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50 years of Ibanez in the USA: the unstoppable rise of the pioneering Japanese guitar brand
By Chris Gill last updated
How the Ibanez brand evolved in lockstep with guitar culture, leveraging artist partnerships to make new breakthroughs in design, sound and performance
Joe Satriani: “It’s important to really identify with the subject matter”
By Ellie Robinson last updated
18 solo albums down, Joe Satriani’s mind-bending musicality continues to evolve. On The Elephants Of Mars, he reaches new heights of narrative intensity
Joe Satriani on his love of Marshall amps: “If there was ever an amp that makes you feel self-conscious yet emboldens you to play like a giant, it’s a Marshall”
By Henry Yates published
The virtuoso on the sound that made him stop in his tracks – and also realize that there was no hiding place at high volume
Learn the many guitar styles of Joe Satriani with this blockbuster lesson
By Jamie Humphries published
These four mini pieces focus on different stylistic, harmonic, and technical approaches heard in many of Satch’s classic tracks new and old
20 guitar virtuosos on their favorite Joe Satriani moments
By Jason Sidwell published
Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai, Marty Friedman and more pay tribute to the maestro of instrumental guitar and give us the ultimate Satch playlist
NAMM 2022: Fresh Nita Strauss, Tom Quayle and Jake Bowen signatures headline Ibanez’s new-for-2022 artist model lineup
By Matt Owen published
New models for Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Kiko Loureiro and George Benson have also been unveiled
30 instrumental guitarists with something to say
By Amit Sharma published
No lyrics, no problem. These are the instrumental guitar trailblazers you need to listen to now, and some of them were even good enough to share their advice...
Michael Anthony confirms he was approached about Van Halen tribute tour
By Jackson Maxwell published
The former Van Halen bassist took care, however, to reaffirm Joe Satriani's view that the project would be "more a celebration of the band and of the music" than something under the Van Halen name
Joe Satriani discusses the “terrifying” prospect of playing Eddie Van Halen's guitar parts for a potential tribute tour
By Matt Owen published
“Any sane guitar player would just turn around and start running away because you can't measure up to Eddie,” the shred legend said
Joe Satriani: “There's got to be 100 guitar players out there who I love watching every day because they do things I could never do”
By Jim Beaugez published
How Satch's search for a “new standard” for instrumental guitar albums resulted in The Elephants of Mars, an album recorded without creative barriers – or physical amplifiers
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