John Grindey plays Steve Vai's 'Blue Powder'

[tonezone41]

great playing! Have you tried to play along the naked track?

[joeybbbbbz]

fuckin awesome dude, defo talented :)

[epicvsfvror]

Hi there! Great tone! How does the g-sharp behave with high gain distorsions??

[arcenium028]

Are you people really that blind and deff ? It's fake, its studio version of this song ..

[MehTehHeh]

@arcenium028 Whats the point in having so much equipment and actually being able to play this for it to be fake.

[arcenium028]

@MehTehHeh Ask him, not me .. It is fake dude.

[MehTehHeh]

@arcenium028 It's not, he is my guitar teacher...

[arcenium028]

@MehTehHeh As I said - You are blind and deff than .. This is fake. Only because he is your guitar teacher, it doesn't mean that this is real ..

[MehTehHeh]

@arcenium028 Wow, thats a bit ignorant.

[melodicexp]

you're better than me, I hate you

[melodicexp]

I hate you

[VaiNoy]

ITS FAKE! watch closely at 1:42-43 the pitch of the note changes but his hand stays on the same fret... vai uses a whammy effect on this part and some parts...

[TKG1201]

@VaiNoy hes playing with a backing track

[MehTehHeh]

@VaiNoy HAHA funny kid. This is my guitar teacher, don't try to come on these videos being smart. Faggot.

[Ranklescher]

That was terrible. If you put in earphones and only listen through the right ear, you only get his guitar and you hear how bad it is.

It only sounds good when you've got the original track playing over your awful guitar at that volume. Vai would be ashamed of you

[horrabletypoe]

@Ranklescher D'aww, I think someone might be a little jealous :3

[Ranklescher]

@horrabletypoe

If you tried my suggestion you would understand, and yet it appears you just ignored the point I was making

[balderic0]

good effort mate , best online,,

[daviddedu]

You rock out ,nice job! What guitar is that more exactly?

[ibanezvai95]

best cover of this song easily!

great job dude!

[GeorgeSaag]

ohh, you kick fucking ass, you are the best cover of this song in youtube

congratulations!!!

[Shaytanify]

good play , good equipment

[yymetal]

9/10

[TheLtlpxru]

can someone

[sensational1982]

That was fucking aweeessome!!

[mettlus]

9/10

[tgorycki]

Wow, that was really excellent!! You really strived to get every nuance of the original recording throughout your live performance. I'd love to see a redo with Steve's "Naked Tracks" backing you. 2 thumbs up!

[TheAlexander8848]

awsome job

[Mushroomize]

Just can say one thing: Fake as hell. This is the same version as on Passion and Warfare. The wide vibrato sound of Steve can't be done by the movement of his finger when he vibrates the notes.

Secondary, I can't see any changing preset at the multieffects unit, when the delay changes dramatically.

I'd like to see it played along a backingtrack without Steves "second" line.

[ari1234a]

@Mushroomize I dont belive in You.

[radiogalaxy]

@Mushroomize ..I agree... 

[jemuv777]

Wow! Picking my jaw from the floor. Excellent stuff!!!

[surfinthetao]

Rock on man , great vids

[kitrik23]

you the fukin man!

[dodge1698]

amazing!!!!!

nice playing, i wish i was that good, well im only 13 but still ill get there in the end

(thats on my to do list), this definatley gets a thumbs up

[BlackDiamond351]

i sub'd dude, crazy skills!

[Furui93Shin]

Nice stuff behind you there :D. Awsome cover.

[led4thehead14]

dude i cannot get the part at 0:40 right how do you do it

[xxdrkndheartxx]

@led4thehead14

Right at 0:40 he is hitting the natural harmonic on the seventh fret on the high e, but if you're talking about the next part with pulling the strings off the board, I can't help you there lol I'm lost on it too.

[burnsometrashcans]

wow. blue powder is one of those tracks of which i thought they were inreplicable, since its all so flashy and with weird vibrato and complex arrangement and all that.

but you proved me wrong, amazing job

[streetspirited]

holy.shit.

