Latest about Frank Zappa
“Steve Vai tried to school me on string bending, but you just don't do that on bass!” Pete Griffin reflects on his time with Steve Vai, and his latest solo EP
The seasoned sideman compares notes on Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Nuno Bettencourt, Zakk Wylde and Dweezil Zappa
How to solo using compound time – the secret behind some of Frank Zappa and Robben Ford's most out-there leads
Open up some all-new possibilities for your lead strategies with these fresh rhythmic soloing approaches
Two previously unreleased Frank Zappa concerts from 1980 set for release later this year
Shows recorded at New York's Mudd Club and Munich's Olympiahalle will feature on the sprawling new release, which includes an essay by Steve Vai
Steve Vai on how Frank Zappa inspired him to design the Ibanez JEM – and why the Japanese guitar builder succeeded where others failed
“Ibanez said, ‘We want to make these for other people, too.’ And I’m thinking, ‘Who’s going to want this? It’s so weirdly idiosyncratic to me!’”
When Frank Zappa shut up ’n’ stopped playing guitar
Tracking the great Frank Zappa’s on-again, off-again love affair with his guitar with Ahmet Zappa, photographer John Livzey, Steve Vai and Zappa biographer and filmmaker Alex Winter
Frank Zappa and The Mothers' legendary 1971 Fillmore East shows to be released in their entirety in mammoth new eight-disc box set
The Mothers 1971 includes Zappa and co's legendary encore jam with John Lennon and Yoko Ono
10 essential Gibson SG albums
The solidbody double-cut with the instantly recognizable silhoeutte has graced some of the greatest recordings of all time
Frank Zappa: ”I think my playing is probably more derived from folk music – Middle Eastern music, Indian music, stuff like that”
The guitarist, composer and trailblazer opens up on first guitars, primary influences and the search for better gear
