Tracking down Steve Vai's elusive "Crossroads" Jackson – the most famous guitar that was never heard By Eric Kirkland published 17 June 21 How an epic 20-year quest to find the red Jackson Vai played as Jack Butler in the movie Crossroads led to the ultimate replica headcutter
Weezer fan the flames of rock 'n' roll in Australian Guitar #143, out today By Australian Guitar published 30 May 21 Now this is one fiery new issue!
Guitars signed by Metallica, Mark Tremonti, Joe Satriani and Nili Brosh go up for sale on Reverb.com to raise funds for Jason Becker By Matt Owen published 20 May 21 Steve Vai, Sammy Hagar, Steve Lukather, Tosin Abasi, Herman Li and more have donated and autographed guitars, which will be sold on The Official Jason Becker Reverb Store
Steve Vai shares “upscaled” For the Love of God video By Richard Bienstock published 6 May 21 Watch Vai shred on his burned Ibanez Universe seven-string in remastered glory
Fusion ace Jack Gardiner signs with Ibanez, releases re-recorded version of 1993 By Matt Owen published 6 April 21 The Tom Quayle-taught guitar guru celebrated the announcement with a new music video, which showcases the Ibanez AZ2204B in all its glory
World's greatest guitar heroes assemble for mammoth virtual Jason Becker fundraiser By Matt Owen published 23 March 21 The two-month-long fundraising marathon will see Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Marty Friedman, Nita Strauss and many, many more appear on Herman Li's Twitch channel to raise money for Becker
Steve Vai unveils new song Knappsack, which he shreds entirely with one hand By Matt Owen published 15 March 21 As he recovers from trigger finger and shoulder surgery, the virtuoso offers up a scorching playthrough that would be near-impossible for most players with two fully functioning hands
Steve Vai is heading to Patreon, and will unveil a new song, Knappsack By Richard Bienstock published 11 March 21 The guitar great will host Q&A sessions, listening parties and more for a $5 membership fee
Steve Vai held a guitar chord for so long he had to undergo surgery By Sam Roche published 1 March 21 The virtuoso reveals he “won't be able to play for a while” after going under the knife for trigger finger
Frank Zappa once told Steve Vai his guitar tone sounded “like an electric ham sandwich” By Sam Roche published 23 February 21 “I said, ‘Why? I've got the Strat, I've got the Marshall...” Vai recalls
Steve Vai is planning to release a full acoustic album with vocals – and a song he wrote with one hand By Sam Roche published 15 February 21 The virtuoso, who recently underwent shoulder and trigger finger surgery, reveals his upcoming projects in a new interview with The Cassius Morris Show
Steve Vai pays tribute to the innocent genius of Eddie Van Halen By Steve Vai published 3 February 21 ”You can hear and feel that joyful inner light beaming in the harmonic structures of the songs he wrote”
Ibanez refreshes Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and JB Brubaker signature guitars for 2021 By Michael Astley-Brown published 19 January 21 Enticing new looks announced for JS, PIA and August Burns Red models
Steve Vai pays tribute to Alexi Laiho as he recalls sharing a Guitar World cover with the late metal hero By Richard Bienstock published 5 January 21 With Children of Bodom, Laiho “was part of a powerful movement that ushered in high octane, intense metal at its most brutal and beautiful,” Vai says
Devin Townsend once “took a shit” in Steve Vai’s guitar case By Richard Bienstock published 8 December 20 “I didn’t have many ways that I felt I was able to articulate my discontent, so I tended to act up,” he admits
Watch Steve Vai play guitar with a hook – while dressed as Captain Hook By Michael Astley-Brown published 9 November 20 The guitar god will shiver your timbers with his performance at Devin Townsend’s ‘Crappy Halloween Party’
Steve Vai: “I could never play like him… Only an idiot competes with Eddie Van Halen” By Michael Astley-Brown published 9 October 20 The virtuoso and David Lee Roth guitarist recalls his jams and friendship with the late guitar hero
Satriani, Vai, Nuno, Yngwie and many more wish Guitar World a happy 40th anniversary in epic video message By Richard Bienstock published 25 September 20 #GuitarWorld40: Satch will be holding one note for 40 hours in our honor
Watch Steve Vai, Nita Strauss, Alex Skolnick and dozens more perform in the Six String Salute virtual concert By Richard Bienstock published 23 September 20 The two-hour event benefitted Crew Nation, a global relief fund for live music crews
Watch Steve Vai – actually, many Steve Vais – shred Joe Satriani’s Teardrops By Richard Bienstock published 18 September 20 Def Leppard’s Phil Collen also takes on Satch’s recent single, Nineteen Eighty