Talk:John Petrucci

message: I think a photo of his signature is fitting for a player of his calibre. Does anybody know a source that can be used?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.205.149.204 (talk) 15:34, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Signature?

message: I just added the line "as well as the band's main lyricist", since Petrucci's writings form the bulk of Dream Theater's lyrics.
This seems a bit overstated.  Petrucci has contributed a lot more lately, but I would credit Portnoy with writing a great deal as well.  Since KevMo's departure I'd say Portnoy & Petrucci split songwriting roughly half & half. ShaneCarey 18:31, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Lyrical contributions to Dream Theater

message: On the JP's official website, this foto is said to be from G3 tour, so isn't it rather from 2001 or 2005 ?
I deleted the image at the request of the copyright holder, who says he never released it under the GFDL. Please do not claim licenses to images for which we have none. ⟳ausa کui × 14:56, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo

message: I can't seem to recall his playing flamenco style, he may have done it but I think it's too much to say it in the very introduction...
I believe the Reference may be to the break @ 7:00 in "Another Dimension" from Liquid Tension Experiment 2........  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.137.119.204 (talk) 23:59, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flamenco 

message: The last Dream Theather CD with Derek Sherinian was Once In A LIVEtime...and...I'm looking for the template used at the bottom of the page for Dream Theater if you can help for other artists - very nice page, well done!  Tvccs 18:13, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correction and Assistance? 

message: Does somebody know if "Lost Without You" is just a John Petrucci song, or a Dream Theater song also? --Λeternus 19:44, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's on his solo album Suspended Animation, so it's his. --Dayn 03:11, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, but i have a Dream Theater version of the song also, where keyboards are used (in Suspended Animation there are no keyboards used). So, who released it first? From the sound (quality) of the song, it seems that Dream Theater's version is an older one. So, what do you think? --Λeternus 18:39, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Dream Theater version? On CD, or from filesharing? Can't see it from any of Dream Theater's discography, so perhaps they played a live version of it...--Dayn 00:12, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe, but the sound of the audience isn't noticed... --Λeternus 16:20, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not a Dream Theater song, Petrucci played this song with Jordan Rudess on their "An evening with Jordan Rudess and John Petrucci", and I think it might have also been played with Liquid Tension Experiment but I'm not 100% sure on that one.  --Ar73m 13:11, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Awesome, that would explain it! Although the tracklisting doesn't have it. Nah, it wouldn't be Liquid Tension Experiment, they broke up six years before Petrucci's Suspended Animation. --Dayn 13:28, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Lost Without You

message: From Dream Theater's new promo foto (:Image:DT2007.jpg), it looks like Petrucci has grown his hair. Another fact can be tracked from G3's new poster, where John is clearly seen with long hair. Can somebody confirm this? Oh my God, is this another Metropolis part 2 era? --ΛэтєяиuS 21:24, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Confirmed. --ΛэтєяиuS 11:17, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hair 

message: Willy1234x1 20:16, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Steve Vai wasn't an early influence, but however, needing more of a technical challenge, John's fingers demanded adapting the hammering speed & melodic style of players such as the Steves (Steve Morse & Steve Vai), the Als (Allan Holdsworth & Al DiMeola), Mike Stern, Joe Satriani, Neal Schon & Eddie Van Halen. See www.johnpetrucci.com/bio.html. --ΛэтєяиuS 21:49, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biography errors 

message: It says on other Wikis, both the Italian one and the German one, and it has been doing so for long time. --83.108.42.40 20:27, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The middle name must be removed, because there is no reference. It doesn't matter if other Wikis say that, they don't have references neither. --ΛэтєяиuS 20:16, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: According to his official biography , his middle name is actually 'Peter' (see the start of the 2nd paragraph). I'm not sure how to actually add this to the article while citing properly. 99.235.231.10 (talk) 16:53, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. --ΛэтєяиuS (talk) 20:04, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Middle Name 'Peter' 

