
Joe Satriani Signature Ibanez Series Solid Body
It features a mahogany body bolted to a maple neck with a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot position markers. The JS6 was the first Satriani signature model with a hard tail bridge. It was made in Japan by FujiGen. It is a signature model of American guitarist Joe Satriani. The JS6 is a JS series solid body electric guitar model introduced by Ibanez in 1992.
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. He was inspired to play guitar at age 14, after hearing of the death of Jimi Hendrix. He was raised Roman Catholic. His paternal grandparents were from Piacenza and Bobbio, while his maternal grandparents were from Bari. Satriani was born in Westbury, New York of Italian descent.
In 1978, Satriani moved to Berkeley, California, to pursue a music career. While he was teaching Vai, he was attending Five Towns College for studies in music. He began teaching guitar, with his most notable student at the time being fellow Long Island native Steve Vai (both also went to the same high school). The technically demanding Tristano greatly influenced Satriani's playing. Although immensely popular, the process to plate the 3-D curved body had been difficult to achieve at a manufacturing level, until now.In 1974, Satriani studied music with jazz guitarist Billy Bauer and with reclusive jazz pianist Lennie Tristano. One of the most sought after has been the elusive Chrome-finished JS guitars, the Chrome Boy.
Although immensely popular, the process to plate the 3-D curved body has been difficult to achieve at a manufacturing level. Some of the most sought-after JS models have been the elusive Chrome-finished JS guitars. Music career 1980s–2000 Best Prices on Ibanez JS240PSCA Joe Satriani Signature Premium 6-String RH Electric Guitar-Candy Apple js-240-ps-ca and other Ibanez products at Acclaim.During our long partnership with Joe Satriani, Ibanez has released countless JS signature models. His students included, Kirk Hammett of Metallica, David Bryson of Counting Crows, Kevin Cadogan from Third Eye Blind, Larry LaLonde of Primus and Possessed, Alex Skolnick of Testament, Rick Hunolt (ex- Exodus), Phil Kettner of Lȧȧz Rockit, Geoff Tyson of T-Ride, Charlie Hunter, and David Turin.
In 1987, Satriani's second album, Surfing with the Alien, produced radio hits and was the first all-instrumental release to chart so highly in many years. The same year, he also sang backing vocals on the self-titled Crowded House album. He was later invited to join the Greg Kihn Band, 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, Not of This Earth, released in 1986.
"One Big Rush" featured on the soundtrack to the Cameron Crowe movie Say Anything. It was said to be inspired by the death of his father, who died in 1989 during the recording of the album. In 1989, Satriani released the album Flying in a Blue Dream. That same year, he also released an EP titled Dreaming #11, which featured the song "The Crush of Love". In 1988, Satriani helped produce the EP The Eyes of Horror for the death metal band Possessed. Surfing with the Alien is his most acclaimed work, according to aggregator Acclaimed Music.
Radio stations across the US picked up "Summer Song", which got a major boost when Sony used it in a major commercial campaign for their Discman portable CD players. "The Bells of Lal (Part One)" was featured in an eerie scene in the 1996 Billy Bob Thornton movie Sling Blade, while Carl is sharpening a lawnmower blade to kill the menacing Doyle Hargraves, played by Dwight Yoakam.In 1992, Satriani released The Extremist, his most commercially successful album to date. "Can't Slow Down" featured in a car chase sequence in the Don Johnson-starring show Nash Bridges.
The G3 tour has continued periodically since its inaugural version, with Satriani the only permanent member. The original lineup featured Satriani, Steve Vai, and Eric Johnson. In 1996, Satriani founded G3, a concert tour intended to include a rotating trio of guitarists. 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 Sony, and Steve Morse took the guitarist slot in Deep Purple. In late 1993, Satriani joined Deep Purple as a temporary replacement for departed guitarist Ritchie Blackmore during the band's Japanese tour.
The artist has personally delivered instruments to children in the program through a charity raffle for the organization, and like Steve Vai, sits on its board of directors as an honorary member. In 2006, Satriani signed on as an official supporter of Little Kids Rock, a nonprofit organization that provides free musical instruments and instruction to children in underserved public schools throughout the US. In 2006, he recorded and released Super Colossal and Satriani Live!, another two-disc live album and DVD recorded at the Grove in Anaheim, California. In May 2005, the musician toured India for the first time, playing concerts in Delhi, Kolkata, and Mumbai. Two shows at the Fillmore West in San Francisco were recorded in December 2000 and released as Live in San Francisco, a two-disc live album and DVD.Satriani with Steve Vai (center) and John Petrucci (right) as part of G3 in Melbourne, 2006Satriani released Strange Beautiful Music in 2002 and Is There Love in Space? in 2004. In 1998, Satriani recorded and released Crystal Planet, followed by Engines of Creation, one of his more experimental works featuring the electronica genre.
They released their debut, self-titled album on June 5, 2009. On May 29, 2008, Satriani revealed that he was joining hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot, composed of former Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. Satriani's next album, Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock, was released on April 1, 2008. This was a two-disc set that includes a remastered album and a DVD of a never-before-seen live show filmed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1988.
An unspecified settlement was reached between the parties. Coldplay denied the allegation. Satriani's suit claims that the Coldplay song " Viva la Vida" includes "substantial original portions" of the Satriani song "If I Could Fly" from his 2004 album, Is There Love in Space? The Coldplay song in question received two Grammy Awards for Song of the Year. On December 4, 2008, he filed a copyright infringement suit against Coldplay in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
He issued the DVD/Blu-ray of his three-dimensional concert film Satchurated: Live in Montreal on April 24, 2012, after its limited showing in theaters. Satriani released his 13th studio album, Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards, on October 5, 2010. He also said that demos had been recorded for a second Chickenfoot record. In May 2010, Satriani announced he was about to enter the studio to record a new album, and dates were released for an autumn tour. In March 2010, he participated with other guitarists in the Experience Hendrix Tribute Tour, performing music written and inspired by Jimi Hendrix.

He collaborated with former Deep Purple bassist Glenn Hughes and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, two Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members.On April 5, 2019, the guitarist released an eponymous retrospective collection of songs he had recorded in the 1970s with his band Squares. The album was released on January 12, 2018. On September 16, 2017, Satriani teased his upcoming 16th studio album, What Happens Next, through social media. The album was conceived after Satriani found himself playing guitar with his teeth a lot during the Unstoppable Momentum tour, and had a daydream about an alter ego, "Shockwave Supernova", making him do it.
The band features Hagar on vocals, Satriani on guitar, Anthony on bass, and Smith on drums. Chickenfoot In May 2008, Satriani joined hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot, composed of former Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.
