In the past, whenever electric guitar virtuoso Steve Vai found himself with a run of dates on the East Coast, he'd typically set up shop at his parents' house in Long Island, New York. There – in the ...

Being the only musician in his entire family, Steve Vai felt like an outsider in his formative years. Yet despite going against the grain, the guitarist’s parents were behind him all the way.

China's budget music hardware maker Joyo Technology has launched an ultra portable amp rig that's aimed squarely at players who practice a lot, but don't want to lug around a small combo amp, mess ...

Back in the old days, it took external guitar effects pedals to modify a guitar’s sound. As computer processing power has been growing at an exponential rate, software-based effects modelers have been ...