Hard to believe that Joe Satriani in 67 years old! Still a MONSTER guitar player and Hall of Famer

The interviewer listened quietly and let his guest talk freely. Many interviewers interrupt and love to talk, but this is the right way. We need more like this guy.

Satriani is a pure gentleman. Philosophical about his art and professorial in his approach to his craft.

Bless him for showing such reverence and respect in curating Eddie's legacy. He knows he's treading on sacred ground is one of the best for paying tribute and carrying that torch for all the fans.

One of the greatest guitar players of his time humbly accepting that it is tough to get the correct tone of another iconic guitar player.

-Satriani cracks Eddie Van Halen's tone- Guitar players: I will be the judge of that.

Van Hagar guy here too man!!! I'm 51 and started playing when I was 13 and EVH'S Peavey 5150 was the best amp he had imo...The low end smacks you in chest!! Miss those days of getting my face ripped off by Eddie's volume!!

I just saw the Satriani Via show in DC .... I have seen Eddie (X4) , Randy (x2), Lynch, Malmsteen, Nuno, Zach, JE Lee,,, pretty much everybody. I have to say after watching Joe I play live , I can now say I have seen the best Live Guitarist there is..... no words

I saw Joe last week in Jacksonville. He had two of the 3rd Power amps on stage.

Just saw the show last night night in Tampa and Satch killed it

The Ain't Talkin 'Bout Love tone is the most epic to me.

Satch is such a cool dude!

Satch....just a master at his craft.

SATCH IS STILL THE BEST ELECTRIC GUITAR COMPOSER OUT THERE. HE DOESN'T NEED TO COPY ANYONE...HE HAS HIS OWN UNIQUE VOICE.

Can't wait to see the Best of both worlds tour. Satriani is going nail it for sure. Great interview, he's nervous, an I totally get it. If anyone can get close to Eddie's play an sound is Wolfgang and Joe. Can't wait to see it! ❤

I saw Sammy and the boys in Charlotte - Joe was amazing - he was faithful to the songs but somehow it was still Joe! If I ever get to meet Joe I would thank him for doing this tour.

I was a senior in high school in 1978. Went to a kegger down the street. I had never heard the first album before and with beer in hand went down to the basement where there was a full concert PA system and lots of clean power. I was absolutely stunned. I sat for two run throughs of the album. Great memory. Then later that summer we went to Seattle to see Van Halen open up for Black Sabbath. Great times!

Really looking forward to hearing his tone on the upcoming Sammy Hagar tour!

I was at a couple of those concerts back in the transition period with 86-89, It was a different sound, as a guitar hero that he is I get where he is coming from it is hard to emulate another person and Eddie was one of those legends. If any person could come close with the skills needed I would say Satriani has it. He has his own style and it as good as he is it will still be difficult to be spot on. Eddie is gone, but I still would like to go see him with Sammy. It would be a wild ride. Rock on Brother. I have played guitar for over 20 years and I still have difficulty with Eddie I can't really ever get it right when I think I do, I find out he did it differently than I was practicing it, hence having ones own style is hard to change or for someone else to do it exactly.

That show will be here this month in Toronto! CANNOT WAIT! Better double check the date. Wouldn't want to miss this. Been waiting for what feels like forever!

I saw the Van Halen tour for the very 1st album in a 1000 seater club in Chicago and Milwaukee opening for the Original Journey. I will never forget that guitar sound. Amazing.

Never imagine Dylana Scott from Vain, developing the 3rd Power Signature “Dragon” amp with Joe Satriani. Small musical world.

When you are an elite guitarist and are asked to do a tour covering another legendary guitarist with an unmistakable tone, you can either have ego and say “I’ll do it but in my way” or like Joe and recreate his sound and style as best he could. No ego, just pure professionalism.

Saw Satch and Vai two days ago. Joe had the 3rd power amp on stage...he sounded amazing. His tone was perfect. And I can say after seeing them both that Satch sounded better than Vai.

Satch is such an amazing player in his own right. I don’t care if he nails EvH or not. If aliens would challenge us to a guitar battle, I think Earth needs to send Satriani to kick their ass.

Hey Joe I think you will be amazing just be yourself an you already got the fingers for the vh music an tone I promise you eddie will be smiling down on you

Satriani is a gentleman and a scholar. Not just a fricken beast on guitar but a true professional!

