Metal Guitarist Reacts to John Petrucci

[@NikNocturnal]

*Smash like for Prog Metal Jesus*

[@olivertaylor5287]

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[@kirehj_sm]

Prog Metal Gsus

[@Ryo7_7]

Excite prog to the 3rd power 🔥🔥🔥

[@dougcronkhite2113]

His economy of motion is untouchable.

[@Bellathor]

You mean Guthrie Govan? :D

[@viel.anthony]

I'd just like to remind everyone that Under A Glass Moon is 30 years old and the guy has kept practicing every since. We're all doomed.

[@MrGrimm-eo5lc]

He's planning to ascend to godhood, when he already is a god.

[@weefek]

and long before. Guitar Jesus John Petrucci will be the first human to ascend.

[@weefek]

somebody, someday, will reach guitar Jesus levels, but probably not anytime soon.

[@shadowraze97]

that's real dedication (bow)

[@MikJames-d1g]

Lots of people can play like Petrucci now. Michael Angelo Batio launched this style of playing and Petrucci was part of the second wave, along with Rustey Cooley, Paul Gilbert, Russ Parish. They can all play like that, and so can 100's of thousands of kids who learned from them. There have been much more technically impressive guitarists since, like Shawn Lane and even crazier guitarists have arisen since.

[@ZackAttack1798]

That Under a Glass Moon solo is literally one of my favorite guitar solos ever.

[@andrewpappas9311]

Same, I love that solo

[@PeteOliva]

Yeah it's like two albums into the career he's like "Okay, I'm just going to apply for guitar legend status now, is it okay if I turn this in early guys?"

[@Ravelle17]

yup

[@ANunes06]

14 year old me: This song is boring. 34 year old me: HOW IS HE DOING ANY OF THIS!?

[@reactions4u438]

its like he sat there and decided to use every technique he could, it really is a spectacular solo

[@karthikmylavarapu3289]

“It’s jazz. Not wrong notes” - nik 😂😂

[@NikNocturnal]

TRUE

[@W0B0N]

Jazz is good. 🎶

[@paulgiovanni1136]

it def wasn't wrong notes lol

[@fabioriato]

"There are no wrong notes" (Wooten, Victor)

[@jamesflaherty1236]

Looks like I'm a rhythm guitarist from now on😂

[@NikNocturnal]

Me too

[@erikheathnat3212]

But his rhythms are godlike too.

[@jamesflaherty1236]

@@erikheathnat3212 We're doomed then😂

[@erikheathnat3212]

@@jamesflaherty1236 Yes we are.

[@gergoretvari6373]

*already cries in rhythm*

[@Behemoth882369]

Yeah, Mr. Petrucci is just his own breed. He makes everything look so effortless. "I'm going to play a pentatonic scale, and then turn it into a 7th dimension slide to the 10th power chord with alien sounds."

[@wildwayz]

I love JP - but for effortless.... Rick Graham - that guy uses minimal finger movements to legato all over the place!

[@weefek]

I still see no refutation in this

[@nicholaseikelberry8009]

His solo stuff is sooo freaking good. No lyrics needed because he sings with the guitar. He's one of a kind.

[@amithpandit4043]

Hear his solo on Liquid Evolution, from the new LTE3 album. He doesn’t shred here, but the solo is pure eargasm.

[@daviduliasz2437]

Love Dream Theater. I saw them live several years ago for an anniversary tour and the one thing that stuck out more than anything was how absolutely effortless John Petrucci makes the most complicated stuff look.

[@JaredPoirier]

Great live band

[@ike7310]

anniversary tour for Awake right? saw them in vancouver, ill never forget.

[@JaredPoirier]

@@ike7310 actually I saw them open for Iron Maiden

[@porfiriodev]

I'm a huge fan from brazil, and i've never been able to see them live. Fortunately they will come to my city on September 2, aka my birthday, on rock in rio! And yes, i'm excited AF for this

[@Retsea]

The Glass Prison is one of my favorites from DT. So heavy, literally riff heaven. Arpeggio heaven too.

[@andras.89]

Agree

[@jacksonkauflin8024]

I have never agreed with a comment more

[@elBanananas]

Not heaven for the one playing it, I can assure you that.

[@Rhamirezz85]

Oh yes! That was first ever song I heard from Dream Theater and probably only one I like XD John is an awesome player but the vocals... As a whole Dream Theater is not as good as individuals that make it, which is rare

[@andrewpappas9311]

Yeah, such a killer song

[@roFloFlo]

Usually I'm not a fan of many pauses in a video but when it comes to JP you definitely need to do that so you can take in at least a fraction of his awesomeness

[@midfinn]

My guitar looking at me while saying: "I've never been touched like that. Must be nice"

[@darksu6947]

Sounds like my ex-wife

[@PowerfulWarbird]

The transpose feature on the Archetype Petrucci is so much fun!

