well i wanna give a new twist on this thread..talking about "your own depiction" of steve vai tone..
ika nga if you feel that you've got it, baka pwede niyo naman share yung ginawa niyo at naexperience niyong tone recipe for this..
the guitar that you are using, hardware configurations, the pedals you are using, your amp.. and the way you tweak things up...
in my experience kasi, i never experienced or extract in my own yung tone ni vai eh..maybe i really lack equipment..
well im just inspired kasi eh..coz one time i've been in the dayo bar at betty go belmonte.. i was amazed with a band playing rage against the machine cover songs.. well bata pa yung guitarist,, he's using a starter pack ibanez GIO model guitar..yung look alike strat.. and the effect he's using is a Zoom 707..
he really nail the setting of his effects.talagang pinalagyan din niya ng killswitch yung guitar niya..tho its not 100% xerox copy of the tone, the character is there eh..
so ngayon naisip ko na baka pwede natin ihalintulad itong example mentioned above on how to get the vai tone.. pati para na din makakuha ako ng idea..
salamat guys..