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To commemorate the 25th anniversary of Steve Vai’s groundbreaking 1990 album, Passion and Warfare, Ibanez Guitars will release limited-edition Steve Vai Universe guitars in three different finishes.

You can check out all three finishes below.

These commemorative UV77 swirl-finish guitars made their debut appearance at the 2016 Winter NAMM Show.

They’re available in three multi-dimensional color combinations that depict the original color schemes of the Passion and Warfare album artwork—the UV77PSN "Passion" (Blue/Pink), UV77WFR "Warfare" (Orange/Yellow) and UV77SVR "Silver" (Silver/Blue). Production is limited to 77 guitars of each color scheme.

Specs:

• Maple UV Neck
• American Basswood Body
• Jumbo Frets
• Rosewood Fretboard
• Disappearing Pyramid Inlay
• Lo-Pro Edge 7 Bridge
• DiMarzio Blaze pickups
• Ultralite Tremolo Arm included
• Hardshell case included
• Certificate of Authenticity included.

For more about Vai's signature Ibanez models, visit ibanez.com.

Passion and Warfare features "For the Love of God," "Liberty," "Erotic Nightmares," "The Animal," "The Riddle" and several other legendary Vai tracks. Vai and Sony will issue a 25th-anniversary edition of Passion and Warfare that includes an entire bonus album, which Vai calls "the missing link between Flex-Able and Passion and Warfare."

"What I’m working right now is the 25th anniversary release ofPassion and Warfare," Vai told metallus.it. "I’m [including] an extra CD with material that’s never been released. It’s music the I’ve either recorded or written in betweenFlex-Able and Passion and Warfare. If you’re familiar with Flex-Able, it’s a very strange record: I recorded it when I was 20. And if you listen to Passion and Warfare, it seems [like] a completely different guy. So what happened in between? Where’s the missing link?"

The bonus album has a name—Modern Primitive. The disc, which was recorded and/or written between 1984 and 1990, features music that ranges from intense to delicate melodic chasms to some truly bizarre masterpieces. Vai is actually recording additional guitar parts and breathing 25 years' worth of recording advances and musicality into the songs.

 

[Mailman1971]

20 years ago I would of been drooling over the swirls. When I look at them now it really dont look appealing to me.

 

[neilli]

I still like them, but wish they were doing them on a Jem or other 6 string..

 

[rsm]

no

 

[8len8]

Not.

 

[cardinal]

I love it. But they're a bit pricey. Not really intended to folks to actually play, I think.

 

[hstlaurent]

Definitely not

 

[Ventura]

Sure, they're great, for the right buyer...

But no matter what ya buy, they're "Steve Vai" signature guitars. None of us will ever play like Steve Vai. No matter what we buy or match it with the latest Carvin amp or whatever strap and plectrum Steve uses, it's just marketing trying to sell hype. We simply can't buy talent.

Ever.

 

[Findthetone1]

Man I love orange and I really want an orange guitar but for some reason that guitar is giving flashbacks of the bars I used to play in and going into a stall to take piss and seeing THAT in the toilet.

 

[megaboogie]

I like the silver and blue swirl but for $6999?? heck no.

 

[Ventura]

I like the silver and blue swirl but for $6999?? heck no.

But c'mon, it'll let you play like Vai, man... Geeeesh

 

[Tone Zone]

For the price they want for them.....not at all.

 

[Tone Monster]

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