JOE SATRIANI

GT: Do you have a type of pick that you can’t live without?

JS: I use all kinds of picks when recording but rely almost exclusively on ‘extra heavy’ standard shaped celluloid picks made by D’Addario. They have the right amount of mass for creating a variety of tones, and they’re big enough to do all kinds of tricks. However, I’ve been playing around with the Duralin Black Ice picks lately. They give a very focused tone.

GT: If you had to give up all your pedals but three, what would they be?

JS: I would keep my VOX signature pedals: the Big Bad Wah, Satchurator and Time Machine DDL. The first run of these were really special sounding.

GT: Do you play