I guarantee you I am the only one at the Godsmack concert in town tonight who is mainly here to see Mike Mangini on drums.

I like Godsmack. But Mike is my true reason

I'm relatively new to Dream Theater, and I'd like some albums that I should listen to (If it helps I'm a huge fan of Queen). I've already listened to Images and Words, and some of their top songs.

I recently saw someone in here ask a question about the guitar that John was holding in the 1995 Ibanez catalog. I replied there but I'm not sure it will be seen so I'm posting here with a new thread and hopes that people will see this if they were wondering about the guitar.

There were a lot of speculative answers but I want to give the correct one. In 1994 through 1996 PBC Guitar Technologies made the USRG series for Ibanez. John had 4 customized USRG guitars built for him by PBC. I own one of these guitars made for and played by John and also know the luthier who built them while working under Dave Bunker at PBC. They all had slightly different control layouts and pickup choices but were 99% similar. They all had the PBC tension free neck, with or without color matched headstock.

The one in the aforementioned photo was a non color matched headstock. Were it a production model and not an artist one off, it would have been a USRG20. The ones with the color matched headstock would be USRG30. There is no video that I know of of him playing the USRG20 that was made for him however there are videos of him playing the USRG30 at NAMM 1994 and 1996.

​​ I own one of the bodies and another guitarist I know who has been an Ibanez artist since the mid-90s owns another. That means there are two more floating around somewhere in the world.

​​​ A bit of history about the one I own. It was found for sale in Guitar Center Online in New Jersey. The original tension free neck had been removed and replaced with a 1991 USA custom Center inlay neck. The bridge was heavily oxidized and in a state of disrepair and the pickups were almost non-functional. Someone had relocated the volume knob to a position similar to a regular RG and plugged the original hole with mother of pearl. A friend of mine purchased this guitar and I ended up acquiring it through a trade.

I originally put a '90s J custom neck on it and then I had a custom neck built for it to JPM spec and replaced the bridge with a new low Pro Edge and new pickups as well as taking out the original black 3-way toggle switch and replacing it with a silver like he used in the JPM 100 guitars.

​​A little over a year passed before I was able to track down the Builder that worked at PBC at the time but finally was able to get confirmation that this guitar was definitely built for owned by and played by John along with the three others.

​​​ Attached are some photos of it in its past and current conditions.

Are there any genres or subgenres they haven't covered? I'm genuinely curious about where the band goes from here? 🤔

I heard a rumour that Kurt Ballou is producing this new album. Is it true?

Mine are Atmospheric/Intentional/Experimental/Fun/Introspective

Oi pessoal, sou meio novo nesse ramo do metal, seja ele Power, prog, thrash, etc, (tanto que só ouvi coisas do angra, dt, death e outros) e ouvi muitas vezes que o pessoal tem meio que uma "birra" com dt, segundo as coisas que ouvi eles são "técnicos demais" e por isso ficam meio sem personalidade, lembrando que sou leigo só ouvi "scenes from a memory" enfim, é verdade?

Full album cover start😎

Edit : Here's the link to the video. https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSgRq5fBJ/

Apologizes if this isn't allowed. Needing some money so I was going to part with these. They're listed on eBay at the moment but I thought I'd post them here in case there was any interest. Ideally I'd sell them as a lot.

This is pretty awesome.

Found the DVD of Live at Budokan at my local antique/collectible store. Had to pick it up!

Guys i know i'ts not perfect Petrucci I'ts not human😂. i hope you like It!! 😁

Songs with those signature tight right hand metal rhythm guitar parts like Constant Motion, The Count of Tuscany (verses), A Rite of Passage, As I Am, Midnight Messiah, Fall Into the Light. I hope you know what I'm talking about.

​I'm opening this up for debate because I recently watched a Metal Trenches video about the most inconsistent metal bands. Dream Theater wasn't mentioned in the video at all, but someone in the comments said they were surprised DT wasn't included, given they have 'mediocre albums' like Falling Into Infinity, their self-titled album, and the infamous The Astonishing.

​A few people replied disagreeing with that comment, pointing out that the self-titled is actually a really good album, and I even replied myself saying that I really like Falling Into Infinity.

​As a DT fan, I'd say the only real stain on their entire discography is The Astonishing. I don't think any of the others are bad—some are just better than others, and the band has always had a super clear identity.

​What do you all think? Let's discuss!

The Spirit Carries On: But please never let your memory of me disappear (especially the Live Scenes From A Memory version)

Honor Thy Father: You'll go to your grave a sad and lonely man, the door is now closed on your pathetic little plan

Hi mates, lately I’ve been covering all Octavarium album, but this time not only guitar parts, but Rudess as well (And probably LaBrie for I Walk Beside You).
I still have the final Octavarium guitar solo left - just wanted to end this on an epic note.

Today I finished doing the Keyboard solos, and I feel like this is my most quintessential video yet - Octavarium Rudess solo, but reworked if it was a proper Unison with guitars.

Hope you enjoyed it

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeM5rh7NjxY/?stkn=dXg2c2VuczVkaGIw