‘CROSSROADS’ TURNS 35

lot of Sounding Board letters and Defenders of the Faith submissions from readers of the generation — people who, like me, probably saw at least three times when it came out in Jackson Guitar — the Most Famous Guitar That Was Never Heard,” which starts on page 62. The story, which is timed for the 35th anniversary of the film, documents Kirkland’s two-decade-long odyssey to track down the guitar that Vai plays — and drops — in the film; it then pivots to Kirkland’s quest to perfectly replicate that devilish candy red sparkle axe.