I played on the same guitar Steve Vai played!
I would like to introduce you a little bit about this guitar idol of mine. His name is Steve Vai. Perhaps you have heard of him, perhaps not. I came to know about this Steve Vai character when I bought my first ever English tape in 199+. It was called ‘Power Ballads’. That’s when I know groups like White Lion, WhiteSnake and MrBig to name a few. He was in this group called WhiteSnake. I heard the song ‘Is this Love’ and was hooked by the guitar solo thing. Soon after this will be my break up song of sort.. ha ha 
Steve Vai’s albums are seriously great. The first time I heard his composition entitled ‘Liberty’ I was blown away. This is one unique guitarist with a very different approach. I did went to a concert organized by Digi, our local mobile service provider with other sponsors called ‘Rentak Asia‘ a few years back. It was held in Stadium Bukit Jalil. It was supposed to be a big time concert featuring all the big names in Asian music as well as some International ones. (The concert was not really successful) I think the turn out was not that encouraging. I got 2 tickets for free from them. There I saw Steve Vai in real life. I was not that far from him since those who stayed back very late was all this small group of Steve Vai fans. We also had Eric Johnson, Eric Sardinas, Sugar Ray and more! Too bad the organizers had to stop their show since it was ‘too late’. The time was almost like 4 am+ if I am not mistaken.
Anyway, I just want to tell you that last Wednesday during my choir practice, I asked my buddy Patrick to bring his guitar since my Strat is being sent for service to John, the guy I bought my Roland Cube 60 from. I did not expect him to bring his prized possession which is an Ibanez guitar he won through a contest a few years back from HitzFm. This guitar was personally signed by Steve Vai himself. To actually play this guitar with my unworthy solo’s and rythm will sure make Steve Vai sad. Do you have any guitar idol yourself?
My other idols would include Richie Sambora, Slash from Guns n’ Roses, Eric Clapton, BB King, Paul Gilbert and many more which I can’t even come close to in terms of playing quality and such. (Can still fake some solos la)
I get my fuel from my music. Help me replace my guitar strings. Click the guitar.
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