Thomann's Guitars & Basses | 3 years ago

Steve Vai's guitar tech, the legendary Thomas Nordegg explains us how Steve likes his guitars set up.
This is an in-depth setup video with all the infos you need and some cool stories on top.
Grab your guitar, some tools and a coffee and enjoy the video!

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Interesting bits and pieces:
0:00 Introduction
0:45 Say hello to the legendary EVO
1:22 The custom locking nut
2:20 Let's start changing the strings
4:24 Tremolo bar setup
6:15 Cleaning the fretboard
9:28 Fresh strings
12:16 Why the ball-ends at the machine head?
18:44 String stretching
23:05 The guitar setup: tremolo adjustment
27:00 String action
29:24 Pickup height
31:10 Back to the tremolo
33:50 The original EVO spec sheet
34:21 Thomas' massively modified EVO replica
40:45 Time for a test ride - PIA for the win!

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