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

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  • Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
  • Do you feel uninspired by your whammy bar? Haven’t used it in a while? Well, certified guitar hero, shred master, and whammy expert John Petrucci stopped by the Reverb studio to give us an inside look at his technical and creative approach to the whammy bar.
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  • @glitchmobcouture1985
    @glitchmobcouture1985 8 років тому +3235

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

  • @DalleDayul
    @DalleDayul 4 роки тому +35

    Imagine how fun it is to be this good

  • @Super-Simo-B
    @Super-Simo-B 8 років тому +451

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

    • @sammccue1359
      @sammccue1359 8 років тому +40

      Simon... No purchase necessary. They're free. Just throw away your razor.

  • @NasalData
    @NasalData 8 років тому +431

    Petrucci looks like a younger Santa Claus

  • @cashewwalnut3589
    @cashewwalnut3589 7 років тому +795

    Flick it to get the the cricket

  • @tkplg21
    @tkplg21 5 років тому +120

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

  • @andreaskreth3840
    @andreaskreth3840 8 років тому +5

    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

  • @MysteryMusik
    @MysteryMusik 8 років тому +26

    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.

    • @metalwrath4
      @metalwrath4 8 років тому +1

      I agree with you on the music man bridge. I bring my JP60 from standard to drop D all the time with no tuning issues. I had difficulty doing this in the past with locking nut / tuners.
      Makes sense for Music Man to make a model w/ a floyd though, there's plenty of other options with their bridge.

    • @ridhoillahi3407
      @ridhoillahi3407 4 роки тому

      So this musicman tremolo is floating like floyd rose right ? Can go up and down

  • @metalheadblues
    @metalheadblues 8 років тому +694

    I don't even have a whammy bar

    • @nicksm7980
      @nicksm7980 8 років тому +78

      Do you have a beard though?

    • @metalheadblues
      @metalheadblues 8 років тому +24

      Nick Sm I'm and adult male so obviously.

    • @haventgotoverit
      @haventgotoverit 8 років тому +96

      Nick Sm im an adult asian....so no beard...

    • @saneksin
      @saneksin 6 років тому +19

      +haventgotoverit
      oh hi mr myung

    • @fuud4588
      @fuud4588 6 років тому +3

      I'm gonna be the one person who makes a Quake 3 reply. You knew one of us would do this.

  • @ze-ce.cra_
    @ze-ce.cra_ 7 років тому +54

    1:57 transforming to Steve Vai

    • @apriyudapratama2543
      @apriyudapratama2543 3 роки тому

      It is lydian mode has nothing to do with certain person

    • @ze-ce.cra_
      @ze-ce.cra_ 3 роки тому +2

      @@apriyudapratama2543 I'm actually adressing more to his whammy bar playing

  • @herbertthepervert3035
    @herbertthepervert3035 8 років тому +42

    His beard is hypnotic

  • @hashimabbas9844
    @hashimabbas9844 7 років тому +1

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

  • @quantumxqueen7329
    @quantumxqueen7329 7 років тому +103

    I met Petrucci last month. Nice guy

    • @HatRock
      @HatRock 7 років тому +20

      Next time tell him his beard is teaching guitar lessons in youtube.

    • @TrueVanguardhasterribletakes
      @TrueVanguardhasterribletakes 6 років тому +28

      You don’t meet John Petrucci, he meets you.

    • @boseifrit5480
      @boseifrit5480 5 років тому

      Nice. Wish I could I love this guys playing

    • @elijahfranksson775
      @elijahfranksson775 4 роки тому

      Bo Shredd why can’t you lmao

  • @kiltymacbagpipe
    @kiltymacbagpipe 8 років тому +54

    My favourite black Santa-claus bearded guitarist.

    • @DBoyyxD
      @DBoyyxD 7 років тому +3

      Kilty MacBagpipe you mean a black bearded santa clause guitarist? Not a black santa clause with a black beard ://///

    • @bhabyadeeprai2242
      @bhabyadeeprai2242 5 років тому +6

      🎅🏿

    • @LONGname46
      @LONGname46 2 роки тому

      Santa got an alternate skin?????