SATCH is a great Guitarist. But lets think about Eddie he totally changed not just the playing style but the guitar and the amp. He was Hendrix and amadeus on steroids.

3rd Power amps!! YESSS. Amazing choice to make it! They’re SO good. She’s a genius. And a great player.

So cool 3rd power is one of the best amp maker. She made a wonderful work. So happy to ear this amp

Eddie was a genius and so is Joe ! Will be seeing you with Sammy and the other guys on Sunday ! I was so excited when I heard you were playing . Eddie would approve !

In my last band I played through a Peavy 5150 head. I never could dial in a sound I was completely happy with. I should have invested in an overdrive pedal but it didn't occur to me at the time.

I've got my tickets for Toronto July 31. Live Without A Net could be the best live video of VH outside of the Oakland three 🤟

I love both guitarists, but if anyone can pay tribute to Eddie, then it’s Joe! ❤️

You don't need a custom amp to get the tone. All you need is a Marshall Plexi Variac'd into the rig Joe mentions, or the 5150. No modeller will reproduce it exactly. A number of people have done it. No need to reinvent the wheel.

Satches hands are huge,makes me wanna surf.....the way he explains music,theory and all the guitar stuff with humility hes very Rik Emmett like.Great humble people an teachers.

I have seen clips now of his show on the Sammy tour going on….his sound is FANTASTIC…I hope he keeps using these amps!

Seen him sat at PNC bank center nj , best of the worlds tour they kicked ass he was very good at play eddie parts very close but it sill was joe playing awesome playing

i dont envy you joe. the wattage eddie could control was unique. not many guitarists can or could control that amount of power and most guitarists know this. unleashing huge amounts of amp gain under a guitarists control is the same as making a jackson pollock masterpiece, and eddie was a master of it. no one else on earth has or can duplicate it, period.

86 LWAN is by far my favorite Ed tone with Sammy tone!

One morning the popular classic rock station in Connecticut was giving way tickets to van halens last tour with roth at mohegan sun the catch was you had to play live on a radio for the tickets and the special guest in the studio decided who won the tickets. we had something like 60 seconds to play something people would recognize, now this is the first time I had ever played a guitar for that many people in my life my nerves were going crazy, so I picked something I knew and was easy for me, I played the chorus to hot for teacher and the other guy played, Eruption. He won the tickets. Anyway, after playing I got asked by the DJ who I play with and I told him a guy named John Scott from new haven, well john got ahold of me a few weeks later and said, "Thank you , Thank you so much!" He decided to take me to see van halens last tour at madison square garden a week later, I got to see eddie play all the old stuff and even wolfgang play bass. Our seats weren't amazing but we had binoculars and a clear view of the stage. They were to old to be doing the stuff like you see in the old videos of eddie jumping off the amplifier and roth running around, but as far as the music it sounded freaking awesome. I was born on augest 4th 1986 in Milford Connecticut, my cousin got to see Van Halen at the new haven colosseum shortly after I was born you can actually see video of that show online.

Nice. I would like to purchase the amp for sure

Ironically I think he already has the best tool for the sound he's after. The JVM is a criminally underrated amp that does the typical 80s and also hi gain stuff very well.

I haven't see them live on this tour, but the videos on KZfaq sound great. I did see Van Halen on the For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge tour in '91. Satch really seems to have grabbed that tone - heavier than the Roth era VH with infinite sustain.

Joe is AWESOME!

The stock Headfirst Alta 100 would have been already very close to what Satriani was seeking, if not already there? I wish he had explored that option first. It would have been interesting to get his opinion on that. But from my I've heard in sound clips, it's already there even without any pedals to assist.

Joe is the best 👌

Seeing VH for the first time in 1988 was life changing for me.

Can't wait to see and hear him with this amp...🤘 🔥🎸🔥

Joe is such a fantastic player and communicator as well. What a class act.

Good luck. And to a great tour.

