Steve Vai recalls bonkers story of Vinnie Colaiuta sight-reading during Frank Zappa rehearsals. “Even Frank threw his baton!” Video courtesy of Sessions Panel. | Frank Zappa

“Hey folks, Steve Vai here. Since 1987, the Ibanez JEM has enjoyed surprising success. It was designed around my idiosyncrasies as a player and my desire to have a guitar that checked off all the boxes for me. Little did we realize how many other people would find their note on this instrument. And now, after almost 35 years of the JEM, although the Jem is still in production and will perhaps be for many years to come, we felt it was time to introduce a new signature guitar that is somewhat of a