Latest about Steve Vai
Steve Vai is selling two of his personal Ibanez guitars for charity – and one is a rare experimental prototype
The two guitars were originally auctioned off in 2022, but have been put up for sale once more to help raise funds for two charities
“People started saying I looked like Voldemort!” Joe Satriani and Steve Vai on their classic Guitar World covers
The axelords discuss the guitars they’re holding in six key GW magazine covers from the past. Along the way, we learn about guitar thefts, loud photoshoots, hair, pants and flexi-discs...
Steve Vai and Joe Satriani on friendship, collaboration and using guitar to “explore the infinite”
After decades of pushing the envelope for instrumental guitar, the two giants of the instrument are touring together, writing together, and new music is coming. Satch and Vai take their story back to the beginning, and tell us where it’s headed
Adrian Belew on Frank Zappa’s lessons, Robert Fripp’s synth guitar, and Beat with Steve Vai
Still amazed that he managed to gather Vai, Tony Levin and Danny Carey into new band Beat, Belew reflects on his light-speed journey from 1977 to 1982, and how he plans to reactivate King Crimson’s ‘80s albums on stage
“I didn’t see myself as a professional instrumental guitarist”: Steve Vai on game-changing debut Flex-Able
Flex-Able was the sound of a young Steve Vai following his musical obsessions. That it changed everything for guitar – and Vai's career – was just a happy accident
Steve Vai explains the hardest part of replicating Robert Fripp’s playing style
Vai will be touring King Crimson’s ‘80s material with Beat in the fall, and he’s spoken about his preparations – which includes working with Roland on three purpose-built guitars
Steve Vai answers the question ‘Is guitar music dead?’
Steve Vai offers his take on whether the guitar is still a relevant instrument in contemporary music
Joe Satriani & Steve Vai – America's hottest new instrumental duo! Only in the new Guitar World
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How Adrian Belew and Steve Vai will tackle the King Crimson catalog for a supergroup tour
'Beat' will tour the band's ’80s material later this year, and the group's guitar duo is working on a partnership that can do the Belew/Fripp double act justice
“Steve Vai is always evolving… he continues to achieve what others thought impossible, and he finds new things to try every day”: How Philip Bynoe keeps up with the world-leading virtuoso
The Berklee grad on what drew him to six-string basses over fours and fives, why sometimes it’s important to compromise on tone, and modern playing techniques versus the joy of “a simple melody you can’t stop humming”
