Joe Satriani Joe Satriani’s custom Eddie Van Halen-flavored 3rd Power amp is now available as a plugin – with real amps on the way The guitarist worked with 3rd Power chief designer Dylana Scott to capture his favorite Van Halen guitar tone, and it's quickly become his “favorite amp” Joe Satriani on the key mod he’s made to his Best Of All Worlds EVH guitars The guitarist has given a rundown of the guitar arsenal he’s assembled for the Van Halen-honoring tour, which kicks off this weekend Is Joe Satriani ditching Ibanez for the upcoming Best of All Worlds tour? Newly released rehearsal footage shows the shred legend playing an EVH Strat, with a revised pedalboard, as he goes on a Van Halen tone dive Latest Joe Satriani “I've tried to avoid playing like Eddie. I've never learned the songs on purpose so I didn't steal anything. Then I had to learn the songs – I was like, ‘This is gonna be torture’”: Joe Satriani on his preparations for this summer's Van Halen tribute tour By Jackson Maxwell published 2 April 24 Satch is intensely studying the intricacies of the late guitar hero's technical quirks and tone, while trying to avoid outright mimicry. The fine line between paying tribute and copying is an act of needle-threading the virtuoso says he also faced during his tenure in Deep Purple "He brought the elements of expression that a voice has: sliding, bending and the best vibrato anyone had heard in 1966. Guitar was NOT built to do that!" What Jimi Hendrix means to me – by some of the world's greatest guitar players By Jason Sidwell last updated 27 November 23 Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942. Here, Eric Gales, Paul Gilbert, Jennifer Batten, Joe Bonamassa, Kirk Fletcher, Steve Lukather, Joe Satriani and more talk about his enduring legacy “Instrumental Music Became Like a Personal Growth Thing for Me”: Joe Satriani Talks Becoming an Instrumental Guitarist By Richard Bienstock published 4 August 23 “You can break it down into what you’re trying to accomplish physically, artistically and economically,” says Satch Develop Amazing Fretboard Skills Using These Simple Tips From Some of the Best Players in the Business By Dale Turner published 10 July 23 Steve Vai, Mark Tremonti, Joe Bonamassa, Mike Stern, Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert, Alex Skolnick, Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson offer these easy-to-follow exercises that will help you become a better guitarist Watch Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson’s Knockout “Going Down” Performance By Christopher Scapelliti published 3 July 23 Video This incredible clip featuring the classic G3 lineup is a lesson in electric guitar virtuosity Video “I Always Want to Transcend the Technical Aspects of the Guitar to Move People”: Joe Satriani’s Top Five Career-Defining Tracks By Mark McStea published 7 June 23 He’s released 18 studio solo albums, but Satch reveals why these five tracks hold a special place in his catalog Five of Joe Satriani’s Coolest Vintage Guitars By Richard Bienstock published 20 April 23 The man with the futuristic Ibanez guitars also owns a nice collection of vintage axes “Les Pauls, Teles, and Strats Restricted Me”: Joe Satriani Explains His Devotion to Ibanez Guitars By Michael Molenda published 14 April 23 How the virtuoso’s creative horizon expanded with Ibanez “Bigger Isn’t Always Better. And Longer Isn’t Either”: Joe Satriani Explains Why Shorter Cables Can Improve Your Sound By Joe Bosso published 21 February 23 Satch takes the lead and reveals some more guitar tone wisdom “Having a Guitar That Really Inspires You Cannot Be Overstated”: Joe Satriani Reveals the Most Important Element of Tone By Joe Bosso published 17 February 23 Satch dishes out some tips on what to look out for when purchasing a guitar or amp 12345Archives Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1“I was sound-checking at the Corner Hotel in Australia when that came out. 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“I've tried to avoid playing like Eddie. I've never learned the songs on purpose so I didn't steal anything. Then I had to learn the songs – I was like, ‘This is gonna be torture’”: Joe Satriani on his preparations for this summer's Van Halen tribute tour By Jackson Maxwell published 2 April 24 Satch is intensely studying the intricacies of the late guitar hero's technical quirks and tone, while trying to avoid outright mimicry. The fine line between paying tribute and copying is an act of needle-threading the virtuoso says he also faced during his tenure in Deep Purple
"He brought the elements of expression that a voice has: sliding, bending and the best vibrato anyone had heard in 1966. Guitar was NOT built to do that!" What Jimi Hendrix means to me – by some of the world's greatest guitar players By Jason Sidwell last updated 27 November 23 Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942. Here, Eric Gales, Paul Gilbert, Jennifer Batten, Joe Bonamassa, Kirk Fletcher, Steve Lukather, Joe Satriani and more talk about his enduring legacy
“Instrumental Music Became Like a Personal Growth Thing for Me”: Joe Satriani Talks Becoming an Instrumental Guitarist By Richard Bienstock published 4 August 23 “You can break it down into what you’re trying to accomplish physically, artistically and economically,” says Satch
Develop Amazing Fretboard Skills Using These Simple Tips From Some of the Best Players in the Business By Dale Turner published 10 July 23 Steve Vai, Mark Tremonti, Joe Bonamassa, Mike Stern, Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert, Alex Skolnick, Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson offer these easy-to-follow exercises that will help you become a better guitarist
Watch Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson’s Knockout “Going Down” Performance By Christopher Scapelliti published 3 July 23 Video This incredible clip featuring the classic G3 lineup is a lesson in electric guitar virtuosity
“I Always Want to Transcend the Technical Aspects of the Guitar to Move People”: Joe Satriani’s Top Five Career-Defining Tracks By Mark McStea published 7 June 23 He’s released 18 studio solo albums, but Satch reveals why these five tracks hold a special place in his catalog
Five of Joe Satriani’s Coolest Vintage Guitars By Richard Bienstock published 20 April 23 The man with the futuristic Ibanez guitars also owns a nice collection of vintage axes
“Les Pauls, Teles, and Strats Restricted Me”: Joe Satriani Explains His Devotion to Ibanez Guitars By Michael Molenda published 14 April 23 How the virtuoso’s creative horizon expanded with Ibanez
“Bigger Isn’t Always Better. And Longer Isn’t Either”: Joe Satriani Explains Why Shorter Cables Can Improve Your Sound By Joe Bosso published 21 February 23 Satch takes the lead and reveals some more guitar tone wisdom
“Having a Guitar That Really Inspires You Cannot Be Overstated”: Joe Satriani Reveals the Most Important Element of Tone By Joe Bosso published 17 February 23 Satch dishes out some tips on what to look out for when purchasing a guitar or amp
