🎸 Talking Guitars: Joe Satriani Gets Real About Vintage Guitars — “There’s Nothing Special About It” 🎸Before we crank up the Bob Mould wall of sound, we’ve got a hot take from the alien shredder himself — Joe Satriani — and it might rattle a few vintage cases…
In a recent D’Addario interview, Satch dropped the bomb:
“There’s nothing special about it.”
Back in his vintage guitar shop days, Satriani and his friends would plug in ultra-rare guitars — Les Pauls, Strats, Teles — and just… meh. No magic. No fireworks. Just overpriced wood and wire.
“We’d play all these guitars that were supposedly the most valuable… and we’d be like, ‘There’s nothing special about it.’”
For Satch, connection is everything. Not price. Not year. Not hype.
“The musician has to connect with the guitar for it to become special.”
Even Joe Bonamassa echoed that idea recently — saying don’t treat guitars like stocks. At some point, their value might drop. What matters is:
“Am I still happy?”
🔥 So let that sink in: it’s not about what your guitar is worth — it’s about what it means to you.
Now we shift from vintage myths to sonic truth with Bob Mould. From Hüsker Dü’s punk fury to Sugar’s Copper Blue, Mould has built a career on tone that hits like a freight train. And at 64, he’s still rewriting the book with his new album: Here We Go Crazy.
Armed with a blue Strat, Yamaha G100, and twin Fender Concert heads, Mould didn’t just chase tone — he built a wall with it. Cited by the likes of J Mascis and Dave Grohl, his playing isn’t flashy. It’s primal. Honest. Powerful.
“It’s everything in between. Not muting, not harmonics… just the war my right hand wages between the notes.”
His new album plays like a 3-act story — from darkness to light, chaos to clarity.
“Do I get louder? Quieter? Weirder?” Mould asks. “I don’t know… I’m just reading the signs.”
Let’s get into it.
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