S/N 7159: Inspired by Jack Butler

[Spaceace]

Wow so simple yet soooo sexy congrats it is gorgeous

[shreddermon]

Going to go into "screw counter" mode for a minute...

The finish on Vai's guitar seems like candy red to me. Chrome Floyd and nut, black hardware elsewhere. Also, it had a (taped over) Jackson logo. (...Although it had a Charvel plate.) Here's a couple of screen captures that show the "J" of the logo pretty clearly.




Not trying to be a buzzkill on your new axe (which is killer!). Just trying to evidence some things that have been the source of debate about Vai's guitar in the past.

Screw counter mode off.

[dannyr]

Great new Charvel! Congrats.

[JohnnyRasgueado]

Thanks for all the kind words ... AND the in-depth analysis of Butler's Beast! No worries about killin' the buzz -- I love talking this stuff. Those screencaps are sweet. I always thought it was a single layer of electrical tape covering the Charvie logo ... but it looks to me like it was totally a Jackson.

Yeah, I was wondering about candy red vs. Ferrari red, but I figured I'd go 100% standard to cut down the wait (which is kinda ironic in hindsight). Heck, if I really wanted to be authentic I would have had to have gone Custom Shop for the tone control and blade switch. It was a matter of economics & patience vs. dead-on accuracy, so I went with "inspired by" rather than "as played by ..."

Of course, this is all damnably silly as Vai's red Jackson guitar was just a prop. Tee hee hee. I guess it's all a matter of Wunderkind; you see that sweet axe as an impressionable teenager and you say, "I NEED that!!!" 20 years later when you finally have the means you start going through the hazy back catalogue of cool stuff you once thought you knew you had to have. Figure all I got left now is a DiMartini cross swords, Lynch Kamakazi IV, and swirled UV.

Oh ... and another black Ironbird. Dang I worshipped that Michael Angelo "Star Licks" video.

Then I can die in peace. Tee hee.

[jhale667]

Headcuttin'!!!!!

[JZ06]

Since we're on the jack butler topic, can anyone play that tune, when Eugene goes in to his classical mode?

I have the tablature to it from Guitar magazine. I always get to the part that Vai gives that"Is that all you have" look and starts ripping...I get to there and kind of fade out.

It is one cool whatever you want to call it, tune! I guess.

[JohnnyRasgueado]

Ha!

What do you think the first thing I belted out on her was?

(Actually, in the interest of full disclosure, the _very_ first thing I played was Jack's last lick before he takes his jacket off and goes all bananas ... the one where he holds the guitar vertically in Eugene's face and it just sings. I _love_ that bit. THEN I went off into Eugene/Paganini caprice land.)

Of course, I can't seem to bend the 22nd fret on the high E string to _A_ for the big finale ...

[MBreinin]

Ha!

What do you think the first thing I belted out on her was?

(Actually, in the interest of full disclosure, the _very_ first thing I played was Jack's last lick before he takes his jacket off and goes all bananas ... the one where he holds the guitar vertically in Eugene's face and it just sings. I _love_ that bit. THEN I went off into Eugene/Paganini caprice land.)

Of course, I can't seem to bend the 22nd fret on the high E string to _A_ for the big finale ...

Hell Hounds on your trail, Willy Brown!!!!!

I haven't seen the full version of this scene in a while....and Vai gives us Bad Horsie a bit before he recorded it.

One of the best guitar scenes ever in a movie.....

Mike

[JZ06]

I can hardly believe Vai turned a beautiful guitar in to that green thing!(if the rumor is true).

That's cool that you played the first half of crossroads. Someday, I will master that, and the "Turn Up The Radio" lead note for note.

Yeah, getting that last note I'd say needs a 24 fretter.

[MBreinin]

I can hardly believe Vai turned a beautiful guitar in to that green thing!(if the rumor is true).

That's cool that you played the first half of crossroads. Someday, I will master that, and the "Turn Up The Radio" lead note for note.

Yeah, getting that last note I'd say needs a 24 fretter.

Its true...the Green Meanie was originally a sunburst strathead that Grover "loaned" Steve..and Steve refused to return it. It was a 22 fret guitar but he could pull up on the trem.

Mike

[JohnnyRasgueado]

Its true...the Green Meanie was originally a sunburst strathead that Grover "loaned" Steve..and Steve refused to return it. It was a 22 fret guitar but he could pull up on the trem.

Mike

Ha! So true. The take home lesson: Never, ever, ever let anyone famous borrow anything from you for any reason. The unlikeliness of you ever getting it back is superseded only by your ever being paid for it. Tee hee.

--jr

[slash]

Nice guitar... I love that movie

[QuantumRider]

The thing about that movie, though...

Daniel-san went on the road to learn the blues from Willie Brown, right?
But he wins the head cutting contest by playing a classical piece that he had played at Julliard (sp?) at the beginning of the movie.

Which to me says that he didn't learn a damned thing...

Still a killer guitar battle.

[kmanick]

Nice guitar Congrats
digging the Soldano too

[JohnnyRasgueado]

The thing about that movie, though...

Which to me says that he didn't learn a damned thing...

Word. I love seeing Willie Brown trying to "boogie" while Eugene is wailin' out the Caprice. I guess Delta bluesmen have some weird place in their soul for stuffy whiteboy music. "That thing's gotta BEAT to it!" Ha!

Still a killer guitar battle.

Helllz yeah it is.