Think I like your tone a little more than Vai's. Maybe use a touch more treble or presence to get a little more bite, and that would do it for me. Did you use the combo or did you go out to another cab?
Sorry guys - I didn't get any emails from the forum telling me of these posts...
Anyway, the setup is as follows:
Guitar: Ibanez RG2820 Prestige - Dimarzio ToneZone bridge, Dimarzio Air Norton neck
Amp: Einstein on Channel 2 - Mids and Treble at about 10:00, Bass at 8:00
Amp into Genz Benz 2x12 cabinet (which is in an adjacent room)
I mic the cab with a Royer r121 and a Shure SM57 (pretty much in this configuration: http://www.royerlabs.com/recording_tips ... 35_LG.html)
The mics come in through a Great River 1NV and RNP Preamps. From there into my computer through Lynx2 sound card. The effects are reverb (a software simulation of a Lexicon 960 large hall setting) and delay with about 300ms and 2 seconds of decay or whatever you call it.