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If you died and went to guitar heaven, you might wake up at something that closely resembles a performance of the G3 Tour. Conceived by guitar god Joe Satriani and his manager Mick Brigden as a celebration of guitar, G3 has successfully drawn fans of virtuosic guitar chops since 1996. And it’s given Joe and longtime friend, Steve Vai, a chance to travel and perform together, further solidifying the bonds that have propelled them to the top of the guitar-playing pinnacle.

But let’s take a step back. As a student of guitar, young Steve Vai found inspiration from his instructor, Joe Satriani. Later, Vai moved west and achieved stardom as the main axeman behind the legendary Frank Zappa. It was Vai who tirelessly evangelized the talents of Satriani until Joe landed a record deal and exceeded all expectations with his 1987 multi-platinum debut album, Surfing With the Alien. The rest, as they say, is history.

Fast-forward fifteen years to the most recent G3 Tour, a guitar-fest featuring Vai, Satriani and Dream Theater guitarist, John Petrucci. As the most recent entrant into the guitar-centric G3 extravaganza, Petrucci considers himself privileged to be included. As he recently put it, “I was totally honored that they asked me to do it, although at the time I didn’t consider myself a solo artist. The music that I wrote and developed to perform on the G3 tour inspired me to work on my own solo album. In fact, I’ll be using a lot of that material for that project.”

We recently caught up with all three of these giants as they got ready for some G3 dates in Mexico City. Steve, Joe and John all are fans of the Pandora PX4 Personal Effects Processor, and have been using previous Pandora models for years. “I use the PX4 all the time now,” Joe confided. “It’s great back stage, on the tour bus, and even in the studio when I need to quickly check out ideas, practice, write or just play around.”

Steve wouldn’t be caught without one. As he put it, “I use the Pandora on tour on a daily basis. It serves as my warm up rig among other things. On my last tour when I recorded the Live CD, I used the Pandora for demos and many times while I record in the studio I put my guitar through it.”

John concurs, “Basically wherever I am, whether it’s the airport or backstage warming up or in my hotel room, I just plug a pair of headphones and a cable into the PX4. I use it to practice the difficult riffs I might be playing that night. I also use the rhythm feature that has the different drum patterns and bass patterns to jam and warm up and sometimes to entertain the other guys,” he laughs. “It’s my traveling practicing companion.”

The boys also have found the compact PXR4 Digital Recorder to be indispensable. Steve has even created a new song entirely with the PXR4, entitled “Feathers.” “All guitars were done through the PXR4 and I used my TRITON on the keys,” he explained. Check out “Feathers,” only available on this site on Steve Vai's feature page.

As one might guess, all three of these musicians are already embroiled in other new projects. “Dream Theater will be heavily on tour in support of our new album, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. We’ll be doing the U.S. tour with Joe Satriani and Kings X,” John told us. Keep track of John at www.johnpetrucci.com and Dream Theater at www.dreamtheater.net.

Speaking of Satriani, by the time you read this, Joe’s new album, Strange Beautiful Music, will be on the streets. Joe’s gearing up to embark on a European tour followed by dates in the U.S. Find out tour dates and more at www.satriani.com

Steve Vai recently released the first 3 CDs of his 10-CD boxed set entitled, The Secret Jewel Box, with all of the rare and essential Vai recordings that do not appear on his solo records. The remaining 7 will be released over the next two years. As he puts it, “This box is a very artsy labor of love. I am bringing a musical fantasy of mine to fruition with this collection.”

And in a completely different direction, Steve will be performing in Tokyo in July as featured performer at the world premiere of composer Ichiro Nodaira's Fire Strings, a concerto for electric guitar and 100-piece orchestra! This is a tremendous honor for Steve, as the guitar parts have been previously described as impossible to play. Find out more about what’s up with Steve at www.vai.com.

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