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whitestrat

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I wonder how many people have heard of this:

Album: Age Of Impact
Track: Impact #2 - Fading Fast
By: Explorer's Club

This was a project group by Trent Gardner. What's worth buying about this album is mainly the solos all over the album which many are by none other than John Petrucci. This was when he was still with Ibanez, comparatively still less known, and freshly after A Change Of Seasons and Falling Into Infinity.

I specially mention track 2, mainly because he does all the solos on this track, and his signature tone is all over this. he RARELY plays like this on his DT albums (with the exception of Lines In The Sand from Falling Into Infinity), and is probably the most powerful solo I've ever heard. It's so simple a 5 year old could probably play it. But it's so damned effective. Try searching for this track. You won't regret it. It'll bring you to tears...

Up till today, these 3 solos never fail to bring a chill to my spine. THIS is tone!!!

Honestly, we know this isn't a case of the guitar, because I used to have one of these. You can get a very similar tone from the JP6, but I believe a lot of the tone buildup was also due to his rig set up, and the fact that he used a killer reverb unit... (was it TC Electronics? Or Lexicon PCM90? Can't remember)

The other one that just slays is also by John Petrucci, but done with Jordan Rudess in the live album "An Evening With" - In The Moment. This one kills man... and THIS was the EBMM...

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Droo5Ch6OLY"]YouTube - John Petrucci - In the Moment[/ame]
 

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Yes I have this album! Great indeed... very progressive, great tone...

I like when Petrucci plays more slowly, as he has an extremely good sense of melody!
 

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Fading fast is an excellent song with great solos done by John Petrucci.
I bought the album for that song alone.
 

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What's even more amazing is all JP's solos on this album were written and recorded in ONE DAY! (Read it in an interview)

Age of Impact is a must for JP fans.

In the Moment is one of my favourite JP solos, ever. It's so freakin' good! Love that album.
 

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What's even more amazing is all JP's solos on this album were written and recorded in ONE DAY! (Read it in an interview)

Age of Impact is a must for JP fans.

In the Moment is one of my favourite JP solos, ever. It's so freakin' good! Love that album.

Heh... I didn't buy this album for Fading Fast, but mainly because JP was on it. I was pleasantly amazed when I heard fading fast...:eek:

Sadly, not many JP or DT fans I meet here in Singapore know of this album... Heh.:p
 
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