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  • You all have it wrong, when I listen to this guy, I hear Marco Sfogli BIGTIME in his playing. I don't give a damn what progressive trolls may have influenced him, he has his own thing going that's all that matters.

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  • anybody know what kind of guitar that is?

  • @MaximusDowns It's a Rash guitar (they are from Italy). One of Marco's signature models.

  • @foxtrotalex Thank you very, very much for the information, I appreciate it! It's always awesome to learn about guitars from other parts of the world. I am looking up Rash guitars right now! Thank you!!! Much love from California!!!

  • Good work !

  • marco doesnt sound like petrucci, but he does have a similar style id say he plays kind of more along the lines of satriani but doesnt sound like him,he definantley has his own sound.

  • this guy should tour with satriani and vai!

  • Thank you! Petrucci,Vai,Timmons,Satch...A­ll of these guys got their styles from somewhere. Some of you guys act like Marco got up one day and just decided he'd play like that. You know who much much music this guy is resposible for? This IS Marco's style. People in general act like seccussful people just get up and do it. NO.

  • terrible sound quality :(

  • Andy timmons + John Petrucci = This

  • @ibanez1592 only because you are a fanboy of him and know his influences :P but i agree : )

  • @freakguitar1 trust me, i listen many instrumental guitars for years and i know the influences and gears.

    I dont say " well, he is a copy from bla bla bla, i just say " hey, he sound like bla bla bla... ".

    You misinterpreted my point of view.

  • @freakguitar1 nah i get your point TOTALLY and i agree with you, i dont think you should take my comment very very serious : )

    i just meant that if you know sfogli a little bit you know he likes petrucci and timmons and then you can very easily hear their style out of sfogli`s. no offense man, no offense : )

  • This guy is best than Petrucci. No comparation.

  • lol at people who are comparing Sfogli to Petrucci.

  • great feel!

  • Sense of rythem is deffinatly dreamtheater influenced. Andromeda is made up of like 4/4 7/4 and 13/8 , Even still hurts has different time sigs. His music is fun to try and tap your foot to makes you feel like a drummer almost, counting in your head.

    I love odd time signatures :D

  • the guitar in the left middle on the wall. the brown one. what is it? i want it. it looks so nice.

  • people need to stop comparing Marco to Pretrucci, they are both amazing but they sound nothing alike!!!!!! People that compare the two probably compare Vai and Satriani, or Gilbert and Buckethead too

  • what guitars does he use?

  • @unchato Rash guitars

  • Petrucci is a is an amazing guitar player, Marco is a tasteful and technical master, Govan is a genius. I enjoy all three, each unique, love marcos CD to death

  • they're both good....it's kind of like "what do I want to listen to today?" a bunch of complicated riffs with all around incredible musical talent? or a more natural composition focused on a great sounding guitar and guitarist? they both have their place in learning AND listening....

  • the immaculate Tempo shouldn't go unoticed

  • one of the best, if not the best, new sort of under the radar shredders, i can't wait to see what this guy continues doing, he's incredible and so melodic as well.

  • In my opinion, Petrucci is good, but I think Marco is better musically, and has more elegance in his playing. Some of the stuff Marco does just blows my mind. Plus, his solo album is incredible!

  • agree

  • @jbeckforever Disagree!

  • Lol to each, his own.

  • Alright, well lets think about it this way. Say he did "copy Petrucci", how about you go out and learn how to play exactly like Petrucci, and find out how much fuckin skill it needs to play a LICK from that guy. Regardless if this Marco is extremely influenced by Petrucci, it takes a mad amount of skill to replicate any such melodies from him. Argument over

  • I agree on all counts, whoever say that he copied Petrucci is really narrow-minded, just as good as saying that everybody who play blues has copied from BB King, Albert King,etc

  • @stratspider230 yeah! THIS is exactly what everybody should to think

  • @stratspider230 agree, Marco is amazing. But on the same subject, i actually think hes more influenced by Andy Timmons, like in tone, licks, composition (For example this song has the starting riff really similar to "Hiroshima"), GEAR., and so on... anyway, if in any way hes a guitar virtuoso mime (which he isnt) hes probably the best out there...

