Whammy Bar Tricks with John Petrucci of Dream Theater | Reverb Interview 

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

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

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

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

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

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

he's hairier every time i see him

Petrucci looks like a younger Santa Claus

Step 3: Draw the rest of the fucking owl

Imagine how fun it is to be this good

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

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!

Flick it to get the the cricket

I don't even have a whammy bar

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

john petrucci from zztop

What a freaking beast this guy is

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.

Did Jesus just give us guitar instruction?

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.

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

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

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

I just bought that exact beard at PARTY CITY $ 19.99

1:58 is my favourite whammy bar application

My favourite black Santa-claus bearded guitarist.

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!

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.

His beard is hypnotic

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 Petrucci Drunk! ---> Speed 0.5

So is the beard a part of his rig now?

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

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

I met Petrucci last month. Nice guy

That whammy beard

Teve q trocar a guitarra pq aquela não afina mais

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.

Petrucci, Gandalf brother..

love doing that Satch trick

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.

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

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

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

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

polyphia haha

Metal guitar god Dimebag brought whammy bar back into life

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

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 :´(

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

Too bad I only have an Ibanez Gio. lol

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

Italo-american jesus..

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

2:04 That TONE 😍

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

A JP with a floyd? Sweet.

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

he finally got rid of that guitar with the black band that he wanted to look like a sportive car... this newer versions are way more elegant

"Certified guitar hero" 😜 Cool description.

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

You gotta flick it to get the cricket

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

"Certified guitar hero, composer" Well done Reverb haha

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.

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

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

The horse is literally every old school death metal solo

Loving the Dunlop: John Petrucci Guitar picks. Best guitar-pick I have ever used. I can't be without them so I bought 10 packs. Nice info here. oNe LovE from NYC

That lead tone is POWERFUL

Brilliant tricks!

0:10 every polyphia’s song

Always Van Halen... the beginning of everything..

which came first the beard or the hair. idk (

00:17 "Hear that boy? Thats right, magic."

0:26 "Certified Guitar Hero" LOL

He’s 48, one month from 49, in this video!! Okay, I was skeptical at first, but… eternal youth? proof of wizardry mounting…

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

Allan Holdsworth is great but you can't go wrong by listening to Steve Vai play the use of slurr notes with whammy bar , also playing with feel.

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

Interesting, Steve Hackett does that thing of "hitting the whammy" too :)

He is such a good guitarist

Even the little trick when I *does everything mentioned in video* Yeah a bit more floaty...

No se donde termina la barba y empieza la remera.

John is like: Yeah I can do anyone you like, you name it, Satch, Van Halen, Vai, Yngwie, piece of cake.

IF YOU WANT A REALLY GOOD WHAMMY BAR TRICK YOU SHOULD HAVE STEVE VAI OR JOE SATRIANI

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

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

Now I know where Stevie t got his tricks. Kirk Hammett and this video

Didn't know young Dumbledore could play

The lick at 1:57 sounds like a part straight from the Air Combat (Ace Combat) from PlayStation 1 OST. I wanna say it was similar to the night mission track iirc.

dem tonez doe

there is forgoten about whammy. John did not do "Greg Howe-Whammy". Maybe some people know about Greg Howe who did that remark technique. doing a whammy without using handle or bending technique, but doing slide left and right frequently.

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

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

I don't think the zztop look is working for petrucci. Maybe if that beard was white and he was wearing a pointy hat then he'd be reflecting the guitar wizard that he is.

John petrucci playing a 6 string in 2016? hm..

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