[@lvidal91]

Can't be the beard Nik. The man was this good when smooth-faced back in the day

[@konishi6413]

The hollow years solo, specifically from live at budokan, is prob my fav of his. It's got that slow and smooth. The shred. So clean. Back when he was goatee jp vice super beard jp

[@CthulhuToo]

I refuse to believe that Nik hadn't heard Under a Glass Moon until now.

[@devarmont87]

Yeah what a wank. He talks absolute crap "Guitar weeps" ... lol never heard of chorus effects ? 😅

[@JVR10893]

There’s a difference between hearing it and seeing it.

[@thekramer1097]

2:32 That whole jam is just out of this world, specially the Govan part

[@FWDSUXARSE]

Petrucci is one of my favorite guitarists of all time.

[@skylarmccloud4080]

5:24 My guitar sprouted legs. Flipped me the bird. Kicked out my front door. Called me a hoe in a low Troll and left me.

[@mercho_music]

3:30 Petrucci had soul, and jazz And his tone by that times, OMG, I loved that tone.

[@darkodus]

I hear Petrucci's arpeggios are so clean they clean 99.9% of the bacteria

[@PeteOliva]

A very accurate demonstration of the emotions I go through whenever I try and learn a lead of his. He's just the living GOAT right now. Some may outshine him in this area or that here or there, but no one...NO ONE...in this life time is as consistently dropping jaws and delivering the goods as a riff writer AND as a lead guitarist currently working in the biz. He's just that good and he's absolutely earned his status as such. Plus, he's a humble and cool guy, too, which is just the icing on the cake.

[@ANunes06]

Left hand pinky: "I'm just here, hanging out." Right hand pinky: "I GOT THE TEAM ON MY BACK, DAWG!"

[@BeatSyncBytes]

Under the glass moon solo, both guitar and piano 🎹 parts just hooked me for days. I couldn’t believe the creativity

[@itsyourhypegirl8251]

Thanks for raiding the VB stream yesterday we appreciate you and your videos

[@scottstedeford7575]

JP is a true master. This video was a lot of fun to watch. Nice work!

[@matthewmanafie]

Dude, it's so great to watch your reactions and comments, from a guitar dude to another, yes I agree, fully to every word spoken out of your mouth. The biggest, HOW in guitar history my man! Also, ever since images and words, I already pinned my guitar to my wall and started studying...

[@despizedicon]

At the end was pretty funny. Great video NN.

[@weefek]

john is the god and all notes weeps for him and you need to bow down to the God

[@enchilada93]

The stuff he did on the live album "An Evening With John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess" will be some of my favorite playing from him and music in general. Such beauty and feeling in every note he plays. The song "Truth" off that album is a huge tear jerker aha

[@brockbaldridge7620]

Yes! Truth is so underrated and sad almost no one knows about it, his two solos on it are fantastic

[@Ehrmann_Gregsson]

Whenever I try to learn any DT song, I'm like "okay, okay, this is bearable, this is not awful..." And then comes the solo. And I'm just like "Nope, thank you, goodbye".

[@CrazyIrishmen7]

Yooo i was in Vincent Bennetts stream last night when you raided us, so cool of you man, I watch you both regularly and it was awesome to see. I hope you raid or at least come hang out on his stream again cause it's a fun time. He's been trying wicked hard to get partnered and hasn't been able to yet, so that raid meant a lot, love ya for it. For those that don't know, Vincent Bennett is the vocalist of The Acacia Strain, he's streamed on twitch for a little over 2 years now, he goes by VinnyBenny on twitch, if you're a fan of TAS, come on by, his community is great and we'd love to have you.

[@ZACKSONFIRE]

His pinky is essentially a tail, like how a cheetah relies on its tail when chasing prey at blazing fast speeds

[@LucasG160]

John is my hero

[@weefek]

"do a dream theater cover" "NO!" lmao

[@tavo9842]

You should try every solo on Petrucci’s Suspended Animation album.

[@jacobdionne4334]

A couple of those isolated tracks were from Constant Motion by Dream Theater. Such an awesome song.

[@Cuzjudd]

Too bad the album wasn't good

[@broncoxy]

Petrucc is just such a god... Definetly my #1 inspiration that made me ultimately pick up the electric guitar. Man, I love that dude...