Step 1 . get a EVH Wolfgang guitar and a Kramer 5150 EVH,, Edward made it easy to get his gear sound replicated , was one thing he worked on

I loved the Marshall sound with voltage attenuator for the brown sound

Cant' wait for a 3rd amplification Dragon demo!

you need to fire whoever cleaned the tv screens behind them hahahahahaha

Everything Joe said about Ed’s sound is so true but a player has his own sound that he wants to achieve and chases that. The fans however who go to the shows would be for the most part just as happy if Joe was using his JVM or even just a combo with a few effect pedals. I’m still surprised Joe would do the gig because it’s very humbling. There will never be another EVH. The Fresno live performance from 77 or 78 is so groundbreaking it’s like you’re looking at an alien or a god that came to us to say hey look at what I can do!! Nobody played like him or sounded like him then or now. I think the people that buy the striped guitars think they will sound like Edward and the guitar will somehow make them a better player. It’s a weird phenomenon.. It’s definitely the most recognizable instrument in the world though right? RIP EVH

Joe is such a wonderful person and extremely great talent second to none including my other favorite guitar player EVH who is also second to none! Have tix for Red Rocks in August. Should be quite an evening.

This is huge for 3rd Power but I don’t see how they’re going to be able to keep up with demand.

I don't think Joe could ever sound 100% like Eddie, his mentality and attitude is very different, and that affects the way he plays. I think he should cut himself some some slack at this point, since he's done it all, and playing like Eddie is a positive challenge in this situation. IMO

3rd Power make incredible amps.

Most gracious guy...

Nice ✊🏼

Joe is amazing. Such a talent

Joe comes across great. Respect.

“Ain’t Talkin’ Bout Love” isn’t Hagar era?!

Love it.can't wait to get one very soon.

Gotta love Joe Satriani.

Joe is great guitarist ,cracking eds tone will see I doubt it .

As phenomenal as Joe is as a player, I love that he made a point to make sure he never ripped off Eddie

OMG, I found the Eddie Van Halen tone and amp:1967 or '68 Marshall 1959 Super Lead

Wake me when the ultra dragon amp arrives

Tell them to stop using the mop water to clean the tvs lol

All one needs is a JMP Plexi era design. Then load box to feed effects back in a line mixer out to power amp. NO PEDALS

Great interview... but I would have liked to HEAR IT.... 🤷‍♂

What was insane was John Entwhistle's rig. Look it up, it was ridiculous.

ITs cool. and the stuff they did on the stern show was cool.. But i really really really hope Joe puts a good amount of effort into 'EDDIES SOUND" more than eddies playing. He can play it all. but that Eddie 5150 sound is what makes Eddie so recognizable.

You know you are a beast when a company builds a custom amp just so you can play a tribute.

People bashing Satriani for the live performance aren't real fans of Van Halen

Most of Ed's tone was in his hands

Top class, legend.

Where does he mention New 3rd power signature dragon amp?

Maby King Edward did know wat he did

Here let me help - turn amp to 11 - have a nice day everyone

I would like to just chill with rhia dude and smoke a bowl of Cali's finest. I know it would be deep conversations.

"i am best friends with Jon Hurley", rarehair19

Dylana's Brown Eye

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Gotta watch PHIL X CRUSHES VH I'M THE ONE SOLO it is mind blowing. Eruption is good, but this is what made Eddie and changed guitar playing. I started playing hair guitar in 1985 when I was 15. That solo is unreal and Phil is pretty f badass.

Could have just gone to Freidman who actually worked on Eddie’s rigs.

Joe is the greatest pick up guitarist in history.....he can play in any band

Never heard a guitar player talk about transient response.....

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That's what Joe does he uses his hands to get Satriani

You could get closer with a 5150 1992 model

As MUCH as I love Eddie Van Halen [it took me a while, but I copy the SHIT out of him) I never got into copying his sound--yes to a degree, but never overall.

What's this Van Hagar band you speak of? Never heard of it...

Phil X should have been the one to play on the VH tribute. He's a near master of Eddie's material. Joe is such a distinct player that it won't sound right.

Why in the world was Dave Friedman not tasked with making this rig for Satriani????

Yeah it'll be great as long as he plays Eddie and not himself is it won't sound right if he puts his signature on Joe's a great guitarist always has been but there's only one Eddie and Eddie did it so different from many others what I have heard so far I'm sorry I won't go and see it because with Eddie and Alex had can't be duplicated it

Yeah right...