A s far as pedals go, the Boss DS-1 is arguably the most famous. This humble orange box has lain at the feet of countless ...

Joe Trohman has announced that he will be out of action for the rest of the year as he faces surgery on an injured picking ...

When Whitesnake’s album Slip Of The Tongue was released in 1989, singer David Coverdale made an extraordinary claim about the ...

Is Sperati the next big name in fusion? Here she discusses moving to America (maybe), why she loves digital amps, and life as ...

Steve Vai: “Joe Satriani has an ear like none other. When I was a kid he would say, ‘No, don’t vibrate it out of tune. You’ll sound like an idiot!’” There were creative tensions. There is, of course, ...

Steve Vai is touring the world in 2023. Visit Vai.com for full dates. TOPICS. steve vai. Categories. Guitars. Jonathan Horsley. Jonathan Horsley has been writing about guitars and guitar culture since ...

Joe Satriani and Steve Vai are ready to rock out in 2024. The guitar legends will head out on a “Satch/Vai Tour” beginning on March 22 in Orlando and will wrap up on May 8 in Salt Lake City .

In Steve Vai’s hands, a guitar sounds like a living thing. He can make it laugh, breathe fire, climax, beam to other planets, rustle like leaves or reduce to primal ooze. As such, his powers ...

Vai has been working at it for a long time, and has been in good company. His first guitar lessons, when he was 12, were from his friend Joe Satriani (who is in concert at the Orpheum on Nov. 5).

After hearing the guitar solo in Led Zeppelin’s “Heartbreaker” at age 12, legendary shredder Steve Vai picked up the instrument. Half a century later, the three-time Grammy winner is still ...

Steve Vai has played with a wealth of musicians over the years and his guitar-playing style has kept him as an in-demand collaborator, but once upon a time the guitar great was met with some ...

Get your air guitars ready. From January through May 2024, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai are embarking on not one, but two (!) major tours. First, the duo will team up with fellow shredder Eric ...