Re: Some OT: Steve Vai on YouTube

I can only take him in small doses of 2 or
3 tunes. More than that and I feel like my synapses are being
relentlessly beaten by thousands of pointy headstock guitars.

So much technique, so little taste. Nice hair and posturing, though. David Copperfield would be proud. Nobody beats Steve for comedy value.
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