Steve Vai's Green Meanie Charvel ...

[JMP/HBE]

https://www.jemsite.com/d3/jem/model/charvel2.htm

Actually Grover Jackson's Charvel he loaned to Steve and never got back.

[JMP/HBE]

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[PFDarkside]

Kind of wild how he really took the Superstrat to the next level then said “Here Ibanez, this is going to be a major element in your lineup for the next 35 years”.

Cool link with the pics of progressive modifications.

[dave74]

Nice leg warmers!

[ICTGoober]

Kind of wild how he really took the Superstrat to the next level then said Here Ibanez, this is going to be a major element in your lineup for the next 35 years

That is NOT what happened. Ibanez approached Steve (because he was the next hot thing) and asked, "What can we build for you?". The rest is history.

[nexion218]

Steve Vai is a master modder (skip to 14:50)

[dave74]

^^^That's great Steve hacked it so that if dude bumps the horns very hard they will probably snap right off. Sweet revenge!

[Ashurbanipal]

DiMarzio did a feature on the Green Meanie not that long ago: https://www.vai.com/dimarzio-the-green-meanie/.

[JMP/HBE]

Steve Vai is a master modder (skip to 14:50)

What a jerk ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ [not Vai]

[JOLLY]

That is NOT what happened. Ibanez approached Steve (because he was the next hot thing) and asked, "What can we build for you?". The rest is history.

Good God, man....Don't take everything so f'n literal. You read waaaaaaay too much into what PFDarkside said.

[ICTGoober]

Good God, man....Don't take everything so f'n literal. You read waaaaaaay too much into what PFDarkside said.

That's NOT what he said, was it? There are people out who would think that his lie is the truth. Best to nip it in the bud.

[JB_From_Hell]

That's NOT what he said, was it? There are people out who would think that his lie is the truth. Best to nip it in the bud.

My god, think of the fallout from someone believing that Steve Vai literally said “Here you go Ibanez” when in fact they approached him.

I’m glad I read the REAL story only moments later. The one where Ibanez approached Steve, asked what he wanted, and his choices formed the basis of their best selling guitars. Because that’s totally different.

[solspirit]

Lol. . .

[solspirit]

I'm really glad Vai approached Ibanez. . . The Jem is beautiful.

[Obsessive Compulsive]

The truth is the meanie was a1980 Strat in natural his mom bought. I am not making this up. This guitar was the one he extensively used in Zappa band.

If it had been a Charvel from Grover Jackson Steve woulda gone with Jackson not Ibanez. That would've make more sense. At that time MIJ guitars were second-class citizens just like MII or MIC today.