Joe Satriani says he was two-hand tapping before he ever heard Eddie Van Halen By Richard Bienstock Turns out Wishbone Ash were Satch's original tapping inspiration way back in 1973
15 of the greatest all-star guitar teachers By Jonathan Horsley From legends of the old-school to the internet era’s pedagogues of polyphonic fingerstyle, these are the players who changed the guitar teaching game
Joe Satriani spans a career's worth of guitar tones in new signature AmpliTube showcase, Shifting Song By Richard Bienstock Listen to Satch explore his “legacy tones and techniques on a musical trip down memory lane”
Joe Satriani: “Eddie Van Halen put so much joy into every little note that he played” By Richard Bienstock Satch pays tribute to guitar “savior”
Steve Morse says he combined Ritchie Blackmore and Joe Satriani's playing styles for his first Deep Purple gig By Sam Roche "That's what I brought – to make the other guys feel comfortable," the shredder recalls
From generation-bridging jams to seismic melodic hardcore: here are this week's essential guitar tracks By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche Massive new tracks from Cory Wong/Joe Satriani, Tallah, Sufjan Stevens, Anna B Savage and oh-so-many more…
Cory Wong enlists Joe Satriani for Massive, the shreddiest funk jam you’ve ever heard By Michael Astley-Brown The funk maestro’s 8th(!) album of 2020 is set to feature Satch, Tom Misch and many more
Satriani, Vai, Nuno, Yngwie and many more wish Guitar World a happy 40th anniversary in epic video message By Richard Bienstock #GuitarWorld40: Satch will be holding one note for 40 hours in our honor
Watch Steve Vai – actually, many Steve Vais – shred Joe Satriani’s Teardrops By Richard Bienstock Def Leppard’s Phil Collen also takes on Satch’s recent single, Nineteen Eighty
Watch Steve Vai, Bumblefoot, Sammy Hagar and more improvise over Joe Satriani backing tracks By Richard Bienstock Satch invites you to shred over his official album backing tracks with the new Stripped x Three compilation
Joe Satriani shares advice for finding your voice on the guitar: "Always record yourself" By Michael Astley-Brown Satch also offers an update on the first of two new lockdown-recorded albums
Joe Satriani reflects on his greatest guitar moments so far in this classic 1995 interview By Mordechai Kleidermacher From Surfing with the Alien to Summer Song, Satch takes a look back at some of his most shred-tastic tracks and extraordinary guitar achievements
Channel some of shred’s most iconic guitar tones with AmpliTube Joe Satriani By Michael Astley-Brown IK Multimedia's eagerly anticipated artist collection is finally here - and it includes models of a Japanese-made Boss DS-1, Peavey 5150 and Satriani's signature amps and pedals
The history of instrumental rock By Joe Matera We look back at 60 years of the electric guitar-driven instrumental, from Link Wray and the Shadows to Dick Dale, Joe Satriani, Polyphia, Roopam Garg and beyond...
Joe Satriani: "Every day there’s something new to learn about the guitar. I don’t know if we’re ever going to figure the thing out!" By Joe Bosso The shred icon goes deep on the creation of Shapeshifting, his latest gear inspirations, and the solo that needed 170 takes to get right
Joe Satriani on his greatest used guitar find, Bonamassa-inspired buyer's remorse and why he just can't play SGs By David Mead Satch on his six-strings past and present, and a previously unthought-of attachment to a 1958 Fender Esquire…
Joe Satriani is working on two very different new albums in quarantine By Richard Bienstock “One would be another instrumental album, and another would be a vocal-oriented record,” Satch says
7 of the greatest 7-string guitar songs By Peter Hodgson Believe it or not, the 7-string has been around since long before djent rose to popularity... Here are some of the best songs that utilize this genre-pushing instrument
Nick Johnston, Lari Basilio and Plini on the genius of Joe Satriani By Amit Sharma Disciples of Satch weigh in on what makes the guitar world's shredder-in-chief king of six-stringers
12 mind-blowing guitarists reveal the techniques they struggled to master, and how you can improve your guitar playing faster By Jason Sidwell Joe Bonamassa, Paul Gilbert, Joe Satriani and many more share the lessons they wish they'd learned sooner