  • @synhet84
    @synhet84 8 років тому +243

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

    • @EthnHayabusa
      @EthnHayabusa 8 років тому +60

      Dime got it from VH and Vai.

    • @synhet84
      @synhet84 8 років тому +13

      EthnHayabusa Yes but it is still not in the video, and it was dimebag's signature move.

    • @EthnHayabusa
      @EthnHayabusa 8 років тому +51

      Sure, Dime did it a lot. Just a decade after Vai and Eddie. Petrucci probably just didn't get it from him, so why would he mention Dime? He didn't call the bar flutter the Brad Gillis. ;)

    • @EthnHayabusa
      @EthnHayabusa 8 років тому +27

      Nothing against Dime. Hell of a player.

    • @synhet84
      @synhet84 8 років тому +2

      EthnHayabusa My point is that this technic does not appear in the video. Do you get it now?

  • @creepygeorgie148
    @creepygeorgie148 7 років тому +55

    I just bought that exact beard at PARTY CITY $ 19.99

  • @LucasLeCompteMusic
    @LucasLeCompteMusic 8 років тому +32

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

    • @spleen4life
      @spleen4life 8 років тому

      which song is it?

    • @LucasLeCompteMusic
      @LucasLeCompteMusic 8 років тому +5

      All of them. They do whammy stuff in pretty much every song.

    • @metafull
      @metafull 8 років тому

      +Dean Marshall it was a joke dude, not talking seriously, I think because they use a lot the whammy

    • @imtiazsk2991
      @imtiazsk2991 8 років тому

      Aviator featuring Jason Richardson

  • @megadave9941
    @megadave9941 6 років тому

    The holdsworth thing was so dam sweet had to go back for another helping! John is the man ! 😎👍👍

  • @DannySykess
    @DannySykess 7 років тому +6

    Metal guitar god Dimebag brought whammy bar back into life

  • @paqman78
    @paqman78 8 років тому +46

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

    • @brettrobbins2707
      @brettrobbins2707 8 років тому +1

      if you do nothing at all he looks like Luke Harper

    • @alexsharp3481
      @alexsharp3481 8 років тому

      if you look at him how he is, he looks like John Petrucci

    • @paqman78
      @paqman78 8 років тому

      +Alex Sharp which sucks because he just looks like Reggie Watts without the afro.

    • @Amity907
      @Amity907 8 років тому +2

      and sound just like him!

  • @vaderasss
    @vaderasss 8 років тому +16

    No matter how many signature models you get, your best guitar will always be that colorful Ibanez of yours you used in the 90's, so raw and powerful!If only you would go on tour with that, i would be so grateful!!

    • @moflanagan922
      @moflanagan922 5 років тому +2

      Be careful expressing opinions on the internet, might get in an argument.

  • @benboddy
    @benboddy 8 років тому +6

    He is such a good guitarist

    • @SL1D3YB0I
      @SL1D3YB0I 8 років тому

      Didn't Petrucci and Dime have beef back in the day?

    • @TheSammyreynolds
      @TheSammyreynolds 8 років тому

      There was no beef. John just wasn't a big fan of Pantera mainly because of Phil.

    • @METALSAULGOODMAN
      @METALSAULGOODMAN 8 років тому +1

      +sammy reynolds most musicians dont like phil

    • @TheSammyreynolds
      @TheSammyreynolds 8 років тому

      duckeradin13 i understand why

  • @SNUBAUSA
    @SNUBAUSA 3 роки тому +4

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

  • @francispariseau7562
    @francispariseau7562 8 років тому +1

    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

  • @MegaBackingTracks
    @MegaBackingTracks 8 років тому

    Im interesting to know what pedal he use on this demo, specially as a delay is it the blue one ? Thanks guys !

    • @mirandazohran
      @mirandazohran 8 років тому +5

      TC Flashback Delay.... Its a sick pedal.

    • @HermelJaworski
      @HermelJaworski 8 років тому

      Toneprint enables you to change and tweak a lot of parameters inside the pedal, like adding modulation to the delay, lo-pass and hi-pass filters, ping-pong, etc. You can also directly import a toneprint made by a famous guitar player (Steve Vai, Guthrie Govan, to name a few) who collaborated with TC and designed their own toneprint.

