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“It was such great stuff.” Steve Vai says he’s heard Eddie Van Halen’s unreleased recordings
By Gary Graff published
Vai recalls sitting in Eddie’s studio surrounded by unheard music — and explains why the guitarist believed Van Halen already was his solo career.

Joe Satriani and Vai on the upcoming SatchVai album — and their plans for the group’s future
By Gary Graff published
The virtuoso duo reveal how their latest single took shape and how their solo successes made this the right time to join forces

Dethklok/Metalocalypse creator Brendon Small says he lost rare guitars gifted by Joe Satriani and Steve Vai
By Gary Graff last updated
The Dethklok guitarist has also downsized his collection and changed his playing technique to correct years of bad habits

Billy Sheehan on Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, Steve Lukather, Richie Kotzen and Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal
By Gary Graff published
The Talas, Mr. Big and Winery Dogs bassist reflects on decades of playing alongside some of rock’s most formidable guitarists.

Steve Vai says guitar-playing excellence is within every player’s reach. But there’s a catch
By Phil Weller published
The former Frank Zappa and David Lee Roth guitarist calls virtuosity an “intellectual exercise”

Win tickets to see the SatchVai Band and Animals As Leaders perform in Northern California at Guitar Player Presents
By Jimmy Leslie published
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
By Jimmy Leslie published
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
By Christopher Scapelliti published
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
By Phil Weller published
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
By Phil Weller published
Vai had the talent to launch the Roth’s solo career, but it took a more experienced hand to help him out
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