John Petrucci Throwback Thursday From the MI Vault 8/30/1998 

Ibanez days, Triaxis days, Rock Discipline practice, simply 90s JP's Era - Pure gold. I know I'm nostalgic, but this is the JP that inspired to play and practice the guitar.

To my mind, this is John Petrucci in his prime. Not this particular gig, but that era... Still love him, but I think his star was shining brightest between 1992 and 1999.

I'm sitting up front, This was a Sunday. wow time flies. .

I miss the old Ibanez days so much......

An hour and twenty minutes of Petrucci at his prime that I've somehow managed to never see? YAUCE PLEASE.

Paradigm Shift - 02:11 Purple Rain - 20:00 Universal Mind - 42:55 State Of Grace - 57:45 Necronomicon OST - 1:17:50 You're welcome.

Those were the best of times.

I miss THIS Petrucci...

That Ibanez is awesome! I'm sure the Music Man is a fine guitar, but his signature Ibanez were just untouchable!

John is my all time favorite guitar hero, especially this period. He was so cool, chill, upstanding and funny, you just couldn’t help being inspired.

Back when John Petrucci was....*"John Petrucci!!"*

Good old times ain't never coming back...been nearly 20 years

Wow. I’ve been a guitarist and metal head for 20ish years but never really gave JP / Dream theater more than a cursory listen. This recording was incredibly enjoyable. I love the conversational tone he talks to the audience with.

I'm not a huge prog fan but gotta hand it to him for reinventing the harmonic intervals from somewhat typical and common placements into interesting soundscapes never yet assembled in the era leading into our post modern present day take on music. boss

He was a beast indeed.. but i can clearly see a big difference between then and now .His live performances now are better than ever.

Wow!! I was at this guitar Clinic this was the moment and day my commitment to guitar playing changed to practice every day .

I love watching a great guitarist who then says “yeah, I built this riff from an EVH lick”

That luscious chorus......just floats between the ears...🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Now ......that is my favorite player. Petrucci in his PRIME ..... best player ever ¡¡¡¡¡

If your not already, you have GOT to hear this on HEADPHONES!!! Holy God!!!! At about 37:35 he switches on this AMAZING stereo delay that is just SO . . . . just WOW!!

this was awesome to watch. thanks for sharing

I like the last note John played with the wah at the very end of this video:“WAAAAUW”! 👌🏻

Such a musician. Thanks for sharing.

Amazing!!! Thanks so much. Miss the Ibanez days.

perfect ! my idol musicians in The word ... Very Nice .. good

Saw him in Tampa for images and words tour. Excellent. Saw him solo at a G3 show here in Orlando. Blew my mind

How nice to hear a tribute to Prince. Surely one of the greatest examples and inspirations to musicianship that the rock world has ever given to the instutution of music.

The absolute technical mastery coupled with tone and musicality of John Petrucci has left me totally inspired to work harder at my own playing.

I remember going to the library at mi to watch this video almost weekly. Master of the instrument

This gonna be my favourite video for months to come

Very best sound of JP... I want to be there

As for him not "fading" like many others have, this is no surprise. He's a consummate musician and from day one, he has always prefaced anything that's instructive with the need and importance of warming up exercises, and he is no doubt, a very disciplined player. I also understand the different opinions about him being better back then than he is now, because of his style or guitar choices. But I don't see it that way, I believe he's just evolving with the times and his age so that his music and playing won't become stagnant. In addition to that, he's still the main song writer, lyricist and producer for the band. Liquid Tension, G3, he's a workhorse for sure. As well, if he was exactly today as he was back then, there would be those saying that he's not "keeping up with the times" or that he's "stuck in the past". Besides, its not ours to question the "creator".

Just amazing....I'm happy to be able to watch the entire thing from the Musicians Institute. Btw...this is by far the best ever cover of Purple Rain. Also, for those interested, you can find him doing the Comfortably Numb with Queensryche....he does the second solo....BUT when you hear the first sound from his guitar you know God is playing....anyway, there are many amazing guitar players around the world, and I want to pay tribute to all of them for making the world better with their music, but for me John is No One.

this was Petrucci when he still in human form

Great player....perfect !!

John you make it look so easy but youur smoothness is non nervous

YOU ARE A GREAT GUITAR PLAYER BRO.... I HAD A FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR NAMED JAZZ AND HE WAS JUST AS TALENTED LIKE YOU AND ... YOU REMINDED ME OF HIM.... GID BLESS YOU BOTH.

Genius. Awesome!

1998 seemed so modern at the time!

One thing I miss about modern Petrucci is the jazzy, almost fusion-esque style to his playing. He's still capable of it, of course, but there's been a definite stylistic shift towards a more metal sound. Again, it's not a matter of something turning off and another thing turning on, merely that he plays (at least in public) less of the almost jazzy stuff he used to sometimes pull out. But all that said and done, Petrucci has nothing to prove to the likes of me. I could pick dozens of incredible pieces of playing and composition from every single year of that man's creative life that are show-stoppers - he's an incredible player and has a fantastic ear (and discipline) for melody. One only has to listen to the dramatic, almost orchestral lines in his outro solo to "Pale Blue Dot", or the solo in "The Best of All Times", or ........... holy shit ........ 1:01:56 ........that amazing improvised variation on the album with that beautiful bend!