[@rayfairfax4330]

And John Petrucci's mentor is Steve Morse. Every Dixie Dregs or Steve Morse Band show 1977 to 1990, the front row was guitarists standing slack jawed, eyes wide.

[@rewoundmusic2312]

No man can have the beard or the guitar skills of John Petrucci.

[@lucianoalves1878]

Then John Petrucci is a deity confirmed

[@riffheart]

6:43: This guy went to theory class made me laugh so hard😹😹

[@hangmansjoke666de]

Years ago i have seen JP live on stage. He was on a G3 tour with Vai and Satriani. Best guitar concert I've ever seen.

[@RainaTwentyTwelve]

*insert jealousy here*

[@skwissgaar_skwigelf_kdz3251]

My acustic guitar was sitting in the corner watching JP play and fell over, puked up a handfull of lost pics, two beer caps, and a picture of Billie Eilish wearing nothing but a sombrero and a ball gag, then hung itself from my cieling fan...the hummingbird on the picguard flew off and dround itself in the toilet shortly after.

[@jeffwombold9167]

🤣

[@timyarber9936]

Hahahahahaha! That was great

[@pastorofmuppets1968]

You should have known better. I dont let any of my guitars watch Petrucci videos for that very reason.

[@mr.fist3r703]

"When I play pentatonic it don't sound like that, it sounds like I'm pissing off everyone in guitar center"... I felt that in my soul

[@tgstk2]

have you heard him playing purple rain when he was in the nethterlands about 25 years ago when he and MP did this clinic tour? it's beyond awesome...

[@TheGrimravager]

Dude this video's gotten so many laughs out of me. Honestly this is peak quality

[@TheVermifuge]

The solo from "Repentance" is fun to play. So much soul to it

[@tonykuriger573]

*Looks over at my Majesty7* *Majesty7 looks back* "I'm sorry."

[@tomz4332]

"We've got a wrong owner" LOL

[@graysoul4432]

Among other reactions u do, u made this one a really hilarious reaction. Aside from the video content I had real fun listening to those sarcastic words nik. I smile, lmao the whole video alone in my bedroom tonight.

[@dibbel4367]

Can u ever do a video of your guitars ? I would love that 🤘🏻

[@A_Little_Piece_Of_Music]

I second this notion.

[@petey7187]

I actually ran into John Petrucinni at LA fitness gym once. He was doing bicep curls. I swear to god this is a real story.

[@tonykuriger573]

Was he *puts on glasses* shredding those gains?

[@guitearist]

I believe you. If you said Dino from Fear Factory...

[@petey7187]

@@guitearist LOL

[@OlettaLiano]

Cool video. Glad you interviewed with Tank so I could find out about you and your channel. 🤘

[@HemiSlant6828]

If John Petrucci went to a dragstrip, it would turn into a road course.

[@leddygee1896]

The gushing is stupendous... I don't blame you one bit!!😁

[@kolekcjonerpiekna]

John Petrucci Is magical guitarist.

[@amithpandit4043]

The ending section of This Dying Soul….I initially thought it was some studio trickery when I heard it. But when I saw the Live at Budokan video, my jaw just dropped. The synchronization between him and Jordan Rudess is godly. How in the world do you develop such high speed synchronization??

[@sourceeee]

Lmao I’m trying to learn the under a glass moon solo and it really makes me appreciate his style. I’m about 90% through, but that hammer-on/pull off tapping part is seriously insane. You need robot like timing to make all those notes ring evenly, and not slur, and have the arpeggios cleanly transition into it, AND it’s a hell of a stretch

[@4themusicman]

Please, Nik. I've been watching your videos for years. You can totally play any of these licks.

[@travismorgan3252]

Before there was KZbin, John Petrucci was the only guitarist I cared about. Images & Words taught me how to play guitar.

[@ch4singf3ar]

petrucci is a legend, in my opinion the best of all time!

[@curiouscatgeorge2736]

Honor thy father was the ever DT song I learned a 100% and would play like 15 times a day when I was 17. I don't listen much to DT these days but damn if JP isn't gonna be in my top 3 forever and ever. He's a master at his craft.

[@jeemtheater]

John Petrucci’s pinky is like a mob boss in a movie. It stays back until it’s absolutely needed. When it shows up, it’s over.

[@letsplayerofthemind8806]

everytime im like: "oh i can learn this song. even the solo isnt that difficult." and that part comes up and im like "ok nevermind"

[@andrewpappas9311]

Petrucci is pretty much metal Jesus, also his solo in that first video had definitely Floyd/David Gilmour vibes and it was quite nice

[@Vulcanwoman]

John Petrucci is the man.

