Every teacher ever : "playing guitar requires a lot of theory and knowledge on how to play gracefully" John Petrucci : "haha guitar go wee woo"

Alternate title: John Petrucci of Dream Theater breaks down a Slayer solo

Does anybody know what type of beard he's using?

"Eheheheheh, that's fun." such an adorable guy

Imagine how fun it is to be this good

It's always surprising and fascinating how many hard core musicians could look like they're just gonna grab you and punch your face or even hearing their names makes you think they could just hit you with a guitar, but then you start to hear them talk off stage and realise they're some of the nicest most gentle guys.

1:57 - 2:06...that tone is breath-taking, and the articulation of the notes is so clean! Not fast playing there, but none the less, 9/10 guitarists would've allowed a buzz to occur when going from the B to the E and vice-versa, Petrucci has the whole muting thing down!

Step 3: Draw the rest of the fucking owl

I love that reverb isn't that popular on youtube but they still have the best content. keep up the good work!

Petrucci looks like a younger Santa Claus

I fucking broke a string fluttering like him at the start AAAGH

What a freaking beast this guy is

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can one tell me how I may purchase a MusicMan Beard?

Saw them perform scenes of a memory last year. One of the most amazing things I'd ever seen. His playing was unbelievable. Didn't know weither to practice more or quit!

Flick it to get the the cricket

I have a telecaster Why does i'm watching that video?

No matter how many signature models you get, your best guitar will always be that colorful Ibanez of yours you used in the 90's, so raw and powerful!If only you would go on tour with that, i would be so grateful!!

okay, what tuning is that beard in? is it an active or passive one?

1:58 is my favourite whammy bar application

he's trying to give a small lesson and all people talk about is his beard...

I don't even have a whammy bar

2:26 "So i always say, you know, with your whammy technique as far as vibrato, is that you wanna try to go for this smooth... thing..." At least he is beast at playing the guitar, instead of talking about it

I met Petrucci last month. Nice guy

I love the fact that he aknowledge the musicians he picked up these techniques from!

I personally love the Music Man bridge now more than the Floyd Rose. Both are great, but I love that I don't have to worry about the stupid locking nut and locking bridge. I can do all the tricks with the Music Man bridge and never go out of tune either. But, It's neat that they offer this for people who want a JP Model with Floyd though.

I play guitar. This man plays guitar. But we do not play the same instrument. I am always blown away by his technique. But it almost seems more like an athletic event than music to me.

His beard is hypnotic

My favourite black Santa-claus bearded guitarist.

So is the beard a part of his rig now?

2:04 That TONE 😍

1:57 transforming to Steve Vai

I saw Dream Theater play live a couple of years ago and they are just an incredible band live!

John is such a master and nice guy! The professor !

5 minutes of Whammy bar and not a single dimebag squeal??!! Did they all forget about it on youtube haha.

What he does at 5:25, is just the definition of "beyond of this multiverse". Period.

John Petrucci Drunk! ---> Speed 0.5

That lead tone is POWERFUL

he sounds very modest when he mention EVH and Satriani.. i respect these guitar legends including Petrucci.

I follow the guitarist Andy James on Instagram, and when someone recently asked him why he doesn’t use a whammy bar he said: “Whammy bars are for people who can’t bend and do vibrato properly” and I immediately thought of this video. 1st: that was an extremely cunt-y statement 😂 2nd: John is a god who completely proved that statement wrong.

he's hairier every time i see him

0:58...when you're waiting for your dial-up internet to connect

I fucking love when he does that first whammy trick in Under a Glass Moon 👌🏼

John Petrucci: Plays with Whammy bar and doesn't break a string Me: Plays with whammy bar Also me: Breaks a string.

The horse is literally every old school death metal solo

I just bought that exact beard at PARTY CITY $ 19.99

It's always nice to hear someone so well spoken and articulate. Steve Vai comes across very well spoken in interviews as well. There are others, but it's always nice. But I digress, lol

love doing that Satch trick

That whammy beard

Dudes insane! I personally like a fixed bridge but I gotta admit whammies are fun to mess with.