The old good Petrucci sound on Ibanez

Amazing

For me the early 90s up to this represent my favorite era for both JP and DT. Perhaps they've only gotten better as some would argue and I won't disagree but this era is my personal favorite.

john p., please play your ibanez guitars again... :-)

what a freaking fucking great song from 20:00 to 29:00.... John is John and anyone else is just an imitation :P

Gold

I have that model JPM100-P2. My favorite ERA of Petrucci.

JP is the master of guitars all of time..

I miss so much those ibanez old days.....

master class petrucci sir

JP I buy you a Triaxis and a JPM, but please bring back this tone

This sounded good! Big ups foo

Its amazing just watching him keep hitting the pickup toggle every 2 seconds and never miss a beat. Its such a fluid action. Sometimes hes hitting it for no reason (making sure?) or missing the right position other times which is interesting. More a gear problem than anything. Wonder what exactly hes done to fix that since.

these guys are all drooling!

27:30 - 28:00 Absolute amazing. Tireless!

Creo que la fanatica se divide en dos secciones, la de antes del 2000 y la despues de, sin duda alguna albums como WDADU, IAW, o Awake, tienes toda la dscencia y calidad composicional de Jhon en su maximp esplendor, lo que viene despue tiene una elaboracion mas compleja pero no le llega a los talones a esta era, esta era lo es todo, el tono, los solos, la improvisacion es mas rica a mi parecer, JP todo su esplendor 😎

haha purple rain! love John Petrucci

I have seen many of my favourite 80s-90s guitarists taking a toll over the years...Top on the list would be George Lynch (who occasionally sounds like he can't play anything anymore), Kirk Hammett (who has been degenerating for a few years now)..even the almighty Yngwie started fading and becoming sloppy, his phrasing is out of the window. However, John Petrucci has stayed professional throughout. I know many might love his old "honk" Triaxis sound a bit more, (personally as a Triaxis enthusiast I do as well, but his modern JP2C+ is also a dream rig), but no one can say that John "faded" over the years. His technique is still up there and spot on.... Its just that he couldn't get any better because he was in God mode since the 90s anyway...Another one that doesn't seem to fade at all is Steve Vai.....And MAB.

John Petrucci with Ibanez shows a really magical arsenal!

MARIO LOPEZ THANKS FOR HELPING THE RAZA... DIOS TE BENDIGA.... MUCHACHO....

The Best Petrucci

King guitar petrucci

Like that soft melody sound it’s in a realm of its own great landings on a hard drive of diversity

Damn😮

for god's sake guys purple rain was by prince not Andy timmons

Best

Love the white socks.

Nice knees.

Which piece of gear does he use to control the temperature of the sun?

💙

John Petrucci + Ibanez = Som Master.

Its funny when he talks he is in gear 0 ...so chill and zen.. and paradigm shifts to gear 7 to take you for a ride! The human sports car here fellows!

Damn that purple rain is SWEET

The Moooooooooooonster!

07:50 the best solo!

I loved the Ibanez JPM stuff way more than the the new stuff. I owned one of each...Ive owned five or six JPM MM series but the MM stuff to me was better

Reading the comments... Lot of nostalgia for THIS john petrucci. Unfortunately, i have to agree. In the '90s he was absolutely unique and his riffs, tone, playing... and guitar (!) were so beautiful. Seems to me he's somebody else now. Those were the days. Thanks John for a decade of fantastic music.

JPM 🤘🏻

i also miss the ibanez days, he was just better imo, his tone was better sounding as well

Brasil 🤘

I'm in the crowd..;-)

How did he set up his delay during purple rain? Appreciate some advice ;)

Was I the only one that thought Count of Tuscany when he demonstrated the one note different scales thing?

Cool time...

intellegent muscian.

28:30 - 28:40...holy f***! Other guitar players likely will find this particular excerpt particularly impressive, alternate picking-wise.

Anyone knows jp delay settings on this era the ping pong delay ??

PRINCE....

Are you ever going to do a clinic/ Orlando FL/ 2022? That would be great

JP Signature Acoustic Ibanez?!?! That'd have been cool.

Wow... I miss this Petrucci and this tone.

It's cool how many people name check Steve Morse... King Edward is obvious, but only guitar players know Steve. First time I took my wife to see Steve she asked, "why it this guy now a household name?"

paradigm shift

Hello. Which power amp he named where he speak about gear?

Can anyone tab Purple rain?

i saw a few mistakes , this must have been just before he became a robot and never missed a note :)

Wow, first time I've heard Petrucci covering Andy Timmons. Definitely both heroes of mine.

48:06 o mizeravi até errando é bonito

whats the name of the song JP plays from around 20th min to 29th minute?

Is is Purple Rain?? Beautiful