John Petrucci guitar rig 2007-2008 part 1

[DANGILBERT03]

i saw them the last sunday and was fucking awesome his guitar roars like a angry bitch whore or something incredible

[Bflatest]

so his crunch is pretty heavy huh hehehe

[AutoDidactic26]

does anyone else notice that his mark iv settings on his website sound nothing like this?

[bananabourbonaenima]

which song is he playing at 2:13?

[ersemola]

Dont look john petrucci, bis as ferrigno or schwarzenegger?

[MaxMouse83]

LOOK AT THAT STACHE! WOW!

[chasedace]

fark.... he blows my mind so much... god he is the Best! far out! and always willing to help explain how he gets his sound =) such a good bloke too!

[voodootele]

How does John use the same channel on his mark iv to play both rhythm and lead sounds? How dose he get the volume boost and eq change? I think he says that he runs the two mark iv's in stereo,

[KilluminatiInc]

Why does John's tones sound like Jesus?  :)

[Dopaminergie]

Really good demo of a Gear Dream! Could anyone give some tips about his delays?

Many thanks in advance.

[rama6maiden]

@Dopaminergie

he uses an eventide timefactor. expensive pedal but good sounding!

[Dopaminergie]

Could you please someday tell us more about your delay settings? John Petrucci vids are always instructive, I hope someday to get delay info.

[jarekuXhide]

what the fuck are those 2 metal boxes on both side for?

[DreamTheaterisGod1]

@jarekuXhide for putting his foot on durring solos

[Stratocoaster08]

I love that he loves Alex Lifeson :)

[hereg2007]

0:21 Jesus!

[HackerGuitarist]

dear god why is the camera constantly twisting all around...?

[kimkjederseg]

Shit! He's gotten BIG.

[Tamablecoolwhip]

fuk me hes gotten tonk

[gamergeek3000]

Is that Lou Ferrigno with long hair?

[darkknight91]

This dude looks like a tick about to pop.

[AxisOfEternity]

fucking incredible player! And a fucking awesome rig!

*drool*

[454545046]

AHHHHHH best tone ever.

[mindstormsabrewin]

Dream Theater has a team of physicists on staff to operate their mixing board, which is directly run through the CERN particle accelerator. This must be constantly monitored and adjusted in real-time response to their performances so as to prevent spontaneous black hole generation. Their playing has been known to tear the fabric of space-time. They accidentally teleported to a linoleum sales convention in Boise Idaho right in the middle of "Never Enough". They all had to hitchhike home. True.

[SiiKenedFate]

Turn on Transcribed Audio, and At 4:45 the guitar says "Anna" and at 5:08 says "I Am" and at 6:26 it says "No you didnt". That is how badass Petrucci's guitar is and his playing.

[Mixer8900]

@SiiKenedFate It's saying at 5.08 "the man" "man" and at 6.33 "weekend" I don't know if his guitar wants a little brake...

[Mixer8900]

@SiiKenedFate It's saying at 5.08 "the man" "man" and at 6.33 "weekend" I don't know if his guitar wants a little brake...

[samaaelhansen]

John Petrucci does not own an 8-string, because in his hands it is classified as a weapon of mass destruction

[afroloewe]

I love the transcribed audio here :D

7:25 "...and the chorus is coming from the 22-90 ... in Iraq."

rofl

[ctabta]

@afroloewe

its a long distance chorus !!!! haha

[squattingmachine]

OMG the transcribed audio for this is HILARIOUS XD

[juswannawatchthings]

love that delay setting!

[Audiolobotomy]

Dream Theatre rocked Toronto this summer with Iron Maiden.

[squattingmachine]

@Audiolobotomy you were at the concert? nice (Y) it was frickin' amazing- i got chills when as i am came on :P

[TheThim51]

One day...One day i WILL buy myself a fuckin' MESA BOOGIE MARK IV

[phallystorm]

MESA Endorsee. He is From Long Island NY

[Mixer8900]

3:47 is that from take the time song?

