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  • You're all immature. If Petrucci and Slash sat in a room together with their instruments, they would both have fun with it and both players would probably learn something. Real musicians don't try to out-do each other or argue about who is better, so shut the fuck up about it. They're both good for very different reasons. It's about the love for the music, not about trying to play faster than the next guy. And people with that silly competitive mentality are even getting famous nowadays. awful.

  • I fucking hate kids nowdays. Instead of listening to good fucking music you all just sit around make a competition out of it. Petrucci is a technique based player, Slash is a rough edged player that plays with a hell of a lot more soul. But does it matter? Their styles deviate FAR too much to be intelligently compared. They're both good, and both DT and GnR have great songs. Appreciate good music in a world filled with shitty music.

  • John = Virtuoso

    Slash = highly overrated guitarist.

  • @RealmZero I have seen DT live. I was in the 4th row.

  • can some please tell me the last dream theatre song? thanks in advance.

  • @kungfudragon99 Forsaken

  • This is the stupidest comparison ive seen yet. slash is the child, Petrucci is the hardcore bachelor uncle. slash lacks originality, or advanced technique. All he has going for him is the look which has gotten old. nothing original or impressive about his playing. Petrucci on the other hand, completely opposite story.

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  • U just can't compare slash to God..

  • slash would destroy petrucci

  • kinda silly.....SERIOUSLY...Slash is a very gud guitarist....excellent feel, sound, and attitude... John Petrucci is possibly the best guitarist on the planet.........seriously people.....

  • all the guitar solo in this video are kinda easy... seriously

  • Slash is totally better :D

  • ...are you fucking kidding me?

  • jajajaja... This is an insult to John Petrucci. Slash is nobody compared to Petrucci.

  • Slash has better songs, better band, and his solos are more reconized. Petrucci has better technique.

  • @Moon4464 More popular doesn't neccesitate better, besides have you even examined the other members of Dream Theater? Rudess is a wizard on the keys, anything he does is gold, Myung has the one of the coolest bass solos ever in "Dance of Eternity" or the drums in "As I Am" and "Constant Motion".. This didn't even show Petrucci's "Stream of Consciousness" solo. Dream Theater has way longer songs, and more styles and skill throughout their music. But sure, Guns and Roses has a few decent songs.

  • Easy, I CAN play GnR, and i CAN'T play DT lol

  • I kinda just skipped all the slash parts and went to Petrucci...

  • Petrucci!!!

    

  • Please who likes Slash, don't watch this video...

    (Petrucci is 1.000.000 times better)

  • petrucci - has most feeling, plays the fastest, extremely precise, innovative.

    slash - plays the guitar.

  • What's the song at 1:40?

  • @stewinsalot the spirit carries on

  • I always laugh when people start calling Slash and stuff the best guitar player...

    he is good and knows how to do shit, but it's mostly just the same pentatonic stuff...

  • Anyone know the song Petrucci plays at :42 ????

    It sounds cool

  • you must be fucking retarded its logic that petrucci is better than slash ,slash cant even sweep pick or shred

  • If yu ask slash what a "G" is ... he'll tell yu it's lil wayne living down the street ..

    Petrucci wins

  • Petrucci is god. Slash is not.

    END OF STORY

  • PETRUCCI IS THE BEST TALK WHEN SLASH GO TO THE G3

  • This is too sad, Slash inspired a whole generation... But Petrucci has inspired other musicians and people who knows about to make misic. In a finger scale (if this exist) Slash got ten prodigious points, Petrucci got´s no limits, I was GNR fan when i was 14 yo, of course now I'm a DT FAN FOREVER.

  • Probably neither is the simple answer. John Petrucci is right up there though.

  • Petrucci wishes he could play like Slash (hahaha)

  • @Aristowi jajaja thats shit :D

  • of course Petrucci. He's the best...

  • Petrucci FTW! Slash is overrated.

  • It's funny how a video just meant to get 1 view got over 20000. Guess you didn't see that coming.

  • @Tyman2006 Hah, I know. It's actually kinda true. Not only because that the question is outrageous. But also, because, I made this video to show my friend that Petrucci really IS better.

