![]() The serial # is HC100788."įorth: "a white Guild 281 Flyer, serial # HC101025. This axe had a Floyd Rose, two EMG humbuckers and one EMG single-coil in the middle position. Third: "a pink and black tiger-striped Guild 284 Avitor with left handed headstock. Loaded with a gold Floyd Rose and one humbucker, this beauty also shares the spotlight in the "Yankee Rose" video." There's a handle carved in the body as well, to enable Steve to hold the ax and play with one hand. The bdy was metallic green withholes carved through the body and various sizes and colors. Second: "The second was a custom-designed green swiss-cheese guitar built for Steve by Performance Guitars of Hollywood. Loaded with a Floyd Rose tremolo and custom-wound DiMarzio pickups, this is one of the axes seen on the "Yankee Rose" video." The finish has Steve's personal design of a pyramid with an eye in the middle and the number seven on each outside corner. Steve's longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis commented on the details of each missing ax:įirst: "Eyeball "Steve Eye" - yellow Jackson soloist. Guitar World (1/87) had further coverage of the stolen guitars. It was the only one I really cared about that got stolen. This wasn't a real (Fender) strat but similar to a Strat and was made for me by Valdez in Hollywood. Valdez Stratocaster - Rootbeer with scalloped neck.Ibanez prototype - "Pukey green Ibanez that has like a pink-green-black snakeskin front".Guild - Custom made 24-fret cream white.Guild - Custom made 24-fret pink zebra stripe.Jackson - Yellow "Steve Eye" with Eyeballs and pyramid.I designed it, and Joe Despagni made it for me." "The guitar from the Yankee Rose video with all the holes in it it sort of looks like intergalactic puke.They just went in ther and snip-snip." (GW - 3/87) They were left locked up in a theater in a big giant container. ![]() All except his green Charvel, his main ax, were stolen "Thank God I had that one with me" he sighs. "Most of my guitars were ripped off this June from the rehearsal studio in Pasadena." - Steve Vai (GP 10/86 ). ![]() ![]() Steve Vai's Stolen Guitars Steve Vai's Stolen Guitars ![]()
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