[qwerlop]

6:52 did he farted? hehehei just heard something...

[delpimpo]

@qwerlop lol no, he just hummed

[guitarfan1979]

anyone else noticed how petrucci's playing gets worse and worse I mean he seemed to be much better 10 years ago

[Crowenan]

@guitarfan1979 What the hell are you talking about?

[juswannawatchthings]

@guitarfan1979 hate to admit it but...yeh. He seemd a lot more dynamic and clean in the awake days

[8element]

he uses crunch to rythym parts ?

[lavalamp360]

anyone know what those metal blocks on the sides of his pedalboard are and what their for?

[RythemGuitarist]

@lavalamp360

he can put his feet up if he plays solo's and that kinda stuff

[leoseanster]

holy shit he has really buffed up since his G3 recording back in Tokyo...'04 was it? I forgot...but dang, stop getting so big Petrucci!

[wakomaniac45]

gotta love the mark iv's

[Rhasen]

oh dios quien se ha comido a john petrucci jajajajaja

[felipeasjardim]

what is his pedal board?

[jfrockon]

He's a great guitarist, but man has he become a gross hairy fat slob.

[blaspherian]

@jfrockon I SEE...YOU PREFER YOUR MEN SKINNY....YOUR STILL A FAG.

[tubaeli93]

i know he used a custom dimarzio about this time but does any one else see how big those pole pieces look in the neck p/u????? looks like a bareknuckle p/u....

[PreedyM2k]

@tubaeli93 he uses his sig Dimarzio set, the Crunch lab and Liquify im pretty sure

[tubaeli93]

@PreedyM2k he only recently started using those...

[shipuuga]

lol alright guys, i know that the"psycho" videos were funny... but the jokes are getting wicked old and stale..

[laduster550]

is a riff with delay at 2:10 a part of some song?

[shipuuga]

probably just him messing around

[Darkserpentes]

He's the Heavy Metal Jesus!

[melodea7h]

Naaah!!!

Mikael Akerfeldt is the real one!

[hotrod9983]

lmao

[TimmOfficial]

LOL i actually laughed my ass off xD *shame*

[jfrockon]

@davemustaine999 Laughing my ass off!

[michaels2boys]

@davemustaine999 / When I hit this bvutton and play 32nd notes I go back in time!

[orangemonkeyjamie291]

@davemustaine999 thats so harsh!

[NapoleanXV]

this is all he ways I use to kill people

[transamlover50259]

I was just thinking to myself that he looks like he eats infants for breakfast and could kill a man with a slap...

[Superapeaholic]

LMAO..good one!

[ripcliffburtonrip]

whats the song in the intro (the solo). its awesome

[Revencc]

@ripcliffburtonrip it's In the presence of enemies pt.1

[yanzki19]

wow i like the chorus with comp and delay!!!

[Sickindian5]

u reckon? We'll se in few years :P

[filipdinev1]

now that's a sweet tone...

[metalmusiqcrzy]

@gytarok u i been a natural body builder for 18 years and this mofo went from mush to riped he is using the juice

[Rg1527]

agreed

[charvinaldo]

I highly doubt it. ill bet you know way more bout this topic than me, but first of all, he is such a mellow, nice guy that i really doubt it. steroids cause rage. also, he is somewhat the opitomee of a good catholic guy, with a wife and kids. ill admit partly i just hate to think that thats possible, but i do doubt it. i also hope its not true hugely.

[burnitdo]

I take steroids and I'm thiinking about trying out for pro baseball in the spring!

[KornSOAD]

Dude, he started body building about a year after he switched from Ibanez to Ernie Ball - He switched to Ernie Ball ten years ago, so he's had more than enough time to bulk up as much as he did.

