronics switching unit.

"I'm using…a Bad Horsey Wah-Wah, which is a Morley that I helped design," says Steve Vai about his Morley Steve Vai Bad Horsie 2 Contour Wah Pedal.

"I just got the Red Witch stuff... I kind of like them a lot," says Steve Vai about the Red Witch Medusa Chorus and Tremolo Pedal.

From Steve Vai's website, "These pedals would sit onstage near the Bradshaw switching unit, above. From the left, these are a BOSS FV-100 volume pedal and a Dunlop Crybaby wah pedal."

#ProductDemo Vai uses the pedalboard throughout the video from the beginning until 19:50, than again from 39:54 to 52:34

During the Europe leg of the 2005 Real Illusions tour, Vai sometimes had a G-System on his onstage pedalboard.

TonePrint session with the one and only Steve Vai

Listed on Steve's official Boss page.

"I usually find a wild, whacky pedal that I use for a minute and then I don't like it. These are some new pedals I just got, the Red Witch stuff, that I'm trying out. I kind of like them a lot," says Steve Vai about the Red Witch Pentavocal Tremolo Pedal.

"Steve’s pedalboard for the ‘Sex & Religion’ tour. It included a much smaller version of his Bradshaw switching unit, this one made by Custom Audio Electronics. The pedals included a Digitech Whammy pedal which could be controlled from the rack, a BOSS DS-1 Distortion, a BOSS CH-1 chorus pedal, a Crybaby wah pedal and a Roland FV-100 volume pedal."

Steve's setup: "The guitar in line goes into the Wah Wah on the board - either the Dunlop automatic one or the Bad Horsie (he switches between the two). From there it goes to the two distortion boxes, the DS-1 and the Keely modded TS-10, then the EvH flanger and from there it goes back into the front of the amp.

Note the error: He says TS-10 but as one can see in the photos here:

http://www.vai.com/minisites/tn/photo.html

When you click over the Tube Screamer photo you see it's a TS9DX with its 4 knobs and below it states:

"Steve's Keely modded Ibanez TS9DX"

In Keely's site it is stated Steve Vai uses this mod (click Artists):

https://robertkeeley.com/product/ts-9dx-flexi-4x2-mod/

#ProductDemo Vai demos 2 DM-2Ws at 40:37, and talks about the difference in analog and digital delays.

During Vai's time in Alcatrazz, he used a Bi-Phase as part of his offstage effects rack.

Steve Vai is shown using the DigiTech Whammy DT during a TonePrint session, as highlighted in a post by TC Electronic on Instagram.