Steve Vai and 'The Dream' Stratocaster

Here is a picture of Steve Vai with the Dream Stratocaster.

Steve looks like he might want to have a blast with this cool Fender guitar - it's a pity that Steve did not buy it when he had the opportunity. Still, he can tell his grand children about the time when he nearly bought this beautiful one off and unique guitar - a photo of a great instrument in the hands of a complete master.

I believe this picture was taken in the Las Vegas area of the USA but I could be wrong about that. There is little information about how or where the image was photographed... suffice to say that Steve Vai really was looking at the guitar and I believe that he considered buying it but for some reason it was not for him.

In any case, that later opened the door for me to buy the guitar from Awesome John a little later down the road.

I would like to thank Steve for allowing his photo to be taken at this time. Steve Vai as most will know has gone on to be and remain one of the top rock guitarists in the world today and anyone that listens to his music or visits one of his shows just how incredibly good Steve Vai really is.

I visited Steve when he was playing in Manchester some years back, and paid for the VIP before show 'chat' which was so interesting. Steve covered many aspects of his work and no doubt Steve might even have those VIP shows at gigs even today - if he does? Just pay and learn! One of the things though that was exciting was to get Steve's most famous guitar handed around so you could take a really close look at it. It was very battle worn. And there lies the point, so was the Fender 'Dream' Stratocaster - so I set out to return it to great condition... these pages document some of the things I did along the way.

Copyright of the picture remains with the photographer.