  • @stratspider230 Read in one of James LaBrie's interviews that Marco is heavily influenced by John Petrucci. But also said that their musical approach is totally different. On the new JL album, Marco had a lot of input as to how the songs will groove best with certain riffs and moods. Plus, according to JL, Marco can go straight to the stage without warm-ups! Petrucci takes about 30 minutes of warm-ups before hitting the stage. Don't get me wrong, I'm a JP fan since '94 but like Marco too.

  • @hyde78chan maybe its because JP used to warm up everytime before hitting the stage, that makes him comfortable :) besides they're both among the Best in the Guitar World :)

  • @lugajohnpaul Well, yeah exactly my point. Some people need to do things to be able to accomplish other things. And some people go straight ahead. In short, people are different. It doesn't make sense that people here are so narrow minded, Before Petrucci, There was Al Di Meola, Steve Morse, and Yngwie Malmsteen doing all this speed picking technique. Would you say Petrucci is a copycat of those guys?

  • @hyde78chan of course not :) everybody got his own style, having an influence doesn't mean you're a copycat. So if Marco is influenced by John, what's the big deal right? you know all this person talking about who's better doesn't really appreciate music, they just like being amazed. :p Well, that's just my opinion :) hehe..

  • @lugajohnpaul Yeah, everybody is influenced by other musicians from the start. Even the great composers like Mozart and Beethoven were influenced by musicians who came before them. Kids today tend to measure things by the number of notes played and the speed. B.B. doesn't need that many notes to make a statement. In fact he is straightforward.

  • @stratspider230 Good Point there :)

  • @stratspider230 I personally hear more of an andy timmons influence in his playing.

  • You envious moronic sad people , exactly how many of you played on James La Brie's solo album ? I didn't think so...give the guy a break,regardless of his influences and whoever he might resemble as a guitarist he has more range,melodic sense, taste and skill than 99.9% of us so shut the fuck up please.

  • Vai isn't. (a god)

    lol

  • Don't speak for everyone here. Let's say you PREFER vai

  • Well..I hate to tell You Guys This....BUt He still better than all of us...And I agree he sounds a lot like JP...But he is not a "rip off"....HE IS A great Gutar Player and you can learn a lot from Him..

  • marco is great guitarist but he is not original at all. I agree with many people that this guy has skill only to copy and rip off John Petruccis !

  • Original doesn't mean better.I never liked Petrucci's playing, but I love Marco's playing, and no it's not because I am Italian too,lol

    Looking just at the technique or the sound is not good enough here.Marco's solos just FLOW in way that Petrucci's solos don't. Petrucci is more intellect-oriented, and it SOUNDS like so. Marco's playing has a very different energy. Besides, Petrucci can't play fusion, Marco can. He's more versatile.The Petrucci influences are obvious,but he's no bland rip off

  • I want that shirt.

  • is that lonestar a special?

  • Mesa Stilletto

  • I think you was right, man.

  • actually its a lonestar classic

  • dont yall make fun of me but this beautiful tune brings tears to my eyes

  • Amazing guitar control !!!

  • Damn, a very, very good guitarist.

  • sfogli se ha cconvertido en mi guitarrista favorito,

  • well he grew up listening to images and words...petrucci is a very big influence in his life but saying he sounds better than petrucci.. is a bit far fetched. he built this guy

  • man!i thought so too

    he is so influnced by petrucci you can tell so easy.

  • he may not be better than petrucci but i prefer macro's music.

  • how can you say that if "there's hope" in it's enterity is a rip off to JP's Suspended Animation!??

  • Marco is an extremely smooth guitarist. And, what I mean is the way he whizzes through those cool arpeggios and his soloing too.

    PERFECT!

  • He's switching from the bridge pickup, to the neck pickup

  • dumbass..you i mean.

    have you seen how good he is..how could he not know he is missing the whammy bar

  • doesn't realise he's switching the *sigh* I have no guitar knowledge, but I can CLEARLY see the button next to the whammy which is pushes from time to time..

    awesome track! just got it fretted for Guitar Hero/Frets on Fire on my channel if anyone is interested :)

  • switch, not button, it's a pickup selector.

  • okay, we'll call it a switch then :)

  • He changing the pickup location by flipping the switch.

  • this is at fiera milano?

  • yep

  • he borrowed all of petruccis gear when he made elements of persuasion with james labrie, seems like he kept the same setup

  • false....it's different set-up: mesa rectifier+mark 3 together

  • LMAO in my mind you sounded like dwight from the office!  thanks for the update on what the exact gear he used was, it really made a difference to my life

  • you cannot catch the difference I tried to help

  • sfogli is original nothing he plays sounds like petrucci.

