The ever-outrageous shred wizard Michael Angelo Batio has revealed the origins of his iconic quad-necked guitar, which was designed to go toe-to-toe with Steve Vai.
The 1980s was a decade that pushed the electric guitar to new extremes. While Eddie Van Halen lit a fire under a new generation of players with his tapping fireworks, and Yngwie Malmsteen was breaking the speed limit with lightning-fast arpeggios, Michael Angelo Batio was standing out by shredding on not one, not two, but four fretboards at once.