  • Petrucci is the most technical guitarist with Michael Romeo and Angelo Batio in the world.

  • @graphficker not true but he definitley is my favorite x)

  • @graphficker not true but he definitley is my favorite x)

  • OMG NO EMOSHUNZ! JOHN SUCKS! HE CANT EXPRESS HIMSELF!

    Seriously? You "feeling" elitists think someone like Petrucci can't write a soulful, emotional solo? Define how one quantifies how well a player "expresses" themselves through their playing, lol. Listen to "Eve", "Silent Man", "Hell's Kitchen", "Best of Times", "Another Day", Spirit Carries On", Octavarium", etc. - and then PLEASE explain how on EARTH Petrucci lacks the ability to express himself through music.

    Keep shredding, folks.

  • @GavHarrison2112 You forgot endless sacrifice. He's written the lyrics to that one.

  • @GavHarrison2112 Those people think that "expression in music" means making a lot of show off on stage, that's exactly what I like about JP, he can be still and express a lot through music, because he doesn't need to show off.

  • HAH this is funny. Let's be realistic, Slash has one of the most tasteful tones/ playing out there but not quite at petrucci's level.

    Personally like Slash better because of I just find his playing more tasteful but Petrucci is a much better player

  • Is this a joke?!?!?!!?You can like Slash,but we all know who's a BETTER guitar player between the two.Slash can't do John's stuff for shit!

  • first of all petrucci is god..and he could literally eat slash for breakfast hes also the best shredder ever..in my opinion

  • Petrucci so closely resembles Jesus!

  • What's the point of Petrucci having all this technique if he can't write songs. Just about any song from Appetite for Destruction is worth more than everything Petrucci has ever recorded. True musical talent is being able to express yourself musically with your instrument and Slash can do this much better than Petrucci (who is more like an circus freak show than a musician).

  • @TheTSina Have you listened to alot of Dream Theater?

  • @TheTSina Dream Theater have written more beautiful and meaningful songs than Slash ever will.

  • @TheTSina hahaha youre dumb sir. its a lot harder to make a 42 minute song and dedicate it to mental ailments that cause family and friends suffering through loved ones than it is to write solos for songs axl wrote hahahaha truth i read slashs book and most the songs axl and izzy wrote. john makes much more meaningful songs than slash does. Mr.Brownstone? Rocket Queen? how fucking emotional. go listen to Hollow Years Live in Tokyo, Take the time, or even The Best of Times. 10x better than slash

  • @TheTSina and by take the time i ment Learning to Live. And while im at it first minute of The Count Of Tuscany will change your life if you think Saul is the best player ever lol seriously my brother go listen to the count of tuscany you will like it, fuck this whole slash vs petrucci thing go listen to the count of tuscany

  • neither. angus young is OBVIOUSLY the greatest guitarist ever.

  • There are so many good guitarists on the world today. Perhaps many of the best hide in in mostly unknown bands. We'll never know but if it comes to comparision it has also to said what influence the person had on the music world and other people and then slash is a step closer to Petrucci.

  • ok i usually dont post in Vs thraeads. But cudnt resist on this one. As far as technique is concerned - there is no fukin comparison between the two. But Slash has got one thing which I thing lacks in John's playing. The ability to say much with fewer notes. To say that John's playing doesnt have a would would be wrong. But Slash is gifted with crafting really melodious solos without any need to shred. but hey, thats just my opinion :)..i like both of 'em ;)

  • John Petrucci is.....God!

    actually he looks like Jesus.

  • don't get me wrong people, i wouldn't put slash above petrucci in 1,000,000 years, but stop calling slash untalented. he is at way higher level than 99% of guitarists ever achieve.

  • look pal John Petrucci was educated at berklee college of music so he probably has the best knowledge of musical theories techniques and stuff. Although poor Saul improved his playing all by himself he just plays what he feels he ain't no need sweeping or shreding. I love both of them but my respect for Slash is bigger. He is a true legend.

