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Didn't realize Dream Theater was in town tonight, but I did go to a local Guitar Center this afternoon for a clinic with John Petrucci. Pretty good time, he explained quite a bit of how he creates solos, and played a couple of DT songs on his 7-string. Was interesting to see how he uses that extra B string. Whenever possible, he likes to add a 9th to his chords. Sometimes that ends up being dropped an octave on the B string, giving a much darker tone. What I got out of it most was his demonstration of diminished chords and some of his picking techniques. Both of his new "Majesty guitars" he brought with him were 7-strings, pretty neat guitars with piezo bridge and USB-programmable analog pickups.
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Very cool.

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Post Re: Saw John Petrucci today
I've been a big fan of DT for a long time....very cool that you got an in-depth look at how John does it! I watched some of the video reviews of the MM Majesty guitar and it's kind of crazy how much sustain that they have. Unique look, too.

PS....JP seems like a pretty cool guy. Here he is giving a theory lesson to a young player:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11sefXTsMtM[/youtube]

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JP is a pretty down to earth guy. Funny thing was, he made about 4-5 mistakes in a few things he was showing us, and would joke about it - "just don't play it like me".

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