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Download this tab for Guitar Pro 5

You can see with this pattern, each time you complete it you have moved up 3 frets. I usually start this pattern on the 1st fret and repeat it all the way up the neck until I cant go any further. John Petrucci does this riff at 200bpm. I can’t do it quite that fast. But remember, the key is not speed, it’s accuracy. Play it at a pace where you hit every note perfectly, and then speed it up just a little bit. Once you get comfortable with that speed, go 8 beats faster and then master that.

John Petrucci is one guitarist that until lately I haven’t paid much attention to. I knew of him and of Dream Theatre but had never had much exposure to his music. I recently got my hands on his instructional DVD Rock Discipline and I can’t believe what I have been missing all of these years. The guy is a god.

One of John’s many guitars is his own Ernie Ball Music Man John Petrucci Signature guitar. Petrucci worked very closely with Ernie Ball Guitars to develop a guitar that had a new level of style and practicality. The guitar comes in both 6 and 7 string versions and can be purchased with or without a piezo bridge. The body of the guitar has a sculpted neck joint for better access to the high frets and a contoured top for better picking arm support.

The guitar features a basswood body with a maple neck and rosewood fingerboard. 24 wide high profile frets are lined with custom inlays including a “JP” just above the first fret. All Petrucci Signature models come with Music Man bridges and saddles.

The guitar has a custom John Petrucci Tremolo bridge and Schaller locking tuners. Consistent with the rest of his guitars John Petrucci uses 2 custom DiMarzio humbuckers. The guitar also comes complete with a hard-shell case.

Feature Summary

• Basswood Body/Maple Neck/Rosewood Fingerboard
• Sculpted neck joint/Contoured body
• 24 high-profile frets/Custom Inlays
• John Petrucci Custom Tremolo bridge
• Schaller Locking Tuners
• 2 Custom DiMarzio Humbuckers