  • @cicilubibilo read his book? i did. spoiled fuck, tried to get the sympathy vote by saying his father and mother were divorced at a young age. that sux, but honestly, the little prick decided to go and do drugs and steal from people instead of try to make a life, and THAT is why he sucks compared to JP. he had all the potential in the world, he had a home, wasnt "dirt" poor like many people think, and honestly, he fucked his own life up. fuck slash, hes a huge poser -ex slash fan

  • @TheSweatyfatguy

    really? you're judging whether he is a poser as a musician by his life at a young age? you sicken me. regardless of drugs, thievery, or anything else he is a great guitarist. he is no poser. he worked his ass off getting where he is today, even more than petrucci.

  • @Fluffypopcicle he did not work his ass off. gnr literally got famous through being popular from partying around the la scene in the 80's. i mean, they barely played shows and got lucky that they fit the image. thats cool, but does he honestly deserve more respect than jp? fuck no, i cant believe how famous this douche bag is. i love slash even though im calling him a douche bag, but honestly, he is as overrated as they come. and im judging his actions when he was like 20 btw

  • @TheSweatyfatguy

    "gnr literally got famous through being popular from partying around the la scene in the 80's." read the slash biography, you obviously haven't. if you have then read it again because yo have very poor reading skills if you already have. "and im judging his actions when he was like 20 btw" and he is 45 now. he is famous because of guns n roses as a whole. he is famous because he makes great band work and made some of the most memorable material from the 80s.

  • 0:56

    JOHN MYUNG ORGASM

  • I think this guys are good in they respective styles, I bet JP can play any Guns N' Roses songs, better, he will never try to play Guns.

    And of course Slash can't play any Dream Theater song, but they 2 have a similarity, they have musical ID,

    If Petrucci play a Slash solo, even with the same equipment and with the same notes in the right places, he will sound like Petrucci

    If Slash Play a DT song (idk how) with the same notes in the right places, and with the same eqp he will sound like Slash

  • @Siriusblck3 You're full of shit look at all the covers dream theater made? John would nail all guns n roses solos without even practice....

  • @OliverTolman Well I hear all the covers of DT,

    The Iron covers, sounds like DT

    the Deep Purple cover, sounds like DT

    the Pantera cover, sounds like DT

    the Pink Floyd cover sound like DT

    well if DT cover a GNR song they will sound like DT

    undersrtand what I've said?

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  • @OliverTolman I'm guitarrist no the best of them but I am,

    in my first coment i saied

    "If Slash Play a DT song (idk how) with the same notes in the right places, and with the same eqp he will sound like Slash"

    well I will explain to you IDK HOW can be translated to "I don't Know How", understand I know Slash can't play DT songs, who says he can, I'm just saying a comparission like this is just useless,

    But the intension of the author of the video is the goodest ones.

  • @OliverTolman And no one can't say what kind of people just by looking they nickname in youtube.

  • @Siriusblck3 thats a cool statement, but john petrucci is still 7000 times better...

  • @DutyPauls He is not 7000 times better, well he is better but not 7000

    look at Mozart he was 7000 time better, and remember not 7000 but more than 8000 ^^

    sometimes I think because of Slahs be overrated he is underrated a the same time

    he is a great guitarist, why not?

    Brian May is great too, and Petrucci play "better" than him, why nobody is talking about that?

    Slash is too martirized, aren't?

  • Poor Slash.. haha, he doesn't have anything to do against Petrucci.

  • This is MOSTSTUPID and IMPOSSIBLE compare ever,,, LOL SLASH and petrucci? omFG , LOOOOOOOOOOOL, better delete this video...

  • @lakimelmak omFG LOOOOOOOOOOOOL, OMG, FFS, WTF.

    Hey, man, listen.

    I'm not that stupid that I think Slash have any chance being better than Petrucci. This was made because I wanted to clear my state, that Petrucci was better for my friend - who did not believe that. Although, now he's just like me; a Dream Theater maniac.