[dmcgraye]

wow, that is fucking nuts

[mississippijimbo1073]

good job

[adr1452]

you are a really good player !!!

:-)

[FlippinNoogle]

Excellent :)

[IYION3Y]

niceee

[satchboogiejem]

yup its good....................but I'd like to hear you play it without vai in the background. sometimes its to easy to play along with someone and take it for granted that someone else is gona that note or that vibrato is gona be sweet.............ya knw what I mean.

[szt1964]

yo right, mate

[baimun]

I was listening at work with one headphone in and thought "What the hell? It's just a recording of Vai!".

If you put headphones in.... the right headphone is him alone... the left is Vai's original track. VERY NICE John. Big fan of Vai's catalogue.

[trex257]

Dude, seriously, that is about the closest cover to the record I have EVER HEARD by anyone other than Vai himself. BRAVO. Even the harmony parts and stuff. Amazing.

[tommie997]

cud u tell me how you got the sheet music or how you woked out how to play the song by ear, using free downloadable tabs, buying sheet music... could you please tell me

[VHrules78]

hey, what do you use to record yourself with? you get good quality man!!!

[r3belc]

any1 got amp settings ?

[SoeJatriani]

Buy the amp first mate, and the rack effects. You can't get that sound from just an amp.

[davidlgm77]

exelent man you rock!!!!!

[ZRiva]

How is the harmonic of the 0.44?

Good cover!

[aamvb]

amazing playing dude, love the strange sound on ur guitar on that exotic bit on 2:30 sounds kool. one of my favs rock on dude !!!!!

[mettlus]

J.B in the right hands!!!

[fendermannnn]

Great!!!

[matheus101290]

damn why this video load slow as hell?

[ic300x]

what amp you using, and what rack gear?

[SoeJatriani]

Mesa Boogie Stiletto Deuce and what looks like a TC Electronic G Sharp... could be a G Major.

[Nubias]

Would have been way cool to hear it without the original track playing.

[melbroglioo]

great job!

[G3IbanezJS]

wow, nice job man

[patriot3dx]

excelente men!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SteVeTurchin22]

You are amazing!

[randypadilla209]

You played along with the actual track, so much of what we hear is actually Steve Vai. You follow him pretty close though, I give you that, awesome job.

[ic300x]

who plays the bass solo in this song?

[glennguagmire]

The one and only Billy Sheehan. :)

[Kii777]

Billy Sheehan wasn't on the Passion and Warfare album.

[glennguagmire]

It was Stuart Hamm then! :D

[chaskarlos]

terrible awesome

[Vinniemoore89]

Incredible

[brownj2]

Really well done!

[Noodler13]

that doesent look like the stock trem, whatd you put in there? an OFR?

[aisle11music]

it is, it will be the line of jems that came with the trs not the edge 2

[Mark0]

wow... wow... wow... lol, this cover is perfect man, you're amazing!

could you let me know the gear you used in this song? also the timing of the delay! please man!

keep on rockin!

[Zerg666]

very fuckn badass man i respect you

[tomecocacola]

very good... like brianUV777 I suck too

[phish100123]

the fast runs you do are clean and very good. the timing is a bit out and you are not in tune.

[BrianUV777BK]

i suck

[gonzalometal]

congratulations!

[afie83]

i cant play like Vai at all..!! huhuhue..

[samboba]

aaaaaaa me das miedo eres un campeon!!! XD

[vaivan]

I respect you!!! ;)

Nice job!!!

[hotmetalslugs]

HOly crap man, nice work.

[speedburnervideo]

great job dude!

[jobyhook]

How can anyone trash this guys playing,ok its never gonna be 100% like vai,but then Vai never plays it 100% the same everytime,there will always be some slight differences.

Common guys get positive!

[drumscott78]

to hear how a steve vai song should be played, check out cesar huesca doing for the love of god... best damn steve vai cover ever

[frets64]

Screw the rest of these guys. Nice job!

