John Petrucci on Crying at Concerts, Perfect Guitar Tone, and His Secret 8-String

Today’s guitar villain is John Petrucci. A legendary riff-writer, almighty shred-lord, dedicated gym-rat. purveyor of fine bourbon, and all-around nice guy, this bearded phenom who some believe to be a wizard or even God himself is here to spill his guitar secrets. John has recently dropped on us his second solo album entitled Terminal Velocity, which we’ll dive deep inside. I’ll also be challenging the prog prince in ways he’s never been challenged before, and I am honored to have him as the inaugural guest of the very first episode of Guitar Villains.

Intro and John Petrucci's supervillain alter-ego: 00:00
Burning Questions: 9:10
Name Those Notes: 18:20
John's new album, Terminal Velocity: 33:34
John's craziest G3 story and reuniting with Mike Portnoy: 47:25
The evolution of John's guitar tone and his secret 8-string signature guitar: 55:35
John's favorite airplane album: 1:03:10
John's dream band: 1:04:23
1:05:40: John's supervillain advice

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