<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Steve-lukather ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/steve-lukather Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:44:31 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “When I started this business, I had two kinds of people: those who believed in it and those laughing at me”: Who is buying $15 million guitars? One of the world’s leading dealers lifts the veil on the collectible guitar market ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/matts-guitar-shop-interview UzQ65Wpr3uDnpZii3qViJ9 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:44:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I am in my acoustic, zen phase of life”: Why Paul Rodgers declined an offer to front the new Van Halen album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/paul-rodgers-has-declined-an-offer-to-front-the-new-van-halen-album MJHZQKaxvUbxVhiiuxWqQe Mon, 23 Feb 2026 11:29:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The drums, the guitar and the bass are already in there. What we didn’t have is a vocalist”: Alex Van Halen says a new Van Halen record was virtually finished before Eddie passed away ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/alex-van-halen-new-van-halen-album-update F9xoPk8UwCBKzBhY3tgH5b Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:59:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He said, ‘I have to play on this. Give me a track’”: How three session-guitar aces and an inspired intervention from a “wunderkind” Steve Lukather saved a ‘70s soft-rock classic ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/england-dan-and-john-ford-coley-love-is-the-answer-steve-lukather LZG7VZ5qc24VjMmKSYFaZC Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:43:16 +0000 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:03:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He asked to hear it, so I played it, and he said, ‘I have to play on this. Give me a track’”: How a 20-year-old Steve Lukather beat three seasoned session pros to feature on this ’70s soft rock classic ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-steve-lukather-featured-on-soft-rock-classic-love-is-the-answer FGpbHNNXXPMsq73Wpao5Mn Wed, 31 Dec 2025 20:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I think Jimmy's pointing at Ed, but he motions for me to come over. He said, ‘You have something that these other guys here don't’”: Steve Lukather was hanging out with Eddie Van Halen, when Jimmy Page paid him the highest compliment ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/steve-lukather-on-meeting-jimmy-page hpLr4pySjvQKzTawWR5AUZ Tue, 02 Dec 2025 13:47:19 +0000 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 13:48:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I walk in and see on the board: ‘Beck, Satriani, Lukather, Slash.’ I thought it was a send-up”: Spinal Tap once surprised Nigel Tufnel with an all-star guitar solo tribute – but he wasn't thrilled about it ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/spinal-tap-nigel-tufnel-on-beck-satriani-lukather-slash-solo oXCUYwowrXYaeKRbxn8XvN Wed, 16 Jul 2025 14:56:22 +0000 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:15:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Anyone who has ever heard Toto’s Hold The Line will know he can let it rip with the best of them”: 4 searing blues guitar solo ideas in the style of Steve Lukather ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/steve-lukather-blues-style-licks 3wEsqn5JruSyXRNGuj2G8f Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:18:03 +0000 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:34:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “In the beginning, I was a terrible rhythm player. I avoided it like the plague”: Martin Barre once distanced himself from rhythm playing – but some Steve Lukather wisdom changed his mind ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/martin-barre-avoided-rhythm-playing-until-steve-lukather-changed-his-mind BcQiMwmkG7jNQbkA8B7Pg5 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 11:42:03 +0000 Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:00:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I will not ever play a note on a Van Halen song!” Steve Lukather sets the record straight on his reported involvement on a new Van Halen album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/steve-lukather-on-his-role-on-a-new-van-halen-album 9DkK34Vm6tKkcLFwWLDS9Z Mon, 17 Mar 2025 12:30:08 +0000 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:04:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There is no-one who can do this process with me as well as he can”: Alex Van Halen says a new Van Halen album is in the works – and he’s recruited Steve Lukather to help him complete it ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/music-releases/alex-van-halen-new-van-halen-album-steve-lukather MUYz2EpP4VnDPaWFfKd4LF Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:18:28 +0000 