[arrakkis666]

Steroids

[daverob424]

6:20 sounds like Eric Johnson's tone

[ironwolg]

so John, basically you're saying that you have gear that nobody else can afford. XD

[Dougie666]

Says some faggot from IRELAND fail.

[Dougie666]

shouldnt have said that, just ment, your music taste is shit if you think dream theater is dreadful

[ltuomela]

i aint there biggest fan either,,but man be fare he has sold multi platinum LP's and make millions so something is right there..lol

[Planetgonenuts]

Excellent. One of the all time best.

[zangief666]

hes probably doing some type of weight gain along with whey protien so he can have muscel on fat so he looks huge

[porcshops]

agreed he's geeting fat

[asianaxeman]

no thanks john, i prefer my engl/ marshall rig with digitech fx. thanks of the rig tour though. just give me a call if u need any advice. cheerz kid.

[ltuomela]

lmao! i use 3 boss peddles,zakks wha and a Marshall amp..lol but ya gotta admit he has a great tone here and that board is like ..wow..lmao

[DeliciousVicious777]

Jesus christ he is huge!!!

[poinkero]

is he on steroids?

[theguitarmaster74]

no he uses some sort of protien but i dont think hes on roids

[Tonycaveman]

He's really improved his sound over the years. I remember seeing him demo his gear and it sounded awesome on it's own but his tone had almost zero mids and very little definition. The number of the beast bootleg is an excellent example of that.

I think he's reached the perfect balacing point between tightness and definition in his tone.

[mg200442000]

and to the right of this 4 X 12 speaker cabs are John's free weights and dumbbells.

[Tuscopa]

:):):)

[speedjunkie66]

That's saying a lot if he has a zakk wylde pedal

[Schecter725]

how the hell did john get so big, like you see him in pictures he's either skinny or he's big as hell

[Guitarsolage]

ma boi jp has been liftin that iron

[thebassman10101]

Man he's fucking ripped.

His arms are as thick as my legs haha

[ProSportsCards]

what is the name if the song he is playing right at the start of the video. I would like to learn how to play it.

[stonehouse1]

in the presence of enemies pt.1 from systematic chaos

[ultimateguitar553]

what scale does he mainly use for solos???

[HuberttXXX17]

pentatonic and minor (all modes) sometimes chromatic, harmonic minor he adds some notes to pentatonic its really rare to see John playing different scales than these

[bladzerok]

is he using an overdrive pedal for his lead sound, because his rythm sound is already set on the channel three? i was just wondering, if someone could clarify that for me.

Thanks

[rama6maiden]

yes,hes got a zakk wylde overdrive!!(he showed it in th video)

[devilyoushy]

I think that he use his channel three of his second Mark IV (at video, @ 2009 tour he use Mark V), 'coz it's better ;]

[muzapstar]

ha ha ha ha ha. I just bought my iv and love it. the v i preordered is too stiff and i'm gonna sell it. if u want one, let me know.

[benjaminshinobi]

he's gotten ripped recently. The light really brings out how huge his man boobs are.

[FoamingGypsy]

so much power. I just want to play on it haha

[Sperzel]

Anyone dare to estimate the total value of his live rig, if you where to purchase everything brand new? :P

[Cambrand]

like 50k ? =)

[roxorz001]

the souls of a thousand children

[atla18]

I don't think you can buy Jesus' hands to play that well, so priceless :P

honestly though, his gear is probably worth a tooooon

[Grafkid]

probably about $45,000. He has quite a few guitars, a shit ton of cabs and heads, and of course the pedalboard of death.

[gre8]

Just love petrucci's efx.

His distorted sounds are always tight and poweful.

[0mgh4xftw]

The power of mesa/boogie.

[AMartins92]

Adam02 should get this video and overdub it hahahaha

[caressxofxsteel]

mike portnoy-"heres johns pedalboard.....i have no idea what the fuck it does but im sure he could tell you" hahaha

[Rocklobster933]

4 sum reason it sounds a million times better in this vid, or live

[juanmanuelmarquez]

JP looks like he has been coming to the gym a lot now. LOL

[nandip77]

anybody knows what those big silver boxes are?

