Steve Lukather

Steve Lukather lives to make and play music, epitomizing the passionate musician. Steve grew up knowing that one day he would be a rock star and was driven to see that happen. Growing up in Los Angeles surrounded by and playing music with friends such as Jeff and Steve Pocaro, Mike Landau, and David Paich, it was only a matter of time. Before long, Steve was playing in Toto and on his way to becoming one of the most active session players in history.

Mike Soldano says he was late to game, picking up the guitar when he was 20, but soon made up for lost time by jumping in with both feet! He studied the instrument and listened to live and recorded guitar heroes at every chance he got. Next he fell into building guitars and took a woodworking class at Western University where he received an A for his first guitar. As friends would ask him to repair their guitars, the request often ended with “would you fix my amp too?” which led Mike into the world of designing his own amplifiers. Mike established Soldano Custom Amplification by r