Latest about Steve Vai
Meet Dante Frisiello, Steve Vai's new guitar sideman who went from law school to playing with his hero
The guitarist reflects on his disastrous solo on the first night of his new gig, the hardest part about playing with one of the world's leading virtuosos, and why the Abasi Larada is his favorite guitar he's ever played
Nuno Bettencourt says one of the new Extreme songs made Steve Vai and Tom Morello cry
Spoiler alert: it wasn't Rise – a track that Bettencourt says has become so popular because he didn't play it sitting down
Why Steve Vai’s new rhythm guitarist says he almost got fired on his first night
Dante Frisiello formerly teched with the band but that didn’t stop him from having a nightmarish first show
Steve Vai leads 7,968 guitarists in a world record-breaking performance of Jimi Hendrix classic Hey Joe
Fellow shred icon Michael Angelo Batio was also among the massive lineup of guitar players in Wrocław, Poland
NAMM 2023: Ibanez announces bumper signature guitar drop, introducing new models for Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Lari Basilio, Paul Stanley, Martin Miller and Ichika Nito
Finishing techniques never before used on Ibanez models, revived retro classics, new-look iterations of famed favorites and celebratory models headline the standard and limited-edition collection
Steve Vai’s prototype Hamer JEM – one of many models built before the virtuoso partnered with Ibanez – goes up for auction
Before the JEM777 was launched in 1987, Vai was approached by numerous brands to build the model of his dreams. Hamer's own valiant attempt is estimated to sell for $60,000
Seven-note groupings can add some serious spice to your solos – just ask Steve Vai
Looking to add the unexpected to your improv? Septuplets might be the answer, challenging the audience and yourself
Steve Vai's childhood home practice rig is up for sale – but it's not what you think
In the setting where he first learned guitar, Vai practiced – many years later – for New York-area shows with a rig far more impressive than the one he used as a young beginner
Steve Vai: “Everything I play, in mind, I derive from the blues scale. It just might not sound that way when you hear it against all those weird chords”
Steve Vai tells the amazing story of his ‘lost’ album with Johnny ‘Gash’ Sombrotto – biker music where he “shut up and played rock guitar” on songs written to “make people put their fists in the air”