  • @Trumavarium ahahahhh, nice!! :D i did it to my friends ,,some of them, and they are also become maniacs..:D but ,not on this way.. , if he get it, there is no reason to , video stay here..so delete it..:))) its embarasing..xD

  • ok.. slash is a good guitarrist but if you're a good guitar player you can play slash's songs but if you want to play petrucci's songs you need uuhhh.. obviosly petrucci is BETTER than slash...

  • how is there even an argument for Slash?

  • I'm the best there is.

  • @Aquinovamente Then you must be John Petrucci under an undercover user name

  • Slash Petrucci is boring and too fast

  • @Serb37 then listen to his solo from lines in the sand, another day, wither, lost without you, wishful thinking, state of grace, and freedom of speech. you'll have a different oppinion

  • @ironwolg

    OK :)

    ill give you feedback

  • @ironwolg Or how about the most epic solo of all time.... the Octavarium ending (Razor's Edge) solo

  • This is a no brainer John Petrucci wins hands down. Slash is a to bit poser playing watered down pentatonic blues licks. Petrucci takes the guitar into the 21st century with new guitar ideas not the same old blues runs that Saul Hudson plays over and over!!

  • Absurd question. WHO thinks Slash is better than god anyways. lol.

  • Petrucci its the king!

  • Not a huge Petrucci fan to be honest, but let's face facts. He pwnz Slash in the most brutally humiliating way it's embarassing.

  • they are both good. John petrucci is just obviously alot better technically. I love dreamtheater but damn, the solo in sweet child o mine is incredibly awsome and memorable. People who call slash shit.. i donno lol.. he's hardly shit. just not as good as petrucci

  • There is no comparison. Petrucci owns.

  • roflmao... JOHN PETRUCCI for sure \m/

  • This is probably the biggest joke i've seen in my life..

  • Slash is cool but Petrucci is way better, this is like comparing Kirk Hammett (ok) to Marty Friedman (way better).

  • John Petrucci!!!!!

  • Jajaj

    Slash = Shit !

  • Slash inspires kids to pick up guitars.

    John Petrucci makes those very kids sell their guitars on Ebay.

  • I don't really like slash, he's not that good. Petrucci is alright. Kiko Loureiro from angra is better.

  • @PaulGilbertIsGod2 i feel kiko and JP are equally good, and yeah damn kiko has got unbelievable skills...

  • @PaulGilbertIsGod2 Kiko is AMAZING. Same level as petrucci.

    

  • OMG

    You can't compare John with slash.

    Jimi Hendrix is god

    John petrucci, paul gilbert and steve vai are his servants.

    Slash is probably satan, or one of the other hellguys

    he is not so good as you think guys

    DT, that's real music

    GNR, nice music, but NOT good.

  • Slash, no more lies!

  • I think this video should be deleted because it's sad to see how Slash is getting owned.

  • everyone has his own style and both are rich and famouse what about you ?

  • HAHAHAA what a joke!! Petrucci uses Slash as a bath towel.

  • slash has disgusting tone and can only play basically the same one solo

    petrucci created the earth with his guitar playing

    enough said

  • John

  • are you kidding me? why is this even a question? Petrucci by MILES!

  • slash huh.... hmm... I'll pass... Petrucci staight up... sweet child of mine (yes I corrected o' ) or Razor's Edge Octavarium, you decide! My sister prefers Slash, me, a guitarist, prefers anything but slash.

  • John Petrucci by far far faar, miles and miles xD

  • John Petrucci is in a different league. Slash doesn't measure up.

  • Come on ,,i mean wwe are talking about Petrucci, Hes God Incarnated, Slash was good a long time ago but hes yust a mortal.

  • not even a question jp owns all

  • Petrucci is the best, Slashes solo's have the same blues feel to them

  • I love both guitarists but I believe Petrucci just stomps on slash :P Slashes bases all his solos on the A minor pentatonic scale while Petrucci just sheds the whole guitar :D

    I also think you should have put in the solo for Panic Attack... You mainly put in Petrucci's softer kinda mellow solos and completely left out slash's ending solo for november rain which kicks ass by itself.

