A super-thin bubinga stripe on the neck and an enhanced mid-range make for a slick ride, and Satch says that it’s second only to his primary guitar, a basswood JS2400 production in gloss white. The silver volume knob on this six-string has a small strip of white tape to provide easy visual confirmation that the levels are right for specific songs.
Satriani performing in, 2016Joseph Satriani (born July 15, 1956) is an American guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. Early in his career, Satriani worked as a guitar instructor, with many of his former students achieving fame, such as, and; he then went on to have a successful solo music career. He is a 15-time nominee and has sold over 10 million albums, making him the biggest-selling instrumental rock guitarist of all time.In 1988, Satriani was recruited by as lead guitarist for his first solo tour. Satriani briefly toured with as the guitarist, joining shortly after the departure of in November 1993. He has worked with a range of guitarists during the, which he founded in 1995.
Satriani has been the guitarist for the since joining the band in 2008. Contents.Early life Satriani was born in of descent. His paternal grandparents were from and, while his maternal grandparents were from. He was inspired to play guitar at age 14, after hearing of the death of. He has been said to have heard the news during football practice, where he then announced to his coach that he was quitting to become a guitarist.In 1974, Satriani studied music with guitarist and with reclusive.
The technically demanding Tristano greatly influenced Satriani's playing. Satriani began teaching guitar, with his most notable student at the time being fellow native (both also went to the same ). While he was teaching Vai, he was attending for studies in music. In 1978, Satriani moved to, to pursue a music career.
Soon after arriving in California, he resumed teaching. His students included, of, of, from, of and, of, (ex-), Phil Kettner of, of,. Music career Satriani started playing in a San Francisco-based band called the Squares, where he continued to network and make musical connections (Squares sound man John Cuniberti co-produced his second album).
He was invited to join, who were on the downside of their career, but whose generosity helped Satriani pay off the overwhelming credit-card debt from recording his first album released in 1986.In 1987, Satriani's second album produced radio hits and was the first all-instrumental release to chart so highly in many years. The track 'Crushing Day' was featured on the soundtrack of a low-budget film titled. Surfing with the Alien is his most acclaimed work, according to aggregator.
In 1988 Satriani helped produce the EP for the band. That same year, he also released an EP titled Dreaming #11, which featured the song 'The Crush of Love'. In 1989, Satriani released the album. It was said to be inspired by the death of his father, who died in 1989 during the recording of the album. 'One Big Rush' featured on the soundtrack to the movie. 'The Forgotten Part II' was featured on a commercial in Canada in 1993. 'Can't Slow Down' featured in a car-chase sequence in the -starring show.
'The Bells of Lal (Part One)' was featured for an eerie scene in the 1996 movie, while Carl is sharpening a lawnmower blade to kill the menacing Doyle Hargraves played by.Joe Satriani also sang backing vocals on the self-titled album. Satriani was a friend of.In 1992, Satriani released, his most commercially successful album to date. Radio stations across the US picked up 'Summer Song', which got a major boost when used it in a major commercial campaign for their portable CD players. 'Cryin', ', and the title track were regional hits on radio. In late 1993, Satriani joined as a temporary replacement for departed guitarist during the band's Japanese tour. The concerts were a success, and Satriani was asked to join the band permanently, but he declined, having just signed a multialbum solo deal with, and took the guitarist slot in Deep Purple. Satriani with and as part of in Melbourne, Australia (December 2006)In 1996, Satriani founded the, a concert tour intended to feature a trio of guitarists.
The original lineup featured Satriani, Steve Vai,. The G3 tour has continued periodically since its inaugural version, with Satriani the only permanent member. Other guitarists who have performed in G3 include among others:,.
In 1998, Satriani recorded and released, followed up with, one of his more experimental works featuring the genre. Two shows at the in San Francisco were recorded in December 2000 and released as, a two-disc live album and DVD.2000–present Satriani regularly recorded and released evolving music, including in 2002 and in 2004.
