Deke swears he always wears this hat while listening to "Rush" (iTunes free excerpt) —one of our favorite recorded Steve Vai performances. If you add it to your iPod playlist we suggest you park the car before playing it. Why? Makes you wanna wear a black knit cap just above your eyes, put pedal to the metal on a really loud '67 Mustang and drive it irresponsibly.

Steve rehearses his band with SRM350’s and an SWA1501 subwoofer, cranked. Now THAT’s pedal to the metal rehearsing.