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
Ask Joe Satriani anything in his new Club Joe Streaming Sessions By Richard Bienstock Episode 1 - Classic Album Revisited: The Extremist premieres today
Joe Satriani names his worst album: "I have no idea why I thought people would want to hear that!" By Richard Bienstock The guitarist also picks his best effort, as well as his favorite non-Satch record
Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, Yngwie and Satch signed this Jason Becker-owned Kiesel - and it just sold for $26,000 By Richard Bienstock “There is literally no other guitar on planet earth like this one”
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
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”
