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Joe Satriani and Steve Vai are writing new music and will tour as the SatchVai Band
By Elizabeth Swann published
The news comes at the end of a busy year of touring for the two guitar virtuosos
Matteo Mancuso highlights the one thing social media guitarists get wrong
By Phil Weller published
The young virtuoso has leapt ahead of his peers by making musicality, rather than "wow" factor, his prime focus
Watch Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson shred “Crossroads” — plus details of their new G3 album
By GP Editors published
The three virtuosos perform the blues-rock classic from this year's sold-out tour
Meet Matteo Mancuso, the young player who’s light years ahead of us all
By Bill Milkowski published
When it comes to improvisation, Italy’s fingerstyle fusion maestro Matteo Mancuso is leaving the best players in the world in the dust
Steve Vai was too shy to tell his friends he was learning guitar. Here's how they found out
By Phil Weller published
The virtuoso chose a typically flamboyant way to break the news to everyone
Adrian Belew on the initial challenges of teaming up with Robert Fripp in King Crimson
By Phil Weller published
The guitarist recently opened up to GP about his early struggles adapting to Fripp’s playing style, with Steve Vai facing similar challenges tackling his parts for the Beat tour
“It’s just one note, but it took my entire life to get to the point to where I could do that one note”: Steve Vai regarded this solo as his “ultimate achievement of phrasing on the guitar”
By Jackson Maxwell published
No, it's not For the Love of God
“I Write Very Emotional Music, and Most of the Time It’s Pretty Angry”: Nita Strauss Drops Her Unapologetically Shred Sophomore Album, ‘The Call of the Void’
By Joe Bosso published
The reigning queen of shred metal riffs on stress, solos and the importance of heeding Yngwie
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