One of my favorite guitarist! 👍

Uploaded one week after stevie T's vid about whammy bar. Coincedence?? Lol..

Petrucci, Gandalf brother..

if you give him an afro wig he would look exactly like Reggie Watts.

Metal guitar god Dimebag brought whammy bar back into life

Teve q trocar a guitarra pq aquela não afina mais

Does anybody know what types of microphones they are using on his cab? They sound great

Wow! It's really cool to see John supporting smaller artists and jamming out to Polyphia for the intro!

I dont even use whammy bar and i am watching this awesome stuff. I wish i could be that kind of player in the future.

4:55 Wish he would give credit to Brad Gillis from Night Ranger for that warbley whammy trick. Gillis did that first in the solo on "Don't Tell Me You Love Me" in 1982.

You gotta flick it to get the cricket

Did Jesus just give us guitar instruction?

Everything he plays sounds awesome!

Props to the person who engineered the audio of this video. He (She) made John sounding way better than Richard Chycki.

He is such a good guitarist

I wonder why you guys aren't playing super bowl half time shows and winning grammys every year, Dream Theater is an amazing band

The first time I heard the flick trick was via Brad Gillis with Night Ranger, super cool and many don’t employ it.

The holdsworth thing was so dam sweet had to go back for another helping! John is the man ! 😎👍👍

A JP with a floyd? Sweet.

On tour, his beard has it's own trailer...

one of the things I loved and still love of his use of whammy bar is the slight hitting backwards to produce that dissonant sound, it sounds awesome, but....I think it shouldnt be done with a cheap floating bridge...I have an Ibanez 520ex with zero point floating trem, which a lot of people say that as non floyd floating bridges go is pretty good (although they could be refering to newer versions) but it lost precision and tightness after doing that trick for some time, and the bar wouldnt hold tightly in its place, it would be kind of loose. Now its all calibrated again, and I want to try it, but I lost my whammy bar :´(

Love reverb just joined yesterday!!! Legendary Tone!!!

The "Van Halen" technique is my favorite. It's sexy and melodic at the same time

"Certified guitar hero, composer" Well done Reverb haha

I want two things from this guy: his guitar skill and his beard. Both are so majestic

This intro sounds like me trying to play any dream theater solo that isn't meant to sound like you're using the whammy.

0:26 "Certified Guitar Hero" LOL

dem tonez doe

I love how he references Eddie Van Halen because he is what made me get a Floyd Rose trem system with a Wolfgang standard

Love the man. He is a great guitarist, and a great man too, very down to earth. His music man guitars are one of my dream guitars. Hopefully one day i would get it if my fate allows!

"Certified guitar hero" 😜 Cool description.

0:10 every polyphia’s song

3:05: "If you don't do that, you're just going to have One Direction" - shots fired.

Man, that guitar is so killer and the sound too

How the fuck is it possible that his guitar stays in tune?? :D

Too bad I only have an Ibanez Gio. lol

The whammy bar is like a built in theramin to the guitar. Precision is key in the play.

Epic playing and somehow (I didn't think it was possible) even more epic beard. Petrucci is the man.

Do you think you could do all this with a bigsby?

Didn't know young Dumbledore could play

Massive tone!

Beautiful Sound with whammy bar Schnazertrucci...!!

which came first the beard or the hair. idk (

Petrucci's tone used to be amazing back in the day

Now I better understand whammy bar's purpose! Thanks for the video!

This guitar is so beautiful. :-)

is the part at 1:57 a song? or just him messing around?

Damn this beard :o How long does it takes to have one like that

Holy crap did you guys hear the octave overtone that is nit pinch harmonic at 2:45 ? It comes in a second after he attacks the note and does the vibrato... Man The combination of everything he uses gearwise is nirvana to produce this. Plus the hands of Gandalf the black? Lol

That guitar just looks amazing!