Could you coax a Vai tone out of a 5150?

[kev]

discuss...

 

[EtherForBreakfast]

if you painted it hot pink, and used a guitar with flower inlays.

vai is SO ghey.

 

[kev]

 

[Kazrog]

Honestly a 5150 slays a Carvin Legacy any day. It's all in the fingers.

 

[Lopes]

Honestly a 5150 slays a Carvin Legacy any day. It's all in the fingers.

Kind of a contradiction right there.

 

[Kazrog]

Kind of a contradiction right there.

You obviously aren't getting my point. Comparing an amp to an amp, the 5150 is fuller tone with a wider range of possibilities. Vai makes the Carvin Legacy sound better than most people can, but he would sound even more amazing through a 5150.

Vai's never gotten the best guitar sound IMO, although some of that can be chalked up to his desire to sound distinctive, which he does. I would argue that Satriani gets better tone, but Vai is definitely the better player, and I own (and love) all of his albums.

 

[kev]

interesting ! thanks so far!

 

[KeithRT99]

i'm pretty sure vai actually users bogner for his recorded tones.

 

[Kazrog]

i'm pretty sure vai actually users bogner for his recorded tones.

Whatever setup he used on "Alien Love Secrets," he ought to go back to. Best tone he's ever gotten.

 

[Sinister Mephisto]

Passion and Warfare was Modded Marshall.

 

[blackbird]

Hi guys! I own a Carvin Legacy 2x12 Combo.
And I think that the last few albums are recorded with the Legacy Amp.
If there is a diffirent tone than Legacy, it could be identified easy.

Dimitar

 

[greyskull]

why you'd want to sound like that chode is beyond me (no offence to the real vai fans here.. hell i even have crossroads on video hahahah)

 

[Hammer Bart]

Vai's never gotten the best guitar sound IMO, although some of that can be chalked up to his desire to sound distinctive, which he does. I would argue that Satriani gets better tone, but Vai is definitely the better player, and I own (and love) all of his albums.

Hehe I would say that Vai has much better guitar tone, but Satch is the better songwriter. I don't think either one is the better player. IMO, to be a good guitar player simply means your playing sounds great. I think both easily qualify in that regard. It all just shows how subjective things like this are.

 

[MKS]

I'm just a stupid drummer but I know a shit sound when I hear it. I've seen Vai twice in the last few years and his sound during sound check was awful. I agree that it is all in his fingers. That sound fits his unique playing style.

 

[Mr. Brokenamp]

If he did use a Bogner then you'll never get it. A Bogner smokes a 5150 anyday. They're not even in the same universe. You could get an old Carvin X100B + A Boss DS1 and that can do the old Vai sound.