[synastikki]

footrests... he explains it in some other video...

[nandip77]

tnx :)

[6StringKng]

He uses those as foot rests for the more difficult passages he plays on guitar...so he can play in a more comfortable position.

[TheKirkYates]

he is not FAT he is fucking MUSCULAR

[TheCaptured]

He is fucking fat, you mean.

[7SethMurrant7]

dude he benches 275 lbs

and if you ask me

thats not fat

[0mgh4xftw]

My friends have met him at a gig...it's fat sculpted by muscle.

He's strong but he's got a bit of chunk.

[trakir]

He is fucking strong, I mean.

[wenwei9]

I think he would do great in Manowar with this look!

[wangotangowhoo1234]

is this the cute little gigolo-looking kid from the 2005 G3 tour? wow thats scary. not cool

[replica07]

its kinda scary to see the transformation john's physique has underwent. Its still hard to believe.

[sydalden]

it means that nobody's perfect, i even had a live Cd of Steve vai playing crying machine, and he made mistake, on the melody part... but he is still one of the best guitarist that ever live....

[pmspann79]

I prefer blues based music over this, but his tone at 5:30 with that mark iv is as good as anyone ever!!!!

[jc150108]

That part almost sounds like Ozzy Osbourne's Diary of a Madman to me...or a rendition of it....could be wrong

[mongobongoman]

"Hi im john petrucci and im here on tour with my beard and my weights"

[juni0r30]

Dude...

I just heard JOHN fucking PETRUCCI playing a false note :).

HE ISN'T A GOD!!!

lol, just check his face, as he plays a HUMAN mistake @ 5:32

[meguqs]

that's a false note? must be in deaf town :D

[DoCWaSaBe]

actually he is right at 5:33 he was off-note

he is still awesome =P

[CarterFilmLtd]

not hearing an off note there...

[bladzerok]

well its a major third in a minor pentatonic context as far as i hear. its atonal, but it gives a bluesy feel. this 3rd is used alot by SRV, so it was probably intentionnal.

[D3m0nhunter719]

Nope he is still a god.

He did it on purpose to make people think he's human ;)

[juni0r30]

That's indeed the only possible explication

[D3m0nhunter719]

Agreed.

[replica07]

he did it to disguise his omnipotence lol quite right, for he is the messiahnic secret, so he need to blend in with us pathetic humans lol

[D3m0nhunter719]

Indeed.

[benyboy1984]

Mr. Muscle

[ohyersyers]

john has huge tits nowdays

[guysapire]

what!??!?!

[blindfolddrive]

his ibanez era had a fuller sound...to me personally his neck pickup is too opaque in comparison to the pop twangy fatness that his ibanez era gear had...still sounds good but to me . not the same.

[einarabelc5]

Wonder if he ever misses a switch.

[PapaKenny777]

hahahahahahaha, in your dreams pal!

[einarabelc5]

Then he's having Nightmares.

[Musikdose]

Pretty funny to say that about the Best Guitarsound ever

[Sandemose]

Obviously a troll...why bother?

[DOConROCK1]

Jock----Schmock!!!!

Petrucci fucking SHREDDS!!!!!

[blindfolddrive]

still an alien though.

[blindfolddrive]

he was cool when he wasn't a fucking jock.

[tastefulphrasing]

How old are you? Why do you even care.

[TheKirkYates]

you see, now he is going to kill you via playing 5 billion notes per second

[paperchasin23]

he's such a pussy

[speedjunkie66]

i hope he has noise suppressor pedal for all that effects

[heliobluesrock]

I love mesa boogie's clean channel. Andy Timmons does a pretty job with it too!

[dreadbet]

fuck man!

look this distorcion

sweet!

[tj10887]

is he on steroids or something? >.>

[jaimemanger]

lol