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![A composite image of Steve Vai [left] playing his green PIA Ibanez signature guitar onstage with the Satch/Vai band, and right, the late, great Allan Holdsworth playing an S-style with a cigarette smoking wedged on the strings.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4rRFNyBs8iuRk62px4U6yj-840-80.jpg.webp)
Steve Vai on why Allan Holdsworth – the fusion virtuoso who wrote his own rules – was the GOAT
Most players Vai can work out where they were coming from. Holdsworth, he admits, was something different entirely
“We needed the right person to join the family”: How Steve Vai put the sizzle into the last big hair metal album
And he wasn't even supposed to be on the record in the first place
Joe Satriani and Steve Vai get their teenage kicks in video for new single featuring Glenn Hughes
I Wanna Play My Guitar is a love-letter to the instrument from two maestros on top of their game
"I’m not a blues player - but this song called for a bluesy touch”: Steve Vai’s greatest song is 30 years old today
Tender Surrender is Vai at his most poetic
“I saw something coming at me, then it blew up!”: Steve Vai's on-stage calamities with David Lee Roth and Whitesnake
“You can call this The Tale Of Two Davids!” Vai says
“I played the same parts Edward played - but it never sounded like him”: Steve Vai reveals his favourite Van Halen song
And he ain't talkin' 'bout Jump!
Steve Vai has some good advice for players who are unhappy with their tone
Before swapping out your amp or guitar, pay close attention to how you are playing. Vai says a complete rethink of his picking style helped him find his tone in the '80s
“I said, ‘I’m going to make my guitar talk!’”: When Steve Vai was in direct competition with Eddie Van Halen
