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Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Pete Thorn trade solos over Led Zeppelin classic at recent SatchVai Band show
By Phil Weller published
Huge tunes from Led Zep and Steppenwolf, and three shredders brought the house down in Portland

Why Steve Vai struggled to play Brian May’s iconic Red Special
By Phil Weller published
Vai was just a youngster when May invited him to a Queen rehearsal – and offered him the chance to play the legendary six-string

Steve Vai has followed in the footsteps of many guitar greats – this was the hardest one to nail
By Phil Weller published
He’s filled the shoes of Eddie Van Halen and Robert Fripp, but Vai says this particular gig was even harder

Steve Vai has recorded a new solo over Van Halen’s Jump
By Phil Weller published
Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker also features on the track

When Joe Satriani volunteered to help Dethklok mastermind Brendon Small with his home recording
By Clay Marshall published
Small's appearance in the new SatchVai music video isn't his first collaboration with the two virtuosos. They cropped up on his cult animated TV series, Metalocalypse, and have since become mentors

Matteo Mancuso names the emerging virtuoso that you need to know about
By Phil Weller published
This emerging Italian guitarist has become one of Mancuso and Steve Vai's favorite shredders

How Steve Vai lived his ultimate guitar rockstar fantasy on David Lee Roth’s Eat ’Em and Smile
By Andrew Daly published
Working with David Lee Roth was like "being strapped to a rocket made of charisma and fueled by tequila” – and the music was pretty fun, too

Loved by Frank Zappa, Bootsy Collins, Steve Vai and more, how the Mu-Tron III became a vintage pedalboard icon
By Chris Gill published
Mike Beigel's groundbreaking envelope filter made the world a funkier place
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