AND STEVE VAI HAS A STUNNING NEW (NON-JEM) SIGNATURE MODEL

An ornate, avant-garde S-style guitar that looks very much like a more evolved JEM, the Paradise In Art (PIA) has a solid alder body and a five-piece maple and walnut neck, with a rosewood fretboard emblazoned with a multi-coloured blossom inlay.

The PIA also features an all-new DiMarzio HSH pickup set that’s yet to be named, 24 jumbo stainless steel frets with Prestige edge treatment, gold hardware, and a Floyd Rose

Edge tremolo.

But the big news is the Petal Grip, which replaces the time-honoured Monkey Grip and looks kind of like a TMNT domino mask – but of course reprises the foliage theme. “The petals signify the bond that two people have when they resonate together,” Vai says.