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:08:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It threw me off completely. Here I am in front of 16,000 people, on the stage where Jeff Beck stood, where The Beatles stood, and where Jimi Hendrix stood”: Steve Lukather on wielding Beck’s Strat, jams with George Harrison –and his best solo slip-up ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/steve-lukather-jeff-beck-guitar KAhnz6hxKYUiqTsA5CcbV Mon, 10 Feb 2025 14:03:52 +0000 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:31:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We’d play at the Palomino under some weird name – we’d just show up, so nobody would know. By halfway through the set, the place was jam-packed”: Steve Lukather on his secret supergroup with Eddie Van Halen, Albert Lee and Steve Morse ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/steve-lukather-eddie-van-halen-albert-lee-steve-morse-supergroup xmiAr8Spgm4qo6VbUQAJYb Tue, 04 Feb 2025 10:25:55 +0000 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 12:45:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I gave him my Les Paul to use, which, just by him holding it, increased its value by like a million dollars”: In 1992, Steve Lukather was still getting over meeting his Beatles icon – then there was a knock on the stage door ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/steve-lukather-on-playing-with-george-harrison VP3Uo4s6vpMcLuAmdjZyfh Thu, 30 Jan 2025 14:44:34 +0000 Tue, 11 Feb 2025 10:00:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We’d be on the phone and he goes, ‘It’s too metal. I gotta get it on pop radio! Use the small amp, not so much distortion’”: Steve Lukather on how Quincy Jones saved Michael Jackson’s Beat It from becoming a metal track ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/steve-lukather-beat-it-metal-michael-jackson J97iWPV8sjKfBsgha3wmC Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:04:11 +0000 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:52:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Beat It was interesting. Of course, Eddie Van Halen did the solo. But the rest of the guitars were Steve Lukather and myself...” Session ace Paul Jackson Jr. on how he became Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones’ go-to guitarist ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/paul-jackson-jr-stompin-willie-more-stories-pt1 zBzTYd3iFqP9F6g7zsjBae Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:54:15 +0000 Tue, 05 Nov 2024 13:56:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Michael said, ‘I want you to lay something down.’ He puts in a little cassette tape, and he sings the solo and records it”: Session legend Paul Jackson Jr. on working with Michael Jackson – from his Jackson 5 era to Thriller, Beat It and beyond ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/paul-jackson-jr-on-working-with-michael-jackson mnBWdNzQpyqMZRDModKPAD Tue, 22 Oct 2024 09:17:03 +0000 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 09:32:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ He’s played with Michael Jackson, Elton John and three of the Beatles, and was a world-class soloist while still in his teens – why Toto guitarist Steve Lukather is one of rock’s greatest players ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/steve-lukathers-soloing-style pwJnspvw2fDhBxKXhh855M Mon, 09 Sep 2024 10:00:09 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “They asked Billy Gibbons, John Mayer and me. I wish this would make me sound like Jeff Beck, but it won’t”: Steve Lukather confirms Jeff Beck guitar tribute project as he wields his iconic White Strat to cover Jimi Hendrix’s Little Wing ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/steve-lukather-toto-jeff-beck-white-fender-strat-little-wing NfnhH68maw6xuJz5yf9htk Thu, 05 Sep 2024 14:42:43 +0000 Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:47:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I played on about a billion records, and that guitar was on all of them”: Steve Lukather’s Robot Strat is one of the 1980s’ most-heard guitars, and started life as a vintage Fender – before it was modded beyond all recognition ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/steve-lukather-on-his-robot-strat oKDjNEYUufZFA6ZjqAMUAV Mon, 15 Jul 2024 09:05:35 +0000 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 10:08:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My dad always said, ‘Focus on your rhythm and writing songs.’ But when I got the itch to start doing solos, I got into Eddie Van Halen”: Trev Lukather on the guitar lessons he learned from his dad, Steve Lukather ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/trev-lukather-guitar-lesson-steve-lukather VAebrEDYM3Sh2x9L8VUXVN Wed, 01 May 2024 12:08:20 +0000 Tue, 14 May 2024 15:46:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The initial thought was, ‘What the hell am I gonna play?’ There are so many players on this track, and so much is going on, but they just let me be me”: Steve Lukather takes you behind the scenes of Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/steve-lukather-on-mark-knopflers-guitar-heroes-going-home-local-hero-theme vBEvPc7pXAc4ZaymeTrq3K Fri, 05 Apr 2024 12:11:07 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jimi Hendrix scared me. Learning about the Hendrix E chord was amazing… I figured out where to put my fingers and kinda eked it out on my own”: Steve Lukather names the 12 guitarists who shaped his sound ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/steve-lukather-guitarists-who-shaped-my-sound ZyrFcjTNv6764gqaCnDSQ5 Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:48:04 +0000 Wed, 04 Sep 2024 15:51:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Strat connoisseurs should find that the pickups deliver the tonal qualities of their dreams”: Ernie Ball Music Man Luke 4 SSS review ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/reviews/ernie-ball-music-man-luke-4-sss aEEC4ioVsEAjTqThc4cKqA Mon, 04 Mar 2024 12:50:49 +0000 Fri, 08 Mar 2024 06:53:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When someone wants to rehearse before the session, that’s the kiss of death”: Watch Lee Sklar’s playthrough of Steve Lukather’s Stab in the Back ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/lee-sklar-plays-through-steve-lukather-stab-in-the-back RAdHwiUe4jm2VWTqJTEEe6 Thu, 04 Jan 2024 19:04:10 +0000 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:10:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Eddie Van Halen changed the game. I remember him telling me once, ‘Man, I didn’t mean to start all this madness’”: Steve Lukather on why he’s always championed melody above all else, and how that philosophy informed his new “unabashedly ‘80s” solo album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/steve-lukather-bridges ZKUrHPdk8oeyS8HSiD9pFU Fri, 01 Dec 2023 17:04:00 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 11:23:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s like a hybrid of a Strat and a Les Paul – it gives me everything I need in one stop”: Steve Lukather and Ernie Ball Music Man launch overhauled L4 signature guitar range – including ultra-limited 30th Anniversary Steamroller model ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/ernie-ball-music-man-steve-lukather-l4-launch W8LRyPMURcDiH4JUjwpU6m Thu, 21 Sep 2023 12:08:08 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:02:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ With blistering technique, a great ear for melody and an incredible rhythm guitar pocket, Steve Lukather is one of rock guitar’s all-time greats – upgrade your skills with his must-learn licks ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/steve-lukather-rock-solo-licks CstVTAmB5Bip35XXTduDgM Wed, 16 Aug 2023 09:15:47 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 11:08:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Instead of the toy store, I wanted to go to the guitar store and play all the expensive guitars”: Steve Lukather shares his biggest gear hits and misses ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/steve-lukather-gear-stories fm2TBtDZybTmAzAWnbERG8 Mon, 31 Jul 2023 10:59:02 +0000 Mon, 29 Jul 2024 16:10:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steve Lukather voices support for the ‘tone is in the hands’ camp: “There’s no magic guitar, just magic people” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/steve-lukather-no-magic-gear-only-magic-people J9kfa5tFcEp55wLkTHvj5o Fri, 23 Jun 2023 15:40:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steve Lukather: "The bassline was easy. It wasn't like I had to be Jaco Pastorius" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/steve-lukather-the-bassline-was-easy-it-wasnt-like-i-had-to-be-jaco-pastorius GqgXUuuKETVrNM6VW8duCH Wed, 19 Apr 2023 13:47:15 +0000 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 13:47:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ NAMM 2023: Ernie Ball Music Man overhauls its Steve Lukather signature lineup with Heat Treated pickup-loaded L4 models ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/ernie-ball-music-man-steve-lukather-l4 9cMS9gnKbaPCbvdRvbndo5 Thu, 13 Apr 2023 13:00:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Foxgear launches the Gurus Echosex 3º Steve Lukather Signature pedal, the “always-on” Echorec emulator that gives the Toto guitarist his secret sauce ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/foxgear-gurus-echosex-3-steve-lukather zRKVa2r43DEMeeeQVDUnrA Thu, 23 Mar 2023 17:04:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch session legend Paul Jackson Jr. discuss recording Beat It and Get Lucky – and reveal the amp that was “the Dumble before there was a Dumble” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/paul-jackson-jr-session-hits pJpEjX6ApQz57njKtqx8ZY Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:09:07 +0000 Fri, 10 Mar 2023 12:09:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steve Lukather: “I played Jeff Beck and Eddie Van Halen’s guitars – and I sounded like myself. But some of Jeff’s guitars were