  • @lucasqueiroz3799
    @lucasqueiroz3799 8 років тому

    Massive tone!

  • @WildWildWeasel
    @WildWildWeasel 8 років тому +2

    Them SM-57s are everywhere now, such an awesome mic.

  • @michael_caz_nyc
    @michael_caz_nyc 3 роки тому

    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

  • @nazmetv
    @nazmetv 4 роки тому

    That JP15 sounds beautiful

  • @gc4917
    @gc4917 6 років тому

    How come no one has noticed that he plays the intro of "It's all too much" by The Beatles at 0:18 and 5:18, I couldn't stop smiling

  • @ameer_saban
    @ameer_saban 7 років тому +1

    3:05: "If you don't do that, you're just going to have One Direction" - shots fired.

  • @alexpenny9416
    @alexpenny9416 8 років тому +3

    dem tonez doe

  • @aahnnt
    @aahnnt 4 роки тому

    Yeah! Cool tricks, I'm going to pick up my Les Paul and start practicing now!!!

  • @optimistichorizon
    @optimistichorizon 7 років тому

    OMG, Music to my ears. Give me more.

  • @hectoromar1111
    @hectoromar1111 5 років тому

    So yes, part of his great personality

  • @Guitarslinger72001
    @Guitarslinger72001 7 років тому +1

    The reason why Floyd's (or any trem system with a locking nut) sound more "rubbery" and have a larger variable frequency range is that the strings are not moving beyond the nut!

  • @KHALID47
    @KHALID47 8 років тому

    killer tone

  • @FabrizioCARENA
    @FabrizioCARENA 6 років тому +4

    0:26 "Certified Guitar Hero" LOL

    • @LilRoute
      @LilRoute 4 роки тому

      I think they meant "certified guitar god"

  • @maxis4343
    @maxis4343 7 років тому +2

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

  • @alexvaldez83
    @alexvaldez83 7 років тому

    Sounds like he is making contact with aliens.

  • @xlmoriarty8921
    @xlmoriarty8921 8 років тому

    My god a whammy bar, the things you can do with it, amazing. Does it come on a guitar?

  • @arturbaptista6741
    @arturbaptista6741 8 років тому

    My guitar has a vibrato that only goes down, it's not a floating tremolo, and I haven't managed to do that cool distorted sound. How do I do that with a normal tremolo?

  • @TheSkeletonSkier
    @TheSkeletonSkier 5 років тому

    Thanks John

  • @Twobarpsi
    @Twobarpsi 4 роки тому +2

    Eddie Van Petrucci!!

  • @CheezeWhizzz
    @CheezeWhizzz 4 роки тому +1

    Only Petrucci could tune up to pitch and have all his tuners line up flawlessly on the JP16

  • @zshathickhaque
    @zshathickhaque 5 років тому +1

    Someone please make a video..how he manage and takes care of his beard!😁😁

  • @marleybengson3758
    @marleybengson3758 8 років тому

    very nice tone. are those pickups the dimarzio crunch lab and liquifire? sounds great

  • @anshuashish6827
    @anshuashish6827 8 років тому

    Dimebag's way of using tremolo was the best.

  • @alfredferrarini6781
    @alfredferrarini6781 7 років тому +2

    Jimi I did it with a strat but without a floating tram right don't ya think.

    • @davidsmith-jj4iq
      @davidsmith-jj4iq 5 років тому

      And it went out of tune ALL the time,would love to have heard him with a Floyd Rose

    • @drzecelectric4302
      @drzecelectric4302 5 років тому

      Fender invented the floating bridge. If you have a stray that isn’t floating, it’s wrong.

  • @khkworks777
    @khkworks777 7 років тому

    Using it only with a one type of distortion. There's so much more probabilities with other effects

  • @AndrewLein
    @AndrewLein 8 років тому

    Great video!

