John Petrucci

During Dream Theater's performance on March 15, 2016, at Alte Oper Frankfurt, John Petrucci used the Keeley Red Dirt Overdrive pedal, as shown in the YouTube video by session.

In a 2016 equipment check video from the Alte Oper Frankfurt, John Petrucci of Dream Theater uses the TC Electronic HyperGravity Compressor.

"Yeah, that thing is awesome. It’s great — like having a million BOSS pedals in one little unit. At one point I had this other [non-BOSS] USB guitar unit, but I wasn’t too crazy about it. But I love this BOSS thing. It’s incredible. I loaded all the software into my computer, and brought it into my hotel room every day on tour. I love the way you can tweak everything onscreen, and save everything. And it sounds really good. There’s one thing in there that I never even knew existed, it’s a little arpeggiator [Auto Riff] where you play one note and all of a sudden there’s a series of notes right after. It’s wild. You can change the speed, you can program in the notes, basically you can wail by playing just a few notes. Really, really, cool."

"BOSS always works its way in, some way or another. In the studio for this album, I took a more minimal approach, recording mostly dry, but there were a couple of songs where I recorded through a chorus pedal at the front. I also used a BOSS on “Stream of Consciousness” during the middle part — the section we call the “Crimson section,” as in King Crimson. I used a BOSS OC-2 Octave pedal for that one."

At 3:44 you can clearly see John Petrucci using a JP6 Mystic Dream

At 53 seconds into the video you will see the Tone Saver.

We at RJM Music shot it on Jan 20, 2018 in San Diego at Balboa Theater. Maddi is the guitar tech giving the rig tour. We also make the Mastermind GT and the Mini Effect Gizmo that is in the rig.

In this post John shows off the Mixer he used for Dream Theater writing sessions. This system allows him to controll his own in ear mix. He can controll his individual mix without effecting the other band members in ear mix

In this video John Petrucci demonstrates his signature Crunch Lab and Liquifire pickups.

In this video, while demoing the Sterling Majesty, we can see an Ernie Ball cable plugged into Petrucci's Guitar.

In this interview/setup walkthrough with Petrucci's guitar tech, he is asked at 5:05 "What kind of strings are you using?", he responded:

"... This is the Ernie Ball 7-String Regular Slinkys, so it's 56-10... Yeah everything with John is off of a set of 10s, so 10-46, for a 7-String you have a 56 for the low B, for Drop-D we'll use 10-36 and then I'll use a 48 for the Drop-D, and it'll still feel like a 46"

"We got the Wah controller for the Dunlop system," says John Petrucci's guitar tech.

"An MXR Van Halen Flanger, which is a cool pedal," is used in John Petrucci's pedalboard, says his guitar tech.

As shown on his official website, John Petrucci uses these DiMarzio Black Clip Locks.

John Petrucci uses his DiMarzio signature Crunch Lab (Bridge) DiMarzio LiquiFire (Neck).

This is a picture of the rack John used for the 2002 World Tourbulence tour. Among the various units there's an Eventide DSP7000 Ultra Harmonizer (second from top to bottom). Confirmation of this being John's rack can be found in this diagram from Guitar Geek and at :15s in this video.

In this video, John Petrucci's guitar tech, Maddi Schieferstein, gives a rundown of the guitar rig that was used during Dream Theater's 2014 "Along for the Ride" tour. Schieferstein mentions the MasterMind GT/22 at 0:52.

In this video, John Petrucci's guitar tech, Maddi Schieferstein, gives a rundown of the guitar rig that was used during Dream Theater's 2014 "Along for the Ride" tour. The Analog Man Juicer can be seen at 3:15.

In this video, John Petrucci's guitar tech, Maddi Schieferstein, gives a rundown of the guitar rig that was used during Dream Theater's 2014 "Along for the Ride" tour. The Messa Boogie Simul-Class 2: Ninety Stereo Tube Power Amp can be seen at 0:24.

At 0:02 in this video, John Petrucci of The G3 Jam, Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess, explorers club, and Nightmare Cinema, creates "J-loo-P" for the T.C. Electronic Ditto X2.

On this artist page for John Petrucci of The G3 Jam, Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess, explorers club, and Nightmare Cinema, is his T.C. Electronic pedals on display, among them is his TC Electronic Vortex Flanger TonePrint Series.

John Petrucci, known for his work with Dream Theater, Liquid Tension Experiment, and other projects, is shown using the TC Electronic Corona Chorus pedal in a user-uploaded photo on Imgur. This image features his collection of TC Electronic pedals, highlighting his preference for their effects in his setup.

John Petrucci is listed by Fulltone as an artist who uses the Fulltone Full-Drive2 Mosfet overdrive pedal.

In a 2016 equipment check video at Alte Oper Frankfurt, John Petrucci of Dream Theater is shown using the Radial J48 Direct Box.

In a YouTube video titled "John Petrucci of Dream Theater - Equipment Check - Alte Oper Frankfurt," John Petrucci discusses the gear used during "The Astonishing" tour, including his Taylor 916ce acoustic guitar.

At the 0:38 mark of the video, you can see John Petrucci using his Taylor 856ce 12-string acoustic during the performance of "Heaven's Cove."

As shown in Ernie Ball's Instagram account.

They are equipped in the JP16 and in the Nomac Majesty. Also listed in his player's page on the DiMarzio website

At 2:26, you can see the 2x12 cabinets

This Pick was developed in collaboration with legendary shredmeister John Petrucci, this pick is designed to complement his huge sound and the intricate passages he's famous for playing. It projects volume and depth thanks to Ultex®, and its uniform bevel allows John to move from string to string with ease. Available in 2.0mm.

In this music video, John Petrucci can be seen using the Fret Wrap during his lead solos.