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Melomaniac 
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The one and only Mikael Akerfeldt.
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"One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio
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laplace
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 12:47 |
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i'll take fredrik thordendal plz
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Derraine
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 12:45 |
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Stéphan Forté, anyone?
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Witness the man who raves at the wall!
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Yito
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 11:25 |
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John Petrucci
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Psalm 96
1 Sing to the LORD a new song;
sing to the LORD, all the earth.
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magnus
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 11:22 |
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John Petrucci, followed by Michael Romeo. Romeo's tapping technique is amazing, and he's doing a brilliant job as the main songwriter of Symphony X. Though I think Petrucci is a tiny step above, especially when it comes to being influential.
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The scattered jigsaw of my redemption laid out before my eyes
Each piece as amorphous as the other - Each piece in its lack of shape a lie
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febus
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Joined: January 23 2007
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 08:50 |
Richie BLACKMORE of course 
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MikeEnRegalia
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 06:48 |
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Petrucci. No other player from the prog metal realm can possibly beat this combination of skill, diversity and taste (IMHO, as always) ... but of course there may be players who are better in particular domains.
Edited by MikeEnRegalia - March 14 2007 at 09:22
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Lex C
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 06:43 |
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Petrucci, Gildenlow, Hagstrom (meshuggah sorry if I spelled it wrong)
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You think we've developed fast that we're civilized and intelligent I'll let you in on a secret...We've developed things the rest is just knowledge passed on.
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toolis
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Joined: April 26 2006
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 06:38 |
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Adam Jones but in general Vinnie Moore...
Edited by toolis - March 14 2007 at 06:39
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-music is like pornography...
sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more...
-sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue...
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 06:35 |
 BroSpence wrote:
polyrythmic wrote:
I will go with Adam Jones of Tool. |
I second that!
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Thirded !!!!!!!!!!!!
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Guitar God
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 06:27 |
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Petrucci without a doubt.
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Malve87
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 06:21 |
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Reverie
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Location: Australia
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 06:18 |
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I'd say Petrucci would be the most influencial. I'd also say he could step in as best. People are constantly criticizing him for just shredding and not having any emotion or taste. Is it just me or have those people only been listening to the last couple of albums? I mean come on, the first few releases in particular show that Petrucci can create some freakin cool music, and write some really nice solos. I guess him and Romeo are constantly taking 1st place for me. I mean, Romeo is just an awesome song writer, and is largely responsible for my favourite metal album - V.
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Space Dimentia
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 06:10 |
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I have laods but I have to say JP, Micheal Romeo, Karl Groom, Adam Jones, Mikael Akefeldt and both of Angras guitarists, Piotr Grudzinski (riverside) and Luca Truilli, Jeff Clayton. I have so many the list is huge!
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Prog is music for the mind
Hear your Orphaned child!
Check out my bands myspace site: www.myspace.com/equinox17
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BroSpence
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 03:01 |
polyrythmic wrote:
I will go with Adam Jones of Tool. |
I second that!
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darksideof
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 01:59 |
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no question ask Jhon Pertucci, but
Romeo is second
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NotSoKoolAid
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Posted: March 13 2007 at 23:21 |
Most influential: John Petrucci.
Best: Michael Harris.
Big difference.
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enteredwinter
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Location: United States
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Posted: March 13 2007 at 23:20 |
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Petrucci is both the most influential and technically the best. IMO.
That said, I prefer Akerfeldt of Opeth, and Adam Jones of Tool, mostly because they know how to write more interesting music and are less concerned with flinging their fingers around the friggin fretboard at crazy-high speed.
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Jon89
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Location: Australia
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Posted: March 13 2007 at 22:39 |
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Petruicci
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jon 89
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theBox
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Joined: April 29 2005
Location: Greece
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Points: 427
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Posted: March 13 2007 at 22:22 |
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even though I kinda dislike the prog metal approach to guitar playing,
I have to give it to Petrucci. Romero follows close by, but I think
Petrucci is more versatile. Another one that is worth mentioning is
Frederik Thornendalh (?) of Meshuggah, his soloing is strongly
reminiscent of Allan Holtzworth's style
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