  • wtf, is this serious? slash SUCKS...one of the worst and most overrated players ever. the only think why he's famous is the fact he was in GNR. After that he kept beeing famous because of that look he has since ages, but he didn't do anything good musically after GNR.

  • This is the most stupid question i ever heard in my life, slash is like a beginer compared with petrucci, he is a virtuoso, slash its just another punk.

  • When it was Slash I was like -.-

    ... But when it was Petrucci I was like =D=D=D=D=D=D=D=D=D=D=D=D=D=D=D­=D

  • i think petrucci is far better, and if u know it, why do u compare them :S, well anyway, i vote for petrucci, definitely

  • Calification:

    John Petrucci: 9.99

    Slash: 3.21

    In 3 years of guitar playing you can do waht slash so, but, in 5 years of guitar playing you can´t finish a single solo of JP, and is no about what some jerk says, JP have a lot of variation of time signature, scales, comb. There is no comparation

  • JP,there is no comparation. if I have to put them a calification from 10 as the max and 0 the min, it ´ll be like this: Petrucci: 9.99 - Slash: 3.2

  • petrucci gana sin y con ventaja

  • well, both have different styles, Slash plays Hard Rock thing, it's easier to play, and Petrucci plays Prog, as u know, it's a very technical music style, it needs lots of practice and experience to play.

  • This has to be the worst comparison EVER, Slash is FUCKING HORRIBLE compared to JP, i can name at least 5 others that are 1000000 times better then slash.........JP paul gilbert jeff loomis chris broderick jason becker, hell even dave is better then slash and hes a rhythm guitarist!!!

  • Dude! u cutted the spirit carries on's solo to the half!!!

    btw... lets say they're different... but petrucci has way more musical nowledge than slash... and those ppl who say petrucci has no feeling... its because they just saw 2 solos of him... but there are a lot of amazing petrucci solos filled with emotions... and he manages to put great feeling in those solos with sweep, alternate picking and other techniques.

  • @Crzz21 I'm sorry, didn't ment to. but, just so everyone knows, I'm 100% sure that JP is better, is not that that I think they are at the same class. Not at all.. this was just for some sort of a "joke" between me and my friend who listened to Guns and Roses before, but now he's a Dream Theater jerk like me. :D

  • @Trumavarium haha we are all DT jerks xD

    not many ppl understands us... because apreciating and understanding DT's music requires years of experience.... nobody would like dt if u showed 30 seconds of any dt song to a person who is used to hear guns n roses or other comercial stuff.... because they're used to relate the first 30 seconds to the whole song... so when they hear some seconds of a dt song they think:

  • no way, this song must be all the same and it last 22 minutes!..

    they just hear noises... thats why u need to listen 4000 times a dt song to fully understand it... but i think u cant fully understand a dt song..

  • because they r filled with so many things that every single time u hear a song again u'll find something awesome that u never realised before

  • @Crzz21 Well said. :)

    I think you must give Dream theater a try. They doesn't only include the "prog" style, they also got that really heavy, and very soft mellow thing and so on. And for people with more mainstream thoughts, they could listen to either Pull Me Under, Wither or Fosaken etc.

    And for the kings, welcome Octavarium.

  • @Trumavarium lol.. i know every single song from the beggining to the end... i took the pleasure of analysing them.. and im proud to say that i love them all!

    but im taking a little break.. i used to hear dt every day... now im listening to Neal Morse and Transatlantic... im focusing more on learning from them how they connect with their deep emotions and their music... btw.. Neal has a 2 and a half hour song called Testimony.. its a double cd =D

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  • Technique: uncomparable, petrucci is ABSOLUTLY better than slash.

    Feelengs: it depends on what you like, but in my opinion the slash's sound it's like a wonderful girl and petrucci's sound is like a football match. Both amazing but I prefer the first : )

  • LOL What a question! MAYBE Mr. Petrucci is A LITTLE more skilled player than Slash.

  • @TFIFH

    Funniest reply in here, thanks! :D

  • Petrucci by far, not a good matchup

  • petrucci without a doubt. compared to him, slash is garbage

  • regardless of who's better, petrucci is, uh...well built >:D

  • Slash = joke

    Petrucci = guitar god!!

