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Steve Vai`s peforming The Teeh Of The Hydra from his last Inviolate Tour in India.

Steve Vai’s Hydra is a jaw-dropping triple-neck instrument featured on his Inviolate tour. Here’s what you need to know:

The Hydra Instrument:
Triple-neck design: It combines a 7-string guitar, a 12-string guitar, and a 4-string ¾-scale length bass.
Sympathetic harp strings: These resonate with sympathetic resonance, adding unique tonal qualities.
MIDI, sustainer, and piezo pickups: Versatile for various sounds.
Fret configurations: The 12-string neck is fretted only up to the 8th fret, and the bass neck is partially fretless.
Aesthetic: It looks like a steampunk weapon, adorned with decorative tubes and lights.
Amplification:
The Hydra’s amplification is a technical marvel.
Four analog outputs (bass neck, 7-string neck, 12-string neck, and harp) go into a CAT5 cable, connecting to the Hydra Brain.
The Brain splits the signal, and the seven-string neck connects to Vai’s main rig.
Performance:
Vai adapted to playing the Hydra after recovering from shoulder surgery.
The challenge? Getting it from place to place!
You can hear the Hydra on the track “Teeth of The Hydra” from his album Inviolate1.
Steve Vai’s skills and performance on the Inviolate tour are nothing short of extraordinary. His mastery of this complex instrument adds a captivating dimension to his live shows.