| REVIEWER | RATING & REVIEW |
 | mike955 (1)
07/06/2008 | amazing gutarist--you can tell a great gutarist by how clean and cut each note and arpeggiated sweep is played sting skipping etc> he could very well be a studio musician ( who are the actuall great gutarists who never signed with a band)
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 | danny87 (0)
06/30/2008 | he is amazing. my hero
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 | linemanrt60 (1)
06/24/2008 | I can't give him a five only because I don't think he's "the" best...maybe in the top 10 (in modern music).
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 | kinger75002 (0)
06/20/2008 | Good as Jazz Rock guitarist, not great though.
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 | haglnuts (0)
06/18/2008 | John Petrucci is the greatest, most versatile player alive. He rocks, he grooves. He just does it for me!
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 | DynaSword11252 (26)
05/30/2008 | Yawns--------I have a cd by him, and frankly, he puts me to sleep, just not impressed, want a better album that really rocks? Buy Al Estrada's "Riffage"
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| rayman122 (1)
05/12/2008 | hes not that good
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| Maxima (0)
04/15/2008 | He's the greatest guitarist i've ever hear and saw him played.....
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 | alduz (0)
04/08/2008 | he's really good
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| Limpin' Trenchfoot (16)
03/28/2008 | There was a time - 1977 onwards - when prog, along with disco, was a much despised genre but for some inexplicable reason it doesnt currently generate the same level of hatred. It should. Sure, the DT musos are all virtuosic but listen to the music and I think, 'yeah but so feckin what' . Most of their songs go on for about 10 mins but take about 8 1/2 to get going, while the singer warbles over a meandering stop-start backing. Petrucci can shred as good as Vai and Malmsteen (a backhanded compliment in my books) but it doesnt stop my eyes glazing over and sending me to sleep. I give him a generous 3 for having a command of technique and speed.
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| jClutch (0)
03/14/2008 | He is amazing, and the music is timeless and brilliant. For those who say he is just playing for sport, try listening to the music for a change.
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| ShredderfromHell (0)
03/13/2008 | ...JP...doesn't impress me at all...
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| Snakepit22 (0)
03/12/2008 |  First of all, you try to double Jordan Rudess' keyboard parts. Second, if soul means bending the same three notes over and over in an A minor key, then I suppose John doesn't have any, but if it means having the ability to convey any idea or concept or emotion with your instrument, John Petrucci has more soul than any guitarist I've heard of. John is able to technically do things that that fit perfectly into whatever any other member of the band is trying to do, thus giving Dream Theater more range than your standard group. Their songs range from pure metal darkness (Dark Eternal Night), to socially conscious (The Great Debate), to introspective and personal (Glass Prison). So called, "soul" players, great as they are, don't typically have the tools necessary to cover that sort of range of topics. John can play whatever he wants and whatever the band wants. Just because he doesn't wear a top hat and play outside the church (love that bit) doesn't mean he doesn't have soul. His playing just doesn't speak so directly to everyone. He left that to Slash. His playing speaks directly to me however, and I say he is Numero Uno.
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 | Humorbot (21)
02/22/2008 | I don't think Prog is supposed to be soulful (if it is, that's worrying...) but that doesn't mean it's bad. Besides the quality of the genre doesn't affect the talent of the guitarist. So my five remains a five regardless. Technically I don't know very much about Guitars or Guitarists, but Pie assures me he's good.
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 | ILikePie (49)
02/22/2008 | I think John Petrucci is one of the best guitarists in the world. Easily in my top 10.
So basically, what Gregg is saying, is that unless you are some brainless punk fool who looks like he is constipated whilst playing his power chords you do not put emotion into your music. Just because it is extremely fast does not mean there is no passion. What do you think takes more passion and love? Mindlessly chugging away at power chords whilst blaring out idiotic "politically outrageous" lyrics, or the years taken learning the scales, arpeggios and complex chord patterns, and the hours of care taken to write each intricate part of a magnificent and grandiose solo? Listen to 'Glasgow Kiss', you might learn something.
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 | GreggOrange (17)
02/22/2008 | Dream Theater sucks! I can't understand why in the hell they have so many people fooled into thinking they are so great. Boring! Soulless whitebread progressive rock slop with all of the rough edges sanded off to the point where they sound like a bunch of sterile studio musicians trying to outdo each other with their knowledge of scales, modes, etc. Petrucci is completely soulless in his approach and I find this entire band thoroughly unlistenable! I HAVE SPOKEN! You are dismissed!
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 | elint (0)
02/06/2008 | by far the greatest metal guitarist!
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 | XAgent (28)
12/21/2007 | Some of the best work I've heard. Now if only Hatter would give me my cd back.
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 | Mad Hatter (37)
12/21/2007 | Numbah introduced me to the group he is with, Dream Theater. He is really kick ass guitarist! I have been stuck on the "Systematic Chaos" album that XAgent let me borrow. (Good Luck on getting that out of my CD player, X)
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| chris0122 (0)
12/03/2007 | Dream Theater guitarist. simply great. Good style strong technique.
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 | numbah16tdhaha (147)
11/05/2007 | Mmm, Dream Theater...
Yeah, I've been listening to Images and Words too much again...
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