[Kirkh666]

good one man...very nice!

but hey, download backing tracks insread of the original songs.that would sound better

[r3t4y5]

Did you learn this from the original tablatura book with all the mistakes in it?

That book sucks.

[Ellis307]

how do u gewt that dodgy sound at 0:15 and wot goes wrong at 0:35

[guerriktrakkt1]

PINCH HARMS!

[mikeforte6737]

vision19701004, once you dust off the old guitar and try to learn something like this, it will kill your inspiration, trust me lol

[VelvetRevolver4036]

OMG Dude, if you are gono play a cover make sure you play it down to the note! all i saw was you wanking the Guitar. Sry i could not hear your actual playing while the "REAL SONG" playing in the Background to cover all your mistakes (the effects also help your mistakes). Better then Vai..my goodness.

You come across as "FAILED TART"

[ronnythetrooper]

Ever herd of improv?

[mickg1902]

He is doing a cover of a song you numpty

[bigbadosker]

You are an idiot. This dude pulled of the song with one take. There are like 3 or 4 recorded guitars on the studio cut. Besides your name is VelvetRevolver. That says it all for you. Go rub one off for Weiland.

[boycey89]

That was very good!

[masterbolt99]

Impressive. How many hours a day do you practice??

[glennguagmire]

Well hes a teacher so he plays guitar all day everyday.

[vision19701004]

Crazy, you are just crazy. Think I gong to dust off the old guitar. Thanks for posting this!! Inspirational stuff!!

[RE4p3R66]

tryin to learn this at the minute. well done!

so far i've only got the first minute of it so far, but its a great help to see someone whos got it perfect playin it!

when i heard it first, i didnt even know what he was doin for half the time!

10/10 xD

[nitsan7]

Better then Vai!!!

[DarthSalazar]

Dude no ones bettet than Vai that's simply impossible. Though I do give him credit, for he has good taste in music.

[Marc69Jones]

I'd give my left nut to be able to play the guitar like that. My favorite song of all time. Fantastic job!

[miguelhx]

its not very common to see and hear that song... great stuff! ... you played seamlessly... thumbs up!

[bat2006]

100% like the rec version.

[fjaconete]

Man, just perfect!!!!

Very beaultifull. you are the master.

[ben666wraith]

thats absolutely beautiful man. exactly like the original. Your videos are sick John. please let me know what you think of mine, iv just done a rusty cooley cover. Keep up the fuckin amazing work. Ben

[Thimpiz]

nice guitar :D

[scheidtl]

very nice!

I love that song.

[azangi]

wow!!! very nice i love the sound!!! but you use mesa-boogie ;-)

[sweetgingerboy]

better than the video of him playing it live on youtube haha

[gabrielperat]

awesome playing of an awesome Vai song

[gnarlyforeheadworf]

very good! - it's a difficult song.

[Leigh661]

I believe its a jem555bk the trem may be an edge 3. but im no expert.

[element1120]

omg AWESOME

[firstcoming]

This is great, 5 stars.

[ben666wraith]

perfect dude, i met steve vai at the guitar institute London, he taught me briefly man. he would be fuckin proud lets hope he actually has seen it..... check some of my shit out dude

[andreagiacalone]

Bellissimo!

Bravo!!!!!

clap clap clap

[elyaz17]

Dude, that was really impressive. if I had my eyes closed, I would first believe it was Vai playing...

how many hours did it take you? and how long have you been playing?

Cheers

[flectz]

cyan is the new black

[dudtonNE]

Awesome Tune Dad!!!!

[chetmanjazz]

It's even better with the sound off....

[zamiaceae]

outstanding....

[ibanez42dmx]

sweet been waiting for this song for a while.... when did you get the mesa head?

[PeteRochford]

Good choice of song, nicely done. Sweet setup aswell.

[Richprincess307]

Awesome Tune Dad!!!!

[johngrindey]

Thankyou my beautiful daughter.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[matthewrotherham]

your number one fan no doubt