Steve Vai on Working With Joe Satriani | Backstage Interview // TRAIN BRAIN

Steve Vai on Working With Joe Satriani | Backstage Interview

We visited Steve Vai backstage at the Munich show of the 2025 SatchVai Tour to talk about working with Joe Satriani, the current tour, the Hydra and Steve's new amp, the Spark Mini Vai.
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Interesting bits and pieces:
0:00 The Hydra is in Europe!
1:10 How is it to tour with Joe Satriani
2:26 Writing music together with Joe
8:55 Steve's new Positive Grid Spark Mini Vai amp
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