  • @88omair
    @88omair 8 років тому +8

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

    • @dead_end_king
      @dead_end_king 7 років тому +9

      Omair Sheikh Agreed. Now it's all high gain and fluid. I kinda liked the crunch from 6DOT and Train of Thought eras.

    • @88omair
      @88omair 7 років тому

      The crunch was at it's peak on Awake and ACOS imo

  • @DjangoThunders
    @DjangoThunders 3 роки тому

    It's called a flutter. Prince was the first one I heard doing it way back when.

  • @khatri8647
    @khatri8647 7 років тому +3

    For me, Dimebag will always be the king of the whammy bar

    • @Thiago_Alves_Souza
      @Thiago_Alves_Souza 4 роки тому +1

      He did dive bombs with a whammy pedal while Satch, Vai, Eddie were already playing entire sections using the bar. Stop overeating the dude despite him being a decent player.

  • @MadNut321
    @MadNut321 8 років тому +1

    0:17 If John Petrucci was my dad, that's the look I would want him to look at me with as he's repairing my toy bike on his knees while I'm at the age of 8 years and he looks up at me with beautiful father's love.

  • @Eidosgod
    @Eidosgod 7 років тому

    What bridge is that? I want to know which bridges can flutter aside from Floyd ones.

  • @Twobarpsi
    @Twobarpsi 4 роки тому +3

    He's so good, he can even play mistakes!

  • @chestnuttreeee
    @chestnuttreeee 7 років тому +39

    polyphia haha

  • @ThePiummy
    @ThePiummy 6 років тому

    is this a jp15 sahara burst flame or sahara burst quilt?

  • @ronaromin944
    @ronaromin944 7 років тому +8

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

    • @BobRobie1
      @BobRobie1 7 років тому

      or dimebag

    • @nitrolight4130
      @nitrolight4130 7 років тому +1

      Bob Robie dimebag is dead though

    • @IBeOutHere
      @IBeOutHere 7 років тому

      Ron Aromin Guthrie Govan can make an insane amount of noises too! Jeff Beck would be a good shout too!

  • @DemysMusic
    @DemysMusic 5 років тому

    Gilfoy really knows his licks

  • @ummmokay6246
    @ummmokay6246 4 роки тому

    Master on the guitar..

  • @trackerbuckmann1627
    @trackerbuckmann1627 4 роки тому

    Who is 'Holdsworth' ?! I love that technique.

    • @antithug7942
      @antithug7942 4 роки тому

      Allan Holdsworth was a jazz fusion guitarist. He died 4/15/2017 from a heart attack caused by high blood pressure.

  • @UndeadAbomination
    @UndeadAbomination 8 років тому

    I remember trying to do this kind of stuff on an Ibanez prestige 1527 (yeah, 7-string) and it was all dirt and mud. It has put me off when it comes to Floyd Rose-type bridges "forever".

  • @fly69doc
    @fly69doc 7 років тому +1

    Everything he plays sounds awesome!

  • @jamesdragonforce
    @jamesdragonforce 4 роки тому

    I’ve figured out I’m not big on the music man trems. They seem to lack the depth and tonal range of a Floyd or an Edge bridge.

  • @cjleongson
    @cjleongson 7 років тому

    Where's the jp17? Its almost 2018!

  • @SandraupaChannelIDN
    @SandraupaChannelIDN 8 років тому

    this technic like joe satriani guitar screaming harmonic, amazing

  • @BlkwtrPrk
    @BlkwtrPrk 8 років тому

    JP is channelling Henry Kaiser here.

  • @dale4857
    @dale4857 8 років тому +2

    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.

  • @uscguis
    @uscguis 8 років тому +1

    No Dimebag?

  • @nubiliumnahmoh1757
    @nubiliumnahmoh1757 5 років тому

    Great! What about picks?. Nobody talks about them

  • @Oscar-ts4cb
    @Oscar-ts4cb 5 років тому

    What bridge is this?