  • he sounds better than petrucci!

  • sounds like petrucci!

    this is great!

  • this is an incredible track... I come back time and again to check it out!

  • Fantastic player...

  • 5 *****

    gagi

  • waaaw

  • i now watch this every morning

  • awesome feeling!!! :O

  • jesus that was awesome

  • i love the lick in 1:47

  • He brings life to the guitar

  • what model is his guitar ??

  • it is a rash guitar

  • I have this in my car and that bit at 1.47 is the best driving music in the world!

  • what guitar is he playin on?

  • his rash signature

  • that doesnt looklike his rash version...its not that color for 1 and it doesnt have that body type....Go to rash's website - it looks like Nicola Fassi's guitar

  • if you go to marco sfogli's website you can see his signature guitars and you can clearly see that that's one of them ;)

  • that's his signature guitar, i've been talking with him about it ; }

  • he has two type of guitars: PRO and STANDARD. The Pro is the brown one, while the standard is the one you see in this video.

  • he needs to play this song at the end of world war 3 atop the highest mountain

    and yes, paradiseforeverlost, 1:47 is tits

  • the melody is stuck in my head its just that good like the part were it goes into harmony :42 and :57

  • ur joking right

  • leobloomvideo è un modo di dire nel senso che all'estero ci sono fender gibson ecc ma se andiamo a guardare braido sfogli vai satriani gambale e tanti altri mostri sono o italiani o di origine italiane per questo all'estero costruiscono le chitarre per noi italiani o italo americani nel senso hihi l'italiani so i + forti nn ce n'è

  • I'm SO FUCKINGGG IN LOVE WITH THAT PIECE!

  • Anyone knows the price on these guitar. Have sent mail to Rash, but no reply..

    Marco is a fantastic fusion between Timmons and Petrucci. Can't be better...

  • Anybody know wHAt kind of guitar he's suing here?

  • Rash Guitar, Marco Sfogli Signature MT Monster

  • Thankyou

  • lucage88 comunque che io sappia marco usa una rash, che dovrebbe essere italiana (liuteria)

  • amazing playing, seriously great ! all you need is some long hair to head bang with ! then u will be complete :P

  • i love how he can play his songs over and over live just like in the recordings, most bands never really play their songs exactly the same as the studio recorded version, and it's amazing because Marco is just crazy at the guitar!

  • i love this tune! Marco rules!

  • what guitar is that??

  • rash guitars

  • My fav. track on "There's Hope"

  • gli americani fanno le chitarre , l'italiani le suonano..................

  • clean

  • Does anyone have the tab for this song, or can write it? Mainly looking for that solo about a minute from the end.. the main riffs are easy, but I can't tab out that solo for some reason. It's great.

  • im currently writing a tab for it and might post it on UG, ill let you know.

  • Outstanding! Can't wait to see it. Please update when you get it completed or near so!

  • Hey man, lol.

  • Yeah, please update I started learning it by ear, and would like to get a hand with the solo :D cheers

  • what kind of guitar is that? headstock looks like EB/MM but pointy...

  • It's a Rash, an Italian guitar company. He has a sig model with them

  • it is a coincidence that frank gambale is also italian (in blood). everybody start eating pasta and drinkng wine now !

  • steve vai and satriani are both of italian blood italia rule!!!

  • also petrucci and michael romeo are italian in blood :)

  • steve vai also

  • is from Italy

  • petrucci, satriani, vai, sfogli, if this guys were cars..theyd be ferrari

  • @guitarman069 Lol maybe Bugathi veyrons maybe because thats the fastest commercial car on the market and it's also (i think) the most valuable car in the world (except like cars owned by John Lennon, etc...) XD

  • @guitarman069 Coincidentally, they all have Italian heritage. It still puzzles me to this day why Italian musicians in general are so musical and expressive... that is putting aside the physical aspects of playing.

  • @guitarman069 you forgot Paul Gilbert :p

  • @guitarman069 and yngwie malmsteen ofcurse :P

  • His phrasing is godly.

  • yessir

  • sta usando il piccolo subway rocket???

  • Campania(south of Italy) proud!!!! Marco you rockssss!!! Great music!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Is he going through the lone star there does anyone know?

