Chicago’s three-day, punk-rock carnival was host to Slayer, Jawbreaker, Raconteurs, Patti Smith, Rise Against, Bob Mould, Rancid, Bikini Kill, Lucero, the Struts, and more. Here are our favorite guitar-related moments from the 15th annual gathering.
Once again, Satriani attracted some of the instrument’s foremost talents as instructors, including Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Alex Skolnick, Mike Keneally, and more.
The king of jam band 6 string goes deep—in a conversation with Testament’s leader—on the ’90s jam renaissance, Jeff Buckley, Dixie Dregs, and cutting tracks for Widespread Panic's latest album, Street Dogs.
PG's Jordan Wagner is On Location in Chicago, IL, backstage at
the House of Blues where he catches up with one of Testament's
guitarists, Alex Skolnick. In this video segment, we hear from Alex
about his collaboration with Heritage Guitars out of Kalamazoo, MI, as
they are in the final stages on completing his signature guitar, which
features Skolnick's John Hancock on the headstock, mahogany body, maple
top and Seymour Duncan '59 Jeff Beck humbuckers. In addition to talking
about his ongoing relationship with Heritage, he walks us through his
live rig for the current Testament tour, which includes a Marshall Mode
4 Head, MXR EVH Phase 90, Boss DD-20 Giga Delay and a Moollon signal
boost.