[@KasbashPlays]

Dude played Glasgow Kiss with only a goatee and 90s slicked back hair on his head. Man's strength comes from that smile of his.

[@HeroS_DionysuS]

My guy seriously just flicked the harmonic and made it work. Pack it up boys.

[@Ryo7_7]

One of the best from Neural. 🤘🏽🔥

[@lolwut31]

Hollow Years solo live at Budokan is to this day my all time favorite guitar clip.

[@rtrooperw8115]

He is a true master. Period.

[@BiggestKornFan1993]

The dude inspecting JP's guitar was at the SweetWater plant as JP did a tour of the place!! He even said JP's guitars are not his style right in front of the legend

[@pierresauce8307]

6:05 Your commentary on that dude playing like his job depends on it was funny as

[@Dwendele]

I'm a drummer who's guitar sits in the corner looking at me with disdain.

[@garyofalltrades]

LMAO I lost it at “It blurred! He’s going too fast!”

[@vanillarpgsoundtracks]

I'm seeing Dream Theater July 21st for the third time. Can't wait. Gonna scream like a Beatles fan-girl.

[@W0B0N]

The "Zoom Zooms" and the "whhiiiuplpllpls"

[@NikNocturnal]

Exactly

[@TommyTadeo]

Please make this a series on different guitarists! Too funny

[@tattoonetten]

Bro your just as good.🤛💯

[@ericthemaestro]

Dude is that a majesty!? Nice one!

[@ericthemaestro]

steve vai > john petrucci tho :p

[@JeremiahHartmanPhotography]

As an epic beard owner i can vouch that much of my awesome power is derived from my beard. So the question of Petrucci's beard making him awesome has been Fact Checked and proven to be True. - Certified Beard Fact Checker

[@777-h6d]

Beards make for great photography? Right.... Cringe post.

[@blitzguitar]

Well done Nik. You're doing the lords work Spreading the message of our lord and savior John Petrucci.

[@natethezip]

Music Theory once went to a John Petrucci class

[@nickm.1552]

5:06 that moment you realize you forgot that 100 dollars your grandma gave you at her house

[@Psyggie]

You should check out "Key to the Imagination" from the new Liquid Tension Experiment album. May be some of JP's most badass stuff to date!

[@oscarflallerdahl]

5:06 my exact face when I saw the Under A Glass Moon solo video for the first time 😂

[@Jopeymessmusic]

"Oh my arm just cracked....and I'm going to kill you". Probably my favourite quote from a series petrucci did a while back. Psycho exercises i think they were called....

[@coltanious]

5:00 the funniest part of the video🤣🤣🤣🤣 love it bro 💯🔥🔥🔥

[@thomashalley7258]

The pinky brings out the speed.

[@Thebigwa]

Lol! Thank you for the laughs!

[@MatthewsTrueShow]

For John i literally did the "??????" At the exact same time. -Also- *spits drink everywhere* the firetruck memes

[@rajeshsunchildmadhav9740]

Honey, My brother Nik Nocturnal I love you for this .. He is my idol (lack for a better term/word) He is my musical father, the god and the deity I worship everyday and I am super proud about it. I feel accomplished living in this timeline where I'm super lucky to listen to this legend, this master My GOD John Petrucci ../\... as a guitar player, I really want to thank you for this video dear brother ../\.. ..A Glasgow Kiss from my family to yours brother .. cheers.

[@carlolorente5495]

A DREAM THEATER COVER!

[@ankit.joshi30]

The legend has it that Area 51 has bunch of JP guitar techniques

[@Majorkip]

Nik if you really want to keep going down the hole of listening to great guitar players outside of metal. Joe Satriani Steve Vai (more specifically the album sex and religion where 19yr old Devin Townsend is doing vocals) Jeff Beck, album: blow by blow. Amazing song after amazing song. Phil Chen one of the greatest bass players ever, who we lost back in December, is on the album too.

[@stasis_music]

O, new camera quality!

[@Rich2M316]

Dude, as someone who's been playing guitar for just one year, seeing your reactions to Prog Jesus has me concerned that I'm destined to only annoying guitar store owners with sloppy pentatonic licks, as it has me laughing

[@akashchakrabarty5708]

Please react to hybrid theory tanhayee. I saw these guys live once, they are fucking epic. They are really underrated but you gotta check them out man. Love from India 🇮🇳❤

[@Branded-at-Birth]

This is why I cry every time he plays a solo at a DT show 😭😂

[@ToborDixon]

Cannot stop laughing! Great video! So honest.

[@Aw_drew_it]

Smooth as silk.