In May 2005, Satriani toured India for the first time, playing concerts in,. In 2006, Satriani recorded and released and, another two-disc live album and DVD recorded May 3, 2006, at the Grove in. In 2006, Satriani signed on as an official supporter of, a nonprofit organization that provides free musical instruments and instruction to children in underserved public schools throughout the U.S. Satriani has personally delivered instruments to children in the program through a charity for the organization, and like Steve Vai, sits on its board of directors as an honorary member.On August 7, 2007, Epic/Legacy Recordings re-released to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its release. This was a two-disc set that includes a album and a DVD of a never-before-seen live show filmed at the in 1988.
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Satriani's next album, was released on April 1, 2008. Satriani released a live DVD recording of a concert in Paris titled and a companion two-CD set on February 2, 2010. In March 2010 Satriani participated with other guitarists in the, performing music written and inspired. Satriani in 2004The episode 'Why Can't We Be Friends' featured the song 'Always with Me, Always with You'. The song was also sampled in the single '.Satriani joined Chickenfoot in voicing themselves in the episode 'I am a Pod'. Style and influence Satriani is considered a highly technical guitarist, and has been referred to as a top guitar.
Satriani has mastered many on electric guitar, including, two-handed and tapping, and extreme effects. During passages, Satriani favors a legato technique (achieved primarily through and ) that yields smooth and flowing runs. He is also adept at other speed-related techniques such as rapid. Satriani was influenced by, English rock guitarists such as, and, as well as jazz fusion guitarist. Equipment Satriani has endorsed 's guitars, and 's.
Both lines were designed specifically as signature products for Satriani. The Ibanez JS1 (the original JS model) was based on, and replaced, the Ibanez 540 Radius model that Satriani first endorsed.
Many of his guitars are made by, including the JS1000, and JS1200. These guitars typically feature the PAF Pro (which he used up until 1993 in both the neck and bridge positions), the Fred (which he used in the bridge position from 1993 to 2005), and the Mo' Joe and the Paf Joe (which he uses in the bridge and neck positions, respectively, from 2005 to present day).The JS line of guitars is his signature line with the JS1000, JS1200, JS2400, JSBDG, and JS20th using Ibanez's original Edge double locking tremolo bridge. The JS100 and JS120s both use Ibanez's Edge 3 tremolo bridge.
The JS1600 is a fixed bridge guitar with no tremolo system. The guitar he was most associated with during the 90s was a chrome-finished guitar nicknamed 'Chrome Boy'. This instrument can be seen on the DVD. However, the guitar used for most of the concert was in fact a lookalike nicknamed 'Pearly,' which featured Pearly Gates pickups.Satriani uses a number of other JS models such as the JS double neck model, JS700 (primary axe on the self-titled CD and seen on the 1995 tour 'Joe Satriani,' which features a fixed bridge, pickups, and a matching mahogany body and neck), JS6/JS6000 (natural body), JS1 (the original JS model), JS2000 (fixed bridge model), a variety of JS100s, JS1000s and JS1200s with custom paint work, and a large amount of prototype JSs. All double locking bridges have been the original Edge tremolo, not the newer models, which point to a more custom guitar than the 'off the shelf' models.
Satriani played a red 7-string JS model, seen in the 'G3 Live in Tokyo' DVD from 2005. He also has a prototype 24-fret version of the JS—now called the JS-2400—which he has used with Chickenfoot. As of late he has used other prototypes featuring a Sustainer or a JS model with three single coil-sized humbucker pickups.Satriani's guitars are usually equipped with his signature DiMarzio humbucker pickups, Mo' Joe and PAF Joe, and his 24-fret JS model features a signature single-coil sized humbucker called the Satch Track in the neck position. Some of his guitars are still equipped with the pickup models he favored in the past, the DiMarzio FRED and PAF Pro pickups.Satriani has used a wide variety of, using for his main amplifier (notably the limited edition blue coloured 6100 LM model) up until 2001, and his Peavey signature series amps, the Peavey JSX, up until his time with Chickenfoot. Guitars used by Satriani during the 2013 tour.The JSX began life as a prototype Peavey XXX and developed into the Joe Satriani signature Peavey model. However he still used distortion pedals with the clean channel rather than the built-in overdrive channels. Satriani has used other amplifiers over the years in the studio, such as the Peavey 5150 (used to record the song '), Cornford, and the Mark IIC+ (used to record the song '), amongst others.
