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.
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.
With all the endorsements JP has, I'm sure he isn't spending a ton on his gear. He's been one of Boogie's main endorsers for 20 years now, so I'm sure they just send him stuff all the time.
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,
Oh definitely. He's not the sort of guy who'd compromise his tone just for the sake of a pretty endorsement. Bummer that they stopped making the Mark IVs though
I have no idea to be honest, I just read it on the Mesa website. Their whole thing is that the players endorse the products because they really think they're great amps, or something like that. Not like Marshall, who pay people so much even Zakk Wylde is saying that the MGs are good amps.
I think you are wrong. JP plays his solos perfectly, go to watch Dream Theater show and watch his body and face. yes, he is focused, but he doesn't need to struggle with anything
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
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....
can anybody help me?? the goddamn pedal board he have on the ground with his presets in it does it turn the pedals in the rack on and off?? i mean if i want to use a distorion+delay+flanger i just save it as a preset and when i call it back that goddamn shit turns them all on??
Mesa artists may not get everything for free, but I'm sure they get some stuff for free. Another thing, they get to try out prototypes on the road and all that, I'd call that a perk.
im not gonna answer you if you dont know how to talk like a civilized human that being said, thats right, its set up so that all the pedals are in individual loops, and he can switch those loops on and off. it does not actually turn the pedal on/off though. and he uses his amp distortion.
That lines in the sand tone is the biggest fucking tone I've ever heard. I can get a similar tone with my Mark IV setup with the Nova Delay, but the chorus doesn't sound as good as the 2290.
Nexts gear video that Petrucci is gona make im sure that hes gona purchase an R2D2 or mabye even call George Lucas to create something to help him with that monster rig !
Not as far as I can tell...sounds like he's just playing chords that sound similar to DT material (The one that sounded most similar to me was In The Name Of God, but not even)
