"I don't use Tortex, because well - it's not that I'm an animal activist - I don't even like the idea of using tortoise shell. So these [Ibanez picks] are like a special kind of plastic that just grips my fingers very nicely. And I have other picks but I just don't use them because they're too smooth. It's a good size. It's a little bit bigger," says Steve Vai about the Ibanez 1000SVBR Steve Vai Signature Guitar Pick.

In this video, Steve Vai was seen using his signature DiMarzio Evolution bridge pickup in his Ibanez JEM7V.

"I use these Ibanez picks. It's funny because you can give me anything and I can make it work, but if I got the wrong pick I just can't play. I had to go through a lot of different ones. First of all, I don't use Tortex, because well - it's not that I'm an animal activist - I don't even like the idea of using tortoise shell. So these [Ibanez picks] are like a special kind of plastic that just grips my fingers very nicely. And I have other picks but I just don't use them because they're too smooth. It's a good size. It's a little bit bigger. And they're also heavy picks. If you ever have a pick that gets chewed down you scrape it against the rug on both sides - new pick," says Steve Vai about the Ibanez 1000SVWHR Steve Vai Signature Guitar Pick.

In the original two JEM prototypes, PAF Pros were in both the bridge and neck positions.

The Evolution® Neck and Bridge humbuckers are the result of two years of research to come up with the right sound for a very demanding player: Steve Vai and his Ibanez® Jems. Both pickups are designed for maximum impact and power. The neck pickup is fat, punchy and loud. The bridge pickup is tight, aggressive and louder. Both pickups have our patented dual-resonance configuration to reproduce more harmonic overtones than conventional humbuckers. Evolution® pickups are not polite-sounding, and they’re not for the inexperienced, but – if you’ve got the chops and a hot amp – your sound will burn. The Evolution® pickups were originally designed with live gigs in mind, but they have so much presence and definition that they’re great recording pickups, too; they slice right through even the densest mix.

"If I got the wrong pick I just can't play. And I had to go through a lot of different ones... So these [Ibanez picks] are like a special kind of plastic that just grips my fingers very nicely," says Steve Vai about the Ibanez 1000SVMP Steve Vai Signature Guitar Pick.

"These [Ibanez picks] are like a special kind of plastic that just grips my fingers very nicely. And I have other picks but I just don't use them becase they're too smooth. It's a good size. It's a little bit bigger. And they're also heavy picks. If you ever have a pick that gets chewed down you scrape it against the rug on both sides - new pick," says Steve Vai about the Ibanez 1000SVGR Steve Vai Signature Guitar Pick.

Steve Vai can be seen in this photo with his own DiMarzio ClipLock Quick Release Guitar Strap (Blue Universe Color in this particular case).

He mentions in this video Ibanez UV7 which had three Blaze pickups.

Steve Vai has been listed on True Temperament's website as one of the users of the CNC-routed fingerboard. He can frequently be seen using this fingerboard on his guitar both live and in several videos such his lesson on Perfect Pedal Order.

Wrote the foreword, as featured on the front cover.

In this video, Steve Vai's guitar tech Doug explains the different degrees of scalloping that Vai uses for different guitars:

"Flo": 3:29

"And here's another old guitar, this is the original "Flo" which has made a reappearence. This is a newer neck, it's a stock Ibanez neck that we lightly scalloped, and yeah, Steve sort of prefers a light scallop these days, and EVO Gold fretwire which is the jumbo size, not too big, not too small... and yeah this is a very cool guitar, classic Vai."

"Flo III": 3:58

"And here's another workhorse, here's "Flo III" which has been Steve's main guitar for maybe the past decade, maybe ten, twelve years. Y'know stock, it has the Fernandes Sustainer, slightly scalloped EVO Gold frets..."

"PIA": 4:53

"Here's a newer main guitar, yeah this is one of the new PIAs, and the PIAs are really great, they feel excellent, Steve's really happy with them. These have stainless steel frets, which you can't wear them out, y'know they're very durable, and they have a very glassy feel for vibrato, and this guitar it's slightly scalloped, it has a Sustainiac, which is something we're still kinda exparamenting with, it's fantastic, but Steve's just getting used to them, because he's been using Fernandes [sustainers] for, 20+ years, yeah? This guitar we're using on "Giant Balls of Gold"."

"ENVY": 6:26, 7:15

This is sort of the sister to "BO", "ENVY"! which is another PIA. This guitar, it's setup a little differently, this one has the kinda offset L.E.D.s. Yeah, this one's setup for "Bad Horsie", there's a slide, Thomas' classic velcro-slide situation lock, which works great, it's fantastic, it's never failed. Again Sustainiac, y'know 'cause he uses it for those songs...

...This one's scalloped a little deeper, and has Jumbo EVO Gold frets.

"Bruno"/"For the Love of God" Guitar: 7:40

...Yeah, you'll recognise this from the "For the Love of God" music video. This is the 7-String guitar Steve is using on this tour for "Zeus in Chains" and it's setup with 9-52 gauge strings tuned to Drop-A and this is a really great sounding guitar pretty much stock...

...No scallop here yeah, the 7-Strings we don't scallop.

According to DiMarzio's artists page, Steve Vai uses DiMarzio DP252/DP253 Gravity Storm Pickups.

According to DiMarzio's artists page, Steve Vai uses DiMarzio DP215 Evo 2 Bridge Pickups.

According to DiMarzio's artists page, Steve Vai uses DiMarzio Dark Matter 2 Bridge Pickups.

According to DiMarzio's artists page, Steve Vai uses DiMarzio Dark Matter 2 Neck Pickups.

According to DiMarzio's artists page, Steve Vai uses DiMarzio Dark Matter 2 Middle Pickups.

According to DiMarzio's artists page, Steve Vai uses DiMarzio DP701 Blaze Middle Pickups.

According to DiMarzio's artists page, Steve Vai uses DiMarzio DP704 Evolution 7 Pickups.