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Joe Satriani: "You have to be true to yourself. The internet is a great tool, but it also has the danger of homogenizing everybody"

By Amit Sharma

Satch returns with Shapeshifting, a record of quicksilver genius that elevates guitar playing once more

Joe Satriani names the one guitar that appears on all his albums - and it's not an Ibanez

By Richard Bienstock

"I’ve used it clean, dirty, with slide, for power chords - it’s a beautiful guitar," he says

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Steve Vai: "When I was a kid playing guitar too loud, the neighbors would complain... and my father would tell them to shut the f**k up"

By Joe Bosso

With the big 6-0 just around the corner, guitar icon Steve Vai reminisces about Satch, Zappa, Alcatrazz and a life in the ultra zone

Joe Satriani names the one solo he regrets writing and recording

By Richard Bienstock

Steve Vai wasn't crazy about this particular Surfing with the Alien cut, either

Joe Satriani recalls the time Slash spat on his wah pedal: “I should've saved it and put it in a box or something”

By Richard Bienstock

Satch on the night he received a “genuine Slash loogie”

Joe Satriani names Nita Strauss as the next shredder to "explode on the scene"

By Richard Bienstock

“She's got the sound and her technique's amazing,” Satch says

The 25 best wah solos of all time

By Guitar World Staff, Intro by Josh Hart

From Satriani to Sabbath, here are the greatest wah moments in guitar history

Neal Schon performs live

Guitar legends unite to wish Neal Schon a happy birthday, including Slash, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and many more

By Michael Astley-Brown

Exclusive premiere of the birthday greeting to end all birthday greetings

Richie Kotzen performs live in concert at Sony Music on April 19, 2018 in New York City

From Satch to swampy Southern rock: here are this week’s essential guitar tracks

By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche

The fresh six-string releases you need to hear right now

Joe Satriani surfs right back to the 1980s on appropriately titled new single Nineteen Eighty

By Richard Bienstock

Satch’s 17th studio album, Shapeshifting, is out in April

Ode to Jeff Beck: Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Vince Gill, Steve Stevens and more on why he's the guitar hero's guitar hero

By David Von Bader

Some of guitar's greatest names on Beck's influence, praising his mastery of the space between the notes and relentless pursuit of innovation

NAMM 2020: Go surfing with the alien with IK Multimedia's new AmpliTube Joe Satriani

By Jackson Maxwell

Five stompboxes, three amps and song presets covering Satriani’s entire discography are included

Joe Satriani AmpliTube is coming - and you get to pick the modeled gear

By Richard Bienstock

Choose which Satch-approved amps and effects will be featured in the new collection

Watch Joe Satriani play Surfing with the Alien on a Strat copy at a fan’s home

By Jonathan Graham

In case you've ever needed more evidence that the majority of a guitar player's sound is in their fingers

Joe Satriani is reissuing Surfing with the Alien – without guitar solos

By Richard Bienstock

Think you can shred like Satch? Try your hand at Satch Boogie, Ice 9 and other Surfing classics

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The secrets behind Joe Satriani's tone on Surfing With The Alien

By Chris Gill

How Satch got the sound for one of the ultimate shred guitar anthems

Joe Satriani delivers nothing but good (uni-)vibes on this upbeat new Bryan Beller track

By Richard Bienstock

Satch lends his sunny guitar melodies to the Aristocrats bassist’s Volunteer State

Forgotten Guitar: Joe Satriani's Saturday-Morning Jam on Australian TV

By Jonathan Graham

Joe Satriani rocks an Australian morning show—a rare pre-JS Series Ibanez prototype in hand—in 1988.

New Solo Effort from Aristocrats Bassist Features John Petrucci, Joe Satriani, Guthrie Govan and More

By Guitar World Staff

Bryan Beller’s ‘Scenes from the Flood’ is a “sweeping, epic-scale modern progressive double concept album."

Listen to “You Can Light the Way” from Squares, Featuring Joe Satriani

By Richard Bienstock

Album of previously unreleased demos from Satch’s first, pre-fame band is out July 12.