John Petrucci
Lives in New York, USA
at Dream Theater
About JP.
John Petrucci is best known as the Grammy nominated guitarist and founding member of the progressive metal band Dream Theater.
He is also the band's producer and main lyricist as well as an original member of the acclaimed Liquid Tension Experiment with Tony Levin. John is a long standing veteran of Joe Satriani's prestigious G3 tours along with Steve Vai, Eric Johnson and Paul Gilbert.
News
April 21st - 2012
G3 South American tour dates
Time For Fun announces G3 shows in Brazil; Guitar trio formed by Joe Satriani, John Petrucci and Steve Morse. Performances take place in October in Rio de Janeiro, on the 11th and in Sao Paulo, on the 12th Additional dates to be announced. Click here to view the tour dates.
April 15th - 2012
Dream Theater N. American tour dates
Dream Theater has released the latest tour dates for North America during the summer of 2012. Click here to view them all.
Mar 28th - 2012
John Petrucci in store with TC Electronics
Make sure you see John in his appearances to introduce the new Dreamscape chorus pedal from TC Electronics.
Mar 20th - 2012
John Petrucci voted Best Guitarist
John was voted Best Guitarist in Classic Rock Presents Prog Magazine's 2011 readers poll. Thanks so much to all of you who helped make this happen!
March 15th - 2012
"The Dreamscape" chorus pedal
John will be visiting three Guitar Center stores in New York (March 30th), Chicago (March 31st) and San Francisco (April 1st), introducing his new signature chorus pedal from tc electronic, "The Dreamscape". You can pre-order The Dreamscape from guitarcenter.com from this direct link here and pick it up in one of the three stores mentioned above from March 16th, or have it shipped to your door. If you are a die-hard Petrucci fan, picking up The Dreamscape at one of the three exclusive Guitar Center locations the day John is visiting is a must!
You can read TC Electronics press release about these events here.
Click here for the exact locations and times John will be at the Guitar Center.
Feb 8th - 2012
The new JP12 from Music Man.
John's latest signature model is now available for ordering. Visit Music Man's website here to see all the specs on this beautiful new guitar!
Feb 1st - 2012
There is a new John Petrucci signature pedal from TC Electronics being released. Visit their site here for the detailed info.
Jan. 25th - 2012
John will be doing some Mesa Boogie in store signings. The times and locations are:
Norway Jan 26:
4Sound Schous Plass
2:00
Denmark Jan 27:
4Sound København
2:00
Jan. 17th - 2012
Some new videos from JP and Matt from Trivium discussing guitar techniques:
Dec. 20th - 2011
New photos by Marty Temme
Five new photos by Marty Temme were added in the media section.