    No comparison!!!!

  • joke right??? i mean, joke right!!!???? Petrucci is so good that i cant even apreciate slashs technique after seen petrucci`s.

    please compare petrucci with the big ones: Satriani, Vai, Johnson, Romeo, Gilbert, but not with Slash....i like guns n`roses but if we talk about technique, there is no discussion in here

  • i did petrucci still won

  • @cvc1290

    oh, so technique is everything now? go learn something about what makes good music. i consider shawn lane to be the greatest guitarist of all time and he is by far the most technically advanced guitarist of all time, but that's not the main reason why i hold him so high.

  • petrucci is great but Slash is a legend dont compare a good player with a legend like slash

  • Heroin doesn't make one a legend.

  • But can Slash kill people by playing so intense that they just drop dead? No, Petrucci can.

  • Lol trust me, john petrucci is a MUCH more renowned guitar player among people who actually play guitar...lol..

  • @primosjcjm so you dont think petrucci is a legend? he changed prog-metal forever. Slash is good but getting wasted and taking drugs doesnt make you a legend. Petrucci is way better than Slash and everyone here knows it.

  • Slash is poser

  • @GuitarMeastro

    poser your fuckin ass ,i,

  • he is, he is crap, sloppy. feeling? another excuse for shit

  • @GuitarMeastro

    you're a poser. slash is a phenomenal guitarist, but all these idiots who obsess over virtuosos like petrucci can't get their heads out of their asses and realize that you don't be a virtuoso to be an awesome guitarist. slash's biggest fans have overrated him sickeningly, but you can NEVER judge an artist (that isn't a pop or rap artist) by his/her fans.

  • Slash plays nice, i like his melodies. But WTH? Petrucci is on top 3 guitarists of all time!! He beats slash with 1 fuckin hand. his skills are much better

  • on top 3, what ranking did you see?? im not been sarcastic by the way... for me petrucci is the best of all times, but ive searched in many rankings and i never seen petrucci in the top 10... please send me a link

  • @cvc1290 : it's my rank. XD but i really think he should be on top 3

  • @andr769 i totally agree with you, but im

    wondering who is nº 1 on your list??

  • @cvc1290 well i don't have q written list. But my mental list says that may be paul guilbert, satriani or vai. i think that guilbert, satriani, vai and petrucci should be the first 4

  • Are you having a laugh, JP makes Slash look like an utter amateur in every way shape and form - you may as well make the comparison Pele versus Berbatov as the best football players! Or Jedward versus Pavarotti as best singers in the world - fucking hell!

  • I wish slash had petruccis tech and petrucci had slashs feeling

  • Do you think that petrucci has no feeling?

  • @GuitarMeastro he definitly does ,but slash has more!well i guess when u play so technical u sacrifice some feeling in playing!

  • Uh, no. Go listen to the ending solo in "The Best of Times" that has more emotion and feeling than any Guns and Roses song.

  • if you are saying that we shouldnt compare them because they have diferent attributes, i agree, no one can trully say who is the best, we are just noobs having a word for our favorite.

  • jajajajajajajajaja losers, guthrie govan is the best, petrucci is boring, and who is slash ajajajajaja

  • Petrucci, no contest

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  • PETRUCCI HANDS FUCKING DOWN

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  • please is this a joke? Petrucci pwns Slash with only one hand.

  • wow i have no idea what was thinking the guy that posted this video. Is this about humiliating slash??? Petrucci of course, all the way better. No contest at all.

  • john petrucci absoluty win!!!!

  • what's the name of the second song from john petrucci??

  • @bucket9010 It's "Spirit Carries On" off of Scenes from a Memory. Amazing guitar solo, one of my favs of his. I wish they'd put the whole thing on here

  • What's playing with soul/feeling? I don't think I know what that is. If I sweep a G Major arpeggio and make some dramatic facial expressions, does that mean I'm playing with feeling?

  • LOL is this a joke, Petrucci destroys him in speed, skill, soul, and feeling.