Rig Rundown – Dream Theater [2019]
The progressive metal band’s sultans of shred talk about the gear on their 2019 The Distance Over Time tour, including John Petrucci’s brand-new Music Man Majesty Series signature models and Myung’s potential 2020 signature bass.
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Dream Theater’s The Distance Over Time Tour is nirvana for the band’s fans, who are devout. It’s a three-hour sonic journey through the new The Distance Over Time album, a selection of fan favorites, and the entire Metropolis Pt. 2 Scenes from a Memory, which is being played in full to mark the 20th anniversary of its release.
We met with Petrucci, Myung, and chief axe tech Maddi Schieferstein onstage at Nashville’s Tennessee Performing Arts Center before a soundcheck for the band’s sold-out April 17 concert. The video covers everything—and the still photos provide a closer look at Petrucci’s new-for-2019 signature models, Myung’s bass, effects, amps and more.
And yes, I know I said “speakers” instead of “pickups” and “alder” rather than “ash” early in the video. Send coffee and hate mail in care of the magazine. Or just troll me in the video’s comments section, for your convenience. But more important, dig into this supercool Rig Rundown.
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The latest and most primo entry in John Petrucci’s signature line of Ernie Ball Music Man Majesty guitars is the Tiger Eye Limited. As its name implies, only 300 total 6-string and 7-string models were built. The headstock, the bulk of the neck, and main body are all one piece of mahogany, with alder sides. “That’s where you get all the meat and sustain, and the alder shapes the sound,” Petrucci explains. There’s also a tiger-stripe maple top, and the same pattern is in the wood on the back of the 3-piece neck and the headstock.
All the Majesties come with DiMarzio pickups that Petrucci helped design. The Dreamcatcher, in the bridge, is built for a bold, aggressive, and tight sound, and the guitarist jokes he named the neck pickup the Rainmaker “because it makes people cry when you solo on it.” There’s a 3-way toggle and, as with all of his previous Majesty models, a piezo bridge (with tone and volume control) with a floating tremolo tail. There’s also coil-splitting and a 20 dB boost on the volume control, plus a built-in preamp to combat tone degradation with long cables, should they become necessary.
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Alder is great really bring those chills by the higher and mid frequencies. Amazing wood, exotic one with Mahogany John did very well with this. The interviewer was great! John Myung was great too
how's possible that the first guitar has a unique piece of mahogany neck through construction but the neck is flamed?
JP is the most skilled and humble shredder in history. I true guitar hero
Petrucci an untethered Angel fr
good player shit design
you can tell a man loves his Guitars, and is a fine one
but i still love much more my Black SG s ????
ENCHANTED FOREST..
what a beautiful Elven name for a color
12:22 but with fairness, the Burst mix of BLACK with those cool Dark colors makes the guitars stand out and look much nicers too me
The only anchor after rebecca dirks who lets artists actually speak.. good hire, @PremierGuitar!
Can we hear something
JMX : NOW IS MY CHANCE TO PRACTICE EVEN MORE
Thanks John and Matt, You guys inspire me to create cheaper versions of this rig… Lovely…
best signature guitar of all time
Indeed is a smaller neck is better to play for this bass style. I had a Schack 6-String over many years and now a Sterling By Music Man Ray 35. The neck is smaller than the Stingray USA. I love it. In need the John Myung Bass Frequencies for finger pickings that knocks and smacks 😉 I will buy a Ampeg Portaflex PT-50T. I would buy this bass in a light blue or another great light color 😉
Damn I gotta be there for the 20th anniversary of train of tought????????
”And when I go like this, I go into world domination mode”
All guitars have the piezo system, EXCEPT the JP16 😉
That's a leather t-shirt
I can afford only the Sterling editions, but I don't feel worthy of playing and owning one ????
I just bought the Jp2c it’s coming today I’m excited to try the beast out
Can anyone tell me which song uses the Dynamic Wah? I can’t think one… maybe The Glass prison… but on this tour.. anyone know? ????????????
Update: New Dream Theater record to be released in October, 2021!
They all have such amazing personalities
34:32 oops lol
This man needs to do all the interviews, he really let's the artist speak and explain their gear.
The PG guy is a nice guy, M'lady
Tonewood alert. *rolls eyes
hes awsome but ugly guitars
The interview sounds like the first character to die in a Martin Scorsese film
pity DT music is soooo boring !
11:57 – and here I am thinking the real guitar community is full of those who can afford to have the instruments that far exceeds their skill level. ????????
I stopped listen to dream theatre about ten years ago and now every time i see john petrucci i cant believe how ungroomed hes become
I don’t understand how they are using that Framptone A/B switch the way the tech is describing it. So they have 4 channels of wireless, 2 for magnetic pickups, and 2 for piezos, and so they switch each set when switching guitars. But that A/B has the typical single mono input, and two mono outputs which are switched via the A/B button.
So how is he feeding the mag and piezo outputs into that? And then somehow routing just the piezo out to rez pedal, the other to the rack wah and ultimately the magnetic rig? I would think he would need a 4 input, 2 output box that allows him to switch between the inputs, feeding the same two outputs. Anyone?
someone taller than petrucci makes him seem very small…
Do you guys know whats the wireless plug in that jp used in this video?
The only thing that I would want different would be the placement of the volume part I would need it to be like where it would be on a fender or a Kramer guitar because that’s the way I do my volume swells I really want one of these guitars except for because of that volume I can’t use it right on my les paulI can’t use it right of my Ibanez and I don’t want to use A volume pedal that’s not the same for me and the way my pick you up some of the old fashion knobs fender knobs works perfect for me and balance and I missed it
Hi Guys , would like to know what is the purpose of the fractal effect being used in this setup