DREAM THEATER Guitarist John Petrucci Featured In Mesa Boogie Live Rig Walkthrough; Video Available
February 13, 2015, 9 years ago
For the 2014 Along For The Ride tour, Dream Theater guitarist John Petrucci scaled his Mesa Boogie touring rig down to a Triaxis Preamp, a 2:90 Power Amp and two Rectifier 1x12 cabs and two 1x12 Mini Rectifier cabs. When Petrucci visited the Mesa factory last year he brought his live rig to the Mesa Video Lounge to walk through the signal chain and to play through the rig.
Check out the footage below:
On October 25th, 2014 Petrucci guested on The Classic Metal Show featuring host Chris Akin and guest host Jon Drake. The complete interview, which includes discussion about the transition of drummer Mike Mangini replacing Mike Portnoy, can be heard below:
Petrucci: "Mike Mangini really helped us to get through a major band member change, and in a way that was probably as smooth as any band member change could have gone. The way that he came in, his personality, his skills as a drummer, his background, his history, it clicked to the point where it was, if we would have met Mike 20 years ago, we would have been playing with this guy. If I would have grown up with him, I would have been friends with him jamming. And that's rare. It's rare to do that one time around."
The Classic Metal Show is heard Saturdays from 9:00pm to 3:00am EST at TheClassicMetalShow.com.
