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“The music we created is going to outlive us all. It’s time we go out and serve the fans that music, while we still can”: Joe Satriani, Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony announce The Best of All Worlds – the next best thing to a Van Halen tribute tour

Though not explicitly a tribute, Hagar promises that the summer 2024 trek will feature a very Van Halen-heavy setlist

Guitar World

“I have a Danelectro ’84 Strat copy worth $400 – it’s one of my main guitars, right up there with the $10k Custom Shop SG”: He’s one of the guitar world’s biggest YouTubers. Now Tyler Larson is turning his gear habit into electrifying instrumental rock

Inspired by Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Radiohead, the debut album from the Music is Win mastermind brings his formidable demo chops to full-blown compositions. He explains why anyone can make it as a YouTuber, the elusive formula that makes certain gear so sought-after and whether the Klon Centaur is…

Guitar World

“Every time we play together it takes me back to when we were teenagers… pushing, challenging and helping each other to be the best we could be”: For the first time ever, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai are working on new music together

The two virtuosos have also announced a huge tour marking their first co-headline dates outside of their G3 shows

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“There’s no replacement for picking up a guitar, feeling those strings under your fingers and building your calluses”: British shred hero Sophie Lloyd teaches you how to become a better player

As first-call player for Machine Gun Kelly, a YouTube six-string superstar and solo artist, Lloyd is one of the world's fastest-rising guitarists. She shares her tips for getting better faster

Guitar World

“I love anything with a killer solo you can jam out to”: Welcome to the Sophie Lloyd masterclass, where the Machine Gun Kelly guitarist and YouTube shred sensation will give your rock chops a serious workout

In this Guitar World exclusive, Sophie Lloyd takes you behind her rhythm and lead techniques on monster single Do or Die and shares her tips on how to hone your skills

Guitar World

“I think it's fairly impossible to be a guitarist without loving Steve Vai”: Nili Brosh names 10 guitarists who shaped her sound

The Ibanez-toting instrumental virtuoso shares her thoughts on “one of the best improvisers in the history of the instrument”, why Eddie Van Halen's rhythm playing is underrated and the shredder who “brought a new sound to the Shrapnel era”

Guitar World

Nita Strauss: “I am extremely satisfied with digital. If I didn’t think it sounded as good I would have redone it through real amps”

Hurricane Nita drops by to discuss her all-star new solo album, the tone dividend from using digital tech, and argues that you should be proud to call yourself a shredder

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Watch Tarja Turunen perform a beautiful cover of Linkin Park's Numb in a tiny church

Former Nightwish singer Tarja Turunen has covered a song you might have never expected

Metal Hammer

Frost* and Falling Satellites: I hate the term 'neo prog'!

Five years after he called an indefinite hiatus on the band, Jem Godfrey and Frost* returned with their third studio album Falling Satellites

Louder

Joe Satriani: the 10 greatest instrumental tracks ever written

Guitar wiz Joe Satriani picks 10 instrumentals that have guided him on his long career through rock

Louder

Joe Satriani shares brutal photo of his fingers post-show – and seeks advice for the problem he's had ever since he started playing guitar

"Getting worse," the maestro wrote of the wear and tear on his fretting hand, before adding that's it making him "look for new ways to play"

Guitar World

The essential new electric guitars you need to play in 2023

GEAR EXPO 2023: Classic ranges, signature editions, all-new designs and the Greeny is back… again

MusicRadar

Watch Joe Satriani turn Ice 9 into an epic jam and trade solos with keys player Rai Thistlethwayte after guitar cable breaks mid-song

Broken cable? No problem, not when you've got Rai Thistlethwayte, Bryan Beller and Kenny Aronoff backing you as Satch's band doesn't skip a beat and keeps the music going

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Guitar World

Phil Collen on Jeff Beck: “Jeff’s amp blew up and his pedalboard didn’t work, so they just brought in another Marshall – he sounded exactly the same. He didn’t even flinch”

The Def Leppard guitarist reflects on the life and legacy of Jeff Beck, and explains how Beck's trailblazing style is all over the the Leppard catalog

Guitar World

Hear Joe Satriani tap into his emotive prowess and serve up soaring solos in epic orchestral track, All Things Sacred

The song marks the virtuoso's third collaborative effort with composer Kitt Wakeley, and is lifted from one of 2023's most star-studded guitar albums

Guitar World

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

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NAMM 2023: Ibanez announces huge signature guitar launch, with new models for Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Paul Stanley, Lari Basilio, Martin Miller and Ichika Nito

Vai, Satch and Stanley get super-premium ltd edition collector's pieces, Miller's new model based on a AZ-N, Nito gets a Talman-inspired ICHI00, and Basilio's LB1 now comes in white

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Metal Hammer

Metallica's Kirk Hammett isn't having the abuse he's taken for his Lux Æterna guitar solo

Kirk Hammett defends his Lux Æterna guitar solo: "Yeah, my f***ing friends down the street could probably play a better solo than Lux Æterna — but what's the point?"

Guitar World

Kirk Hammett hits back at solo trolls: “My friends down the street could probably play a better solo than Lux Æterna – but what’s the point?”

In an explosive new interview, the Metallica legend explains why sweep picking is pointless, what makes melodic pentatonic playing harder than shredding, and names just three guitarists who make good music with arpeggios

Guitar World

The Van Pelt: "Skill does not write a good song. Louie Louie is better than any song Joe Satriani’s written, but the more skillful you are, the easier it is to execute your vision"

Armed with a Music Man Silhouette copy, Tele Deluxe, and a Walrus Audio reverb pedal, returning indie guitar titans Chris Leo and Brian Maryansky showcase their unique musical language on the Van Pelt's electrifying new LP, Artisans & Merchants

The Conversation

Jeff Beck: the unorthodox techniques that made him such a unique guitarist

The praise Jeff Beck, who has died aged 78, received from indebted musicians during his lifetime already read like unbridled eulogies. Eric Clapton had called him “the most unique guitarist”, Steve Lukather (Toto) “God’s guitarist”, and Joe Satriani “just a genius”.

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Guitar wizard Mike Keneally, a member of 6 bands, starts new chapter with COVID-era solo album

SAN DIEGO — Guitar and keyboard wizard Mike Keneally has made several dozen albums as a band leader and has been featured on 200 or so more by other artists. His collaborators have ranged from Frank Zappa and the great soul singer Solomon Burke to avant-jazz trumpet great Wadada Leo…

Bristol Post

Guitar legend Steve Vai says Bristol is one of his favourite places

Steve Vai is due to play Bristol's O2 Academy on June 9

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