John petrucci's distortion

[saminator19]

Hey

im a huge fan of dream theater and john petrucci is my idol and i want to get close to the tone he has.
I recently bought a mesa rectoverb combo. i know it isnt close to anything he uses but i want to know if there were any distortion or any other pedals out ther that would get me close to his sound.

for the distortion pedal, i want to get close to that really heavy gain he uses in the album train of thought

any reccomendations?
thank you

 

[jdurso]

Hey

im a huge fan of dream theater and john petrucci is my idol and i want to get close to the tone he has.
I recently bought a mesa rectoverb combo. i know it isnt close to anything he uses but i want to know if there were any distortion or any other pedals out ther that would get me close to his sound.

for the distortion pedal, i want to get close to that really heavy gain he uses in the album train of thought

any reccomendations?
thank you

Try something like a Maxon OD808 or Fulltone OCD setup as a clean boost (gain at/near zero, and volume near maxed).... then adjust your amps settings to you're liking. That should get you close but IMO if you're after Petrucci's tone get a Mark IV.

 

[MusicManJP6]

If you are after Train of Thought tones then you bought the right amp! He used a RoadKing on that album.

Try someo of these settings - they should get you close:

 

[saminator19]

naw bud, if you read the top it sais that i bought a rectifier rect-o-verb

 

[MusicManJP6]

naw bud, if you read the top it sais that i bought a rectifier rect-o-verb

You still have a rectifier, bud. He runs all 6L6 modes on his RoadKing, so try the Vintage and/or Modern settings he uses - you'll be in the ballpark.

Owning his signature JP guitar gets you closer as well. He dropped tuned alot on Train of Thought so that will also help.

BTW, there is a subforum dedicated to Petrucci tone threads. 8)

 

[saminator19]

awsome,

thanks

 

[KH Guitar Freak]

His tone is mostly straight from the amp, gainwise. He occasionally mucks around with Tubescreamer type pedals, like that Keeley modded TS9DX...

 

[MesaMonster]

If you are after Train of Thought tones then you bought the right amp! He used a RoadKing on that album.

Try someo of these settings - they should get you close:

Is he running the amp in Bold or Spongy?

TY