message: This article was automatically  assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 17:50, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: The equipment shown on this section appears to be what was used during the Train Of Thought tour.  I think it should be brought up to date using this information http://www.johnpetrucci.com/gear.htm.
I should also point out that the MIDI footcontroller used during the ToT tour wasn't custom built for him.  It was in fact a Skrydstrup R&D SC1 with a XT Extension http://www.skrydstrup.com/pages/products/midi_controllers/index.html.  On the Bukokan DVD he said it was made my someone in Denmark, but that was because if you look on the main page http://www.skrydstrup.com/ it mentions that all the controllers are hand made by the owner Steen Skrydstrup.  hence the misconception.  This was replaced with the Axess Electronics FX1 (with FX1 expansion) later. --Repner1 (talk) 18:06, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm. I'm not convinced that we really should have such a detailed description of his equipment at Wikipedia. Currently the "equipment" section makes up a very big portion of the article but I don't think it's quite that relevant. We shouldn't list every single piece of gear he has used over the years. --KFP (talk | contribs) 19:36, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree with you...it should be greatly cut down, or out altogether. Carl.bunderson (talk) 08:06, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

text:  Done. Carl.bunderson (talk) 20:41, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: That's a good idea.  Better no info, than info that's taken from an earlier tour. Repner1 (talk) 00:31, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

text: It has been removed because Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. --Λeternus (talk) 09:14, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Equipment section out of date 

message: Recently, user:OmegaXmutantX added :Category:American heavy metal singers and :Category:American male singers here and on Mike Portnoy's article. Can Petrucci and Portnoy be considered as singers only by providing some backing vocals? --ProgressiveAeternus (talk) 16:24, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Singer? 

message: I don't know how to edit wiki very efficiently, but it is verifiable (at least partially) that JP's influences have been mentioned during the course of his instructional video, Rock Discipline.  I'm not certain of the verbatim content on the video, but he admits that his list of influences is almost entirely comprised of "Als and Steves."  He then mentions Allan Holdsworth, Al DiMeola, Steve Vai and Steve Morse specifically.
If anyone who knows how to do this stuff well is willing to add it as a cite, we can eke away at the flag at the top for lack of verifiable references.  I hate when pages that don't have much wrong with them are flagged at the top.  Especially when it's for someone who isn't exactly surrounded by controversy.  Simply, he's a delightful songwriter, and an athlete on the guitar.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.93.144.18 (talk) 23:35, 13 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Influences reference/citation 

message: Why does this article have an entire list of Petrucci's equipment (that is also very hard to read)? Someone who has interest in this should move it to the "Black Clouds and Silver Linings" article and re-format it.fdsTalk 00:00, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Equipment list relevance?

message: this opinion that dave mustaine is the number 1 metal guitarist by joel mcIver  is ridiculous.. obviously this is a subjective opinion but to hear something so ridiculous as this has to be rectified..i am not suggesting who is the best player..if i had read vai petrucci gilbert etc i would not have said any thing but dave mustaine as number 1 metal guitarist should b kept to joel mcIvers' book and should not be in wikipedia..i am honestly sitting here in shock reading this after looking up john pettruci on an another matter..megadeath fans will no doubt disagree with me..but put JP and mustaine next to each other playing..honestly is this a joke??  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cam01235 (talk • contribs) 11:20, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  dave mustaine number 1 metal guitarist? this has to be a joke surely? 

message: Do we really need the empty Guitar Rig & Signal Flow section under the "Musical style" header? It seems to me that it is irrelevant since there is an exhaustive Guitar Rig section right after. Permafrost46 (talk) 17:56, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Guitar Rig & Signal Flow 

message: is that song called Glasgow kiss? and if so, why? was expecting him to be from Scotland or related at least, but he's not.. so... why the name? cheers :)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.253.99.176 (talk) 12:26, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Glasgow kiss 

message: The lead in its current edition needs a major cleanup. Do we really need to list every magazine and every award he's received? It reads like a fan letter rather than an encyclopaedia entry. If no-one offers, I'll have to do it myself, but I'm torn on what to keep or zap in terms of all that magazine stuff. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 14:49, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: we could create a separate section for the second and third paragraphs (something like "Reception", "Accolades", "Legacy", idk) and just leave a sentence like "Petrucci has been lauded by some as one of the best guitarists of his generation" or something like that at the lead. Victor Lopes Fala!•C 18:23, 3 September 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: That's the way. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 19:56, 5 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crufty lead