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Steve Vai to reveal long-shelved Gash album, loses Dave Weiner from band
By Rob Laing published
His 'lost' '90s album will finally be released but guitarist Dave Weiner is stepping down after 23 years

Steve Vai explains why And We Are One is his “greatest accomplishment” on guitar
By Jonathan Horsley published
Taming the Hydra and the majesty of For The Love Of God can't compete against the Modern Primitive track with “more phrasing and melodic intimacy than anything I’ve ever recorded”

Steve Vai is auctioning off a heap of ultra-collectible guitars, rare amps and effects
By Jonathan Horsley published
Custom electrics such as his “Muscle Boy” Ibanez JEM and a bizarro Conklin seven-string are going under the hammer alongside gear ephemera from across his career

Steve Vai takes the throne as he teams with Polyphia for new song Ego Death
By Rob Laing published
A match made in Ibanez heaven

Watch Steve Vai perform Led Zeppelin and Hendrix covers with Living Colour at Rock In Rio 2022
By Jonathan Horsley published
Pro-shot footage emerges of a Living Colour set that saw Vai join the NYC rockers for a storming encore of LC classics, Led Zep’s Rock And Roll and Jimi Hendrix’s Crosstown Traffic

"Satisfaction is addictive": watch Steve Vai's tell-all documentary
By Jonathan Horsley last updated
Steve Vai – His First 30 Years is available on YouTube now, and charts the rise of one of guitar's greatest players, from learning with Satriani, to Zappa, David Lee Roth and beyond

Take a tour through Steve Vai’s career-defining guitars followed by an in-depth gear interview with the man himself
By Rod Brakes published
Video Guitar techs Doug and Thomas introduce the world to the Vai six-string family – starring Evo, Flo, Flo III, Bo, Envy and more

Steve Vai: “Joe Satriani has an ear like none other. When I was a kid he would say, ‘No, don’t vibrate it out of tune. You’ll sound like an idiot!’”
By Jonathan Horsley published
The maestro of instrumental guitar discusses new album Inviolate, the relentless pursuit of new techniques and sounds, and the enduring inspiration of his friend Joe Satriani
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