  • @jjhjh2198
    @jjhjh2198 4 роки тому +1

    Oops where’s my bar
    Reaches in beard
    Oh there

  • @illuminatiCorgi
    @illuminatiCorgi 7 років тому

    He's gonna make a bad ass lookin Santa Claus when he goes grey O_O

  • @mulyajayaa3027
    @mulyajayaa3027 8 років тому

    one the best gitaris

  • @fondfarewell2
    @fondfarewell2 8 років тому

    kind of funny this video comes out so soon after stevie t makes a whammy bar tricks video too.

  • @kamealex
    @kamealex 8 років тому

    Today, an incredible musician. Tomorrow, Herman Toothroot.

  • @stevevuangtu5003
    @stevevuangtu5003 4 роки тому

    Ahhh....... The number one guitarist in the world

  • @AngeloDanielOficial
    @AngeloDanielOficial 7 років тому

    The true master!!! \m/

  • @thisperson2505
    @thisperson2505 4 роки тому

    The whammy bar on my fender strat doesn't stay in place, when i try to tighten it, it doesn't go over the thing that my e string goes into, it is droopy how can I fix this? also whenever I play certain notes my guitar starts vibrating and sounding like shit

    • @kevinmcguinness1113
      @kevinmcguinness1113 4 роки тому +1

      You can buy a little spring to put in the hole before you screw in the bar. Solves your first problem.
      Second problem, no idea without seeing the guitar.

    • @thisperson2505
      @thisperson2505 4 роки тому

      Ty

  • @iamchade
    @iamchade 8 років тому

    He attacks the fuck out of the trem when he does flutters

  • @Pollero20
    @Pollero20 8 років тому

    Is that a chinese sm57 copy?

  • @TheG7thcapo
    @TheG7thcapo 8 років тому

    Santa is now with dream theater.... Ho ho ho ho

    • @natec2
      @natec2 8 років тому +7

      Ho Ho Ho Ho is too 4/4 for dream Theater 😛

  • @theguitargeezer878
    @theguitargeezer878 5 років тому

    One of those things he does should go to Dime Bag Darrell inventions acknowledgement I would think. :)

  • @daoyang6055
    @daoyang6055 7 років тому +1

    fun fact: John Petrucci grew his beard out to play a monk in his new movie.

  • @aeon9675
    @aeon9675 3 роки тому

    am a newbee , does my guitar have to be a floyd rose to do those whammy thing?

    • @hasahchan4775
      @hasahchan4775 2 роки тому

      Minimum you can have a semi down tremolo like fender, Wilkinson

  • @newyorkgiants674
    @newyorkgiants674 7 років тому

    What is a harmonic

  • @joelvenner2192
    @joelvenner2192 6 років тому

    Man i cant believe my uncle gets to sing with a guitar player like this. (James labrie)

  • @markitoxpowermetal
    @markitoxpowermetal 7 років тому +1

    0:26 hey guys my name is GOD GUITAR...

  • @TruthGuitar
    @TruthGuitar 4 роки тому

    Learning valuables musicianship from a WiZaRd!

  • @user-ww3js8ci7d
    @user-ww3js8ci7d 5 років тому

    Does anyone know where I can get one of John's music man signature beards

  • @alexfernandohuenten1374
    @alexfernandohuenten1374 5 років тому

    petruci genial.

  • @Rocknium1
    @Rocknium1 4 роки тому

    Getcha pull

  • @phenixreturns
    @phenixreturns 8 років тому

    i want this vibrato :)

  • @KennethMarchMusic
    @KennethMarchMusic 7 років тому

    He looks like young Dumbledore! 🎸👍😝

  • @f1sk8mm
    @f1sk8mm 8 років тому +1

    One of those sounds was "the Belew" but Adrian didn't get the street cred. Poor Adrian. :-/

  • @inspectionnegross8695
    @inspectionnegross8695 8 років тому

    John is going crazy with the hair dye in his beard.

  • @onzkicg
    @onzkicg 7 років тому

    This surprised me- I always see him playing a musicman without any tremolo, so I said to myself- tremolo are not essential, just like J Petrucci who can do awesome stuff without tremolo.. I thought he doesn't like it- but I'm wrong :)

  • @SnakeThisLife
    @SnakeThisLife 8 років тому

    Didn't know John was in Amon Amarth now