With the Best of All Worlds tour fast approaching, fans have been given the biggest insight yet into Joe Satriani’s Van Halen-honoring live rig, and it appears he may be leaving his Ibanez signature guitar behind for the shows. The tour sees Satriani and Jason Bonham uniting with Van Halen alumni Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony for shows celebrating the band’s David Lee Roth- and Hagar-fronted eras. Satriani has been taking his role extremely seriously, as he tries to craft the most authentic Eddie Van Halen guitar tone possible.
The guitarist has previously spoken about chasing the and it seems his relentless tone-chasing mission involved a drastic overhaul of his gear. Hagar posted a clip of their recent rehearsal on his Instagram account, with Satriani donning what looks to be an EVH Striped Series ‘78 Eruption guitar, while a host of EVH pedals were spotted on his . Satriani is rarely spotted without his signature Ibanez, which makes the sight of him shredding on a white and black striped EVH super even more surreal, but the tones he ushers out of it show that his meticulous tone-chasing is paying off.
A photo posted by on Two EVH-branded MXR pedals, a Phase 90 and a Flanger, can be seen in his effects chain, alongside a Boss CE-2w chorus pedal and a Boss DM-2w . The Hagar-filmed clip doesn’t hang on the guitarist for long, leading to speculative guesses as to what else completes his pedalboard, with best guesses being a TC Electronic Sub 'N' Up Octaver and a Vox .
