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Joe Satriani

Joseph "Satch" Satriani (born July 15, 1956 in Westbury, New York, U.S.) is an American rock instrumental guitarist and former guitar instructor. He is heavily influenced by Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck.
Satriani was inspired to play guitar at age 14 after learning of the death of Jimi Hendrix. He reportedly heard the news during a football training session, where he immediately confronted his coach and announced that he was quitting to become a guitarist.
In 1974, Satriani studied music with jazz guitarist Billy Bauer and with reclusive jazz pianist Lennie Tristano. The technically demanding Tristano greatly influenced Satriani's playing. Satriani also began teaching guitar, with his most notable student at the time being fellow Long Island native Steve Vai.
In 1978 Satriani moved to Berkeley, California to pursue a music career. Not long after his arrival he resumed teaching. His most notable California students included Kirk Hammett (Metallica), David Bryson (Counting Crows), Kevin Cadogan (Third Eye Blind), Larry LaLonde (Primus, Possessed), Alex Skolnick (Testament), Rick Hunolt (Exodus), Phil Kettner (Laaz Rockit), Geoff Tyson, and Charlie Hunter.
When his friend and former student Steve Vai gained fame playing with David Lee Roth in 1986, Vai raved about Satriani in several interviews with guitar magazines. In 1987, Satriani's second album Surfing with the Alien produced popular radio hits and was the first all-instrumental release to chart so highly in many years.
Satriani is widely recognized as a technically highly advanced rock guitarist, and has been described as a virtuoso. He has mastered many performance techniques on the instrument, including Legato, two-handed tapping and arpeggio tapping, sweep-picking, volume swells, harmonics, and extreme whammy bar effects. One of his trademark compositional traits is the use of Pitch Axis Theory, which he applies with a variety of modes. During fast passages, Joe favors a technique known as legato (achieved primarily through hammer-ons and pull-offs) which yields smooth and flowing runs. He is also adept at other speed-related techniques such as speed picking (a rapid form of alternate picking) and sweep picking, but uses them relatively rarely.
His success is notable in a genre typically unfriendly to instrumental musicians. Satriani has received 14 Grammy nominations and has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide. Many of his fans and friends call him "Satch," short for "Satriani". Other guitarists sometimes refer to him as "Saint Joe".

Joe Satriani - Rubina

Joe Satriani - Until We Say Goodbye

Joe Satriani - I Believe

Joe Satriani - Always With Me, Always With You

Joe Satriani - Made Of Tears

Joe Satriani - Ten Words

Joe Satriani - Secret Prayer (with slideshow)

Joe Satriani - The Forgotten, II (with slideshow)

Joe Satriani - If I Could Fly (with slideshow)

Ibanez Joe Satriani Signature Guitar - JS1200CA
"I wanted a guitar with a modern sound, but with a vintage feel, with smaller frets and more radius on the fingerboard. It had to be subtle enough to catch nuances, fast and easy to play." -- Joe Satriani in Ibanez - The Untold Story
Thin basswood body finished in candy apple red
JS Aerofoil design shape
JS Prestige 1-piece maple neck
25.5 inch (648 mm) scale length
22 frets
56 mm wide at the last fret
20 mm thick at the first fret
22.3 mm thick at the twelfth fret
Radius of 240
Rosewood fingerboard
Abalone dot inlays
Chrome hardware
Edge Pro bridge and locking tremolo with locking nut
DiMarzio PAF Joe (humbucker) pickup at the neck
DiMarzio PAF Fred (humbucker) pickup at the bridge
Ibanez Joe Satriani Prestige Signature Guitar JS1200CA