Latest about Steve Vai
Win tickets to see the SatchVai Band and Animals As Leaders perform in Northern California at Guitar Player Presents
Joe Satriani and Steve Vai’s Surfing With the Hydra tour stops at the Fox Oakland on April 4
Matteo Mancuso on why he plays fingerstyle on electric — and how he got Steve Vai to work with him
The Sicilian virtuoso spoke with us on a rare visit to the United States
Eddie Van Halen on the one guitarist he said out–Van Halened him
Ed's impressions of David Lee Roth’s new guitarist weren't entirely positive — he wondered if others saw him the same way
Steve Vai on the radical guitar mods he learned from Frank Zappa
Zappa was never a conservationist when it came to his guitars. That lit a fuse under a young Steve Vai
“I was embarrassingly inexperienced.” Steve Vai on the guitarist who “saved his bacon” with a vital piece of gear when he was a greenhorn in David Lee Roth’s band
Vai had the talent to launch the Roth’s solo career, but it took a more experienced hand to help him out
How Steve Vai shocked Brian May by revealing their early 1970s encounter
Vai has been gifted a highly customized take on May’s iconic Red Special, and it’s sent him down memory lane
Steve Vai on Frank Zappa's prophetic words about his career
Vai had was a young, awestruck kid when he joined Zappa's band. Frank saw something else
Steve Vai on the one guitarist he considers more revolutionary than Jimi Hendrix
Vai says most players aren’t ahead of their time — but one guitarist definitely was