set up so strangely only he could play them” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/steve-lukather-jeff-beck JzqYXCRWd5nwuDgD4LAzo Tue, 07 Mar 2023 16:00:55 +0000 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 14:48:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Journey perform Black Magic Woman with Steve Lukather and original vocalist Gregg Rolie ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/journey-gregg-rolie-steve-lukather-black-magic-woman mwaebHnK6qAJtwQHmymD79 Mon, 27 Feb 2023 16:51:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Joe Satriani, Steve Lukather, Eric Gales and Mateus Asato trade licks in one of the best jams of 2023 so far ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/joe-satriani-steve-lukather-eric-gales-mateus-asato-g4-jam 42ZEWHiC53S7eb3L4WsiX5 Wed, 08 Feb 2023 11:27:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ Hear Eddie Van Halen and Steve Lukather’s isolated guitar parts from Michael Jackon’s Beat It ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/beat-it-eddie-van-halen-steve-lukather-isolated-guitar-parts xMuRv4mJZezuxqTcJgydaL Thu, 26 Jan 2023 13:07:30 +0000 Mon, 06 Feb 2023 16:48:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ Michael Jackson's Beat It: two of rock's best guitarists recall how they helped create the groundbreaking hit, and the 30-second solo that changed the world ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/the-story-of-michael-jackson-beat-it-eddie-van-halen-steve-lukather PMjangVAC6HdW76qxrLbNE Wed, 04 Jan 2023 16:39:17 +0000 Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:08:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ Steve Lukather talks jamming with Eddie Van Halen, and the time Prince gave him the silent treatment ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/steve-lukather-eddie-van-halen-prince MJP2bqkcwBbQWMzokuJGrV Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:12:02 +0000 Thu, 15 Dec 2022 17:22:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Steve Lukather jam on Crossroads with Sammy Hagar and Kenny Aronoff ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/steve-lukather-crossroads-sammy-hagar-aronoff 5e78hFaujRxGDGyADb8XPC Tue, 20 Sep 2022 21:11:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ Joe Satriani recruits Peter Frampton, Steve Lukather, Mateus Asato, Cory Wong, Nili Brosh and more for G4 V6.0 Experience 2023 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/joe-satriani-g4-experience-2023-lineup hYoH4KMiA32qiN8RZf9ptB Tue, 19 Jul 2022 14:39:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Alex Skolnick demo Steve Lukather’s live rig and reveal what’s on the Toto guitarist’s pedalboard ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/alex-skolnick-steve-lukather-rig-tour pgWDHJeSimeD69giU3ZSLB Thu, 14 Jul 2022 12:47:05 +0000 Fri, 15 Jul 2022 15:33:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ 20 guitar virtuosos on their favorite Joe Satriani moments ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/guitar-virtuosos-joe-satriani-tribute dyNXQZAAZd2XP8aChw3xJC Thu, 16 Jun 2022 12:19:45 +0000 Thu, 16 Jun 2022 12:21:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ David Lee Roth weighs in on Van Halen tribute tour rumors: “In my mind it will require two of us for every position” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/david-lee-roth-van-halen-tribute-tour-steve-lukather YGG8HznwEPTtX7tm5uHh78 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 15:01:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ Edgar Winter recruits Joe Bonamassa, Joe Walsh, Billy Gibbons, Ringo Starr, Steve Lukather, Derek Trucks, Keb' Mo' and more for Johnny Winter tribute album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/edgar-winter-johnny-winter-tribute 8RBgpaREuE4SfeDDZRuovN Fri, 07 Jan 2022 16:35:36 +0000 Thu, 13 Jan 2022 11:26:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ringo Starr's new MasterClass course features jams with Steve Lukather and Joe Walsh ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/ringo-starr-masterclass aFFtLk5q4HhyTvAcBTurLW Tue, 23 Nov 2021 16:42:20 +0000 Tue, 23 Nov 2021 16:46:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ernie Ball Music Man updates its Ball Family Reserve collection with four new eye-catching offerings ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/ernie-ball-music-man-family-reserve-collection-september-models gzvJTQ7oFGGDS7CXj8JJSW Wed, 29 Sep 2021 15:33:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Neal Morse Band's Eric Gillette counts down his top 5 favorite guitar solos ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/eric-gillette-top-5-guitar-solos JJtnGfHdbYE9nkcxDraHJi Wed, 14 Jul 2021 15:41:15 +0000 Wed, 14 Jul 2021 18:50:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ The secrets behind Steve Lukather's guitar tone on Along For the Ride ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/steve-lukather-along-for-the-ride-tone y5bGKyyGb5qb8WDaBYxUAQ Fri, 09 Jul 2021 11:00:28 +0000 Mon, 22 Jul 2024 15:57:04 +0000