  • yes

  • just amazing playing, marco roooocks!!

  • who said bald people dont rock..apparently this one owns all long haired guitarists

  • Satriani is alos a good example of bald people rocking out!Sfogali is great.

  • sfogli is amazing...and he doesn't copy so much as people say....listen with attention his solo album...and pay attention to his playing, also in this video...he has an unbelievable sense of time...also in the difficult part he's always in time...and doing this in a live performance it's not too easy

  • i tend to agree, maybe he's not the most original guitarist on earth. his style kinda similar to petrucci mixed with timmons, but he has added his own style and approach of phrasing and composing imho. he's damn amazing. this song too, has amazing feeling. i got the cd n the whole entire cd just blown me away.

  • Did you call this "Still Hurts" because your hand still hurts from playing all those notes? Well, Anyway...it was bad ass

  • Nolituh ure an idiot, sfogli is amazing, but he is not as good as petrucci. And plus i have sfogli's solo albuma nd he copies petrucci so much.

  • Well maybe on the Elements of Persuasion album, but he definitely changed his sound on his solo album, although there was a few songs with some Petrucci sound to them, he's still amazing non the less.

  • yah he is im not saying his not, his amazing, but not better then petrucci.

  • why do you compare them so much, i believe that when someone starts comparing musicians, he starts getting a bit retarded... muhahaha

  • ok....when u compare u start to think the difference and especially when they are playing almost the same style..u kinda wonder who he got it from? original or not and who does it sound like...thats one mistake musicians make these days is copy other artist...

  • As Labrie said, Marco blows people minds away.

    XD

  • Marco Pwns Petrucci Ass very bad.

    I love DT but IMO Petrucci is an amazing composer and a very good base guitar player, but as a solo guitarrist he sux, he plays 3~4 notes 12times in a second and ppl call it a solo.

    Petrucci Will never play like Satriani, Vai or Paul Gilbert.

  • i disagree, imo petrucci is a great solo guitarist too, tho i agree that vai or satriani are more superior in instrumental music genre but sux is a powerful word dude, if he sux he wouldnt be invited to G3. Petrucci can throw tasty licks and solos too, not as often as andy timmons, but listen to budokan hollow years extended solo, or songs like lost without you for example, and under a glass moon solo is one the best prog rock solos imo.

  • petrucci is more shreddish (is this a word) its a matter of taste, for me, i think he doesnt overdo it, but your entitled to your opinion. Marco's playing more tasty coz he draws influence from Timmons, i can hear exact Timmons licks in his playing. However, they are different, i like apples as much as i like oranges but that's just me ;)

  • yeah, you're a retard...

  • sweet!

  • super player but every tune on the album has someone elses stamp on it. satriani, beck and di meola for example. Very hard to create your own style.

  • You forgot the Petrucci and Guthrie Govan rip-offs, haha. But we still love Marco ;)

  • IMO even if it has some resemblance to other guitar players he is influenzed by I can still hear MARCO...you can feel it in his playing.. iam sure when he is playing he is not thinking "OK, now its time to play like satriani" :P lol...but YES we still love Marco ;)

  • Yeah i mean, it is still Marco's signature tone and playing

  • Hell no it isnt - the tone isnt nothing new. But absolutely admirable playing, yes :)

  • His tone does stand out from other players quite a bit, i mean, i could probably tell the difference, when hes hitting one of his harmonics or doing one of those melodic lead lines.

  • this is my favourite song from his album. His tone is so godlike!!!!! I could listen to it all day.

  • I dont like how this guy is totally not unique or innovative. Great composer and player though.

  • his new album is great

  • this guy is petrucci, timmons, romeo, and lane all together!!!

  • OMG!

  • Marco has stole the throne in my fav guitarists by light years!!!

  • His guitar reminds me a bit of my first custom, haha. What a FANTASTIC player. Top kudos to him and Andy Timmons and Guthrie Govan and co., keeping instrumental rock interesting and melodic!

  • I'm starting to have higher hopes on Marco than DT. Marco's work on Elements of Persuasion and on his solo album > past 2 DT albums. MY OPINION

  • i think he is now better than Petrucci himself, much more melodic...and he is only getting better

  • pffffffff... U dont know what are u talking about... He is absolutely fantastic

    Just listen, man ...

  • wow that was honestly truely incredible i love all of it. i listened to it several times its great! =D