Jan 2007 Guitar World Petrucci interview

[wolfbone07]

I like guitar player myself. They were carrying Steve Morse lessons for a while. Great stuff. I'm like beej and will be working on it for the rest of my life.

[eliot323]

I decided to order the back issue with the JP interview - I got it complete with CD-ROM. The Shred lesson is also excellent!

Nice to see JP playing my amp (the Stiletto Ace Combo) - it's amazing to see so many people coming round to it...

I've also decided to subscribe to Guitar World - I agree with Tim that it's better than most of the UK magz (for my taste and interests). Guitarist to me has gone a bit off the boil - most of the gear it reviews is in the mega-bucks range, the classic tracks don't seem that classic any more (the Only Ones? Eh?), and the music it reviews doesn't seem that relevant to me.

The recent issue of Guitar Techniques has a lesson on Erotomania plus a DVD which is brilliant! It must one of the first ever DT tunes I've ever seen transcribed in a UK magazine. Excellent!

[mesavox]

I really must subscribe to GW, I prefer it to the UK mags.

Really?

Until recently, I was always chosing the UK based Guitar mag over GW.... for some reason, GW all the sudden started having players, and emphasising technique again. A couple of years ago they asked Brian May to do a collumn, but it didn't last very long... at that time, it was the only thing it would ever have worth reading in there. But Guitar would always have players, was thicker, had more lessons, and focussed on more interesting topics. I still think it's better, but I've been grabbing GW because of JP, Paul Gilbert, etc. being talked about again...

The UK mag was also more interesting because it would talk about the early British guitar players in a different light where they were sort of every day guys... I liked reading about Brian May, Dave Gilmour, Jeff Beck, Pete Townsend, etc. from thier home country's point of view. That was always nice because they are still the guys that influenced the Vai's, Lukes, and Petruccis of the world, and influenced me before I knew of the shredders and whatnot.

[robelinda2]

the UK mags are ok, but Total Guitar has gone the way of Guitar World- its for teenagers into detuned metal and emo stuff. but they always have some little article on say Albert Lee, just to get you in!!! Guitarist mag is the big one with tons of reviews, but Guitar Techniques surely is the greatest guitar magazine ever, sensational stuff. Guitar One i would rate 2nd, it really has turned the corner, has jazz, country, blues, rock, great mag. hardly any teen angst rock emo.

[rmh925]

I just recently picked up the guitar legends mag tiltled hero meets hero, and i has a bunch of interviews from one guitar player to another...They also had one of petrucci and steve morse being interview by guitar world....In the pictures it has what looks like the JP proto type of his original guitar in mystic dream, and i assume it was a proto because it had a standard bridge (like a silo), and of course steve with his # 1 guitar...Well if you get a chance pick it up it's in news stands right now.

[Jonny Dubai]

Does anyone get the Young Guitar (english version) from Japan? They always have the shred dudes on the cover!

[EddieVanZ]

INice to see JP playing my amp (the Stiletto Ace Combo) - it's amazing to see so many people coming round to it...

Hi eliot. Are you enjoying your ACE? Could you provide some tone similarities between other amps you've owned/heard ?
Thanks in advance for sharing your opinions, I was wondering about leaving the rack amp and coming back to combos...
Ciao
Marco

[robelinda2]

Does anyone get the Young Guitar (english version) from Japan? They always have the shred dudes on the cover!

yeah i get a few issues a year, from ebay, i try and get the ones that come with a dvd, so i can some use out of the mag!!! Shred is just HUGE in Japan, i have several Japanese students, they are like 12 years old and playing Malmsteen and Racer X solos note for note. But they also have 5 yr old brothers who are piano masters too. you can see these shred dudes all over you tube. everyones got an Ibanez RG550.

[Tim O'Sullivan]

Really?

Until recently, I was always chosing the UK based Guitar mag over GW.... for some reason, GW all the sudden started having players, and emphasising technique again. A couple of years ago they asked Brian May to do a collumn, but it didn't last very long... at that time, it was the only thing it would ever have worth reading in there. But Guitar would always have players, was thicker, had more lessons, and focussed on more interesting topics. I still think it's better, but I've been grabbing GW because of JP, Paul Gilbert, etc. being talked about again...

The UK mag was also more interesting because it would talk about the early British guitar players in a different light where they were sort of every day guys... I liked reading about Brian May, Dave Gilmour, Jeff Beck, Pete Townsend, etc. from thier home country's point of view. That was always nice because they are still the guys that influenced the Vai's, Lukes, and Petruccis of the world, and influenced me before I knew of the shredders and whatnot.

I do buy Guitar every now and again, but since they are now 1/3rd bass it slims down my interest a bit. I find they are just re-hashing the same stories over and over. But, now and again, its ok!