It is a maverick’s guitar. Eddie Van Halen was famously pictured with one on the cover of Guitar World, but it was Ry Cooder ...

I was drawn to it immediately,” the journeyman player says of the guitar in question. “It's got colors and knobs and bits of ...

“The guitar duel scene with Ry Cooder wasn’t working,” Vai said. “Ry Cooder [the film’s composer] called up Guitar Player and ...