He has recently switched to the Marshall JVM series, having used a modified JVM 410H in his Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards tour in 2010 and with Chickenfoot in 2010 and 2011.These modified JVM Marshall amps were prototypes for a signature amp that Marshall scheduled for release in 2011. They replaced the with that eliminate lag when switching channels. The clean channel was replaced by the clean channel of a 6100 LM model, which Satriani likes as an option to use with. The orange and the modern red overdrive channel have been better matched with each other as Satriani claims to prefer the organic overdrive of the JVM over pedals.
The red overdrive channel was modified for a beefy rock rather than a sound. The effect loop has been simplified to be serial only.Satriani has used many amps in the studio when recording, including the Peavey Classic.
He used Marshall heads and cabinets, including live, prior to his Peavey endorsement. Recently Satriani used the JSX head through a Palmer Speaker Simulator. He has released a Class-A 5-watt tube amp called the 'Mini Colossal'. In 2009, Satriani split from Peavey, and returned to using Marshall amps. Live, he has been using a Marshall JVM410JS since 2009.
Satriani's signature distortion pedal Satchurator by.His include the, wah, RMC Wizard Wah, BK Butler Tube Driver, BOSS DS-1, BOSS CH-1, BOSS CE-2, BOSS DD-2 and a standard BOSS DD-3 (used together to emulate reverb effects), BOSS BF-3, BOSS OC-2, Barber Burn Drive Unit, Fulltone Deja Vibe, Fulltone Ultimate Octave, and Electro-Harmonix POG (Polyphonic Octave Generator), the latter being featured prominently on the title cut to his 2006. He collaborated with on a range of signature effects. These include the 'Satchurator' and 'Ice 9' distortions, the 'Time Machine' delay, and the 'Big Bad Wah.' His 2000 guitar rig has been documented in detail. Recurring themes Satriani's work frequently makes references to various science fiction stories and ideas.
'Surfing with the Alien,' 'Back to,' and 'The Power Cosmic 2000' refer to the comic book character, while 'Ice 9' refers to the secret government ice weapon in 's. 'Borg Sex' is a reference to, which features a race known as the. His albums and songs often have other-worldly titles, such as, and.On the album, the song titled 'Crowd Chant' was originally called 'Party on the Enterprise'. It would have featured sounds from the from.
But as Satriani explained in a, legal issues regarding the samples could not be resolved, and he was unable to get permission to use them. He then removed the sounds from the song and called it 'Crowd Chant'. Its ending theme was inspired by composer 's '. The song is used as goal celebration music for a number of and teams including the (NHL), (NHL), and (MLS). The song is also used in the hockey video game NHL 2k10.'
Redshift Riders,' another song on the album is, '.based on the idea that in the future, when people can travel throughout space, they will theoretically take advantage of the cosmological effect so they can be swung around large planetary objects and get across the universe a lot faster than normal,' Satriani said in a about the song. On the album Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock the song 'I Just Wanna Rock' is about a giant robot on the run who happens to stumble upon a rock concert. Awards and nominations California Music Awards Originated by the now-defunct magazine in 1977 as the Bay Area Music Awards, the 'Bammies' were expanded and renamed in 1998 to honor music across California.YearNominee / workAwardResult1991Joe SatrianiOutstanding GuitaristWonClassic Rock Roll of Honour Awards YearNominee / workAwardResult2015Joe SatrianiThe MaestroWonGrammy Awards Satriani has the fourth most nominations (15, after, and ) of any artist without winning. NominationsYearAlbumCategory'Always With Me, Always With You'Best Rock Instrumental PerformanceBest Rock Instrumental PerformanceBest Rock Instrumental Performance'Best Rock Instrumental Performance'Best Rock Instrumental Performance'Best Rock Instrumental Performance' (Live)Best Rock Instrumental Performance'Best Rock Instrumental Performance'Best Rock Instrumental Performance' (Live)Best Rock Instrumental Performance from'Best Rock Instrumental PerformanceBest Rock Instrumental Performance' (Live)Best Rock Instrumental Performance fromDiscography. ^ Prato, Greg. March 26, 2014, at the.
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