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febus 
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 Posted: March 14 2007 at 08:50 |
Richie BLACKMORE of course 
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magnus
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Joined: November 19 2006
Location: Norway
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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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Yito
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Joined: November 28 2005
Location: Mexico
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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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Derraine
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Joined: December 23 2005
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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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laplace
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Joined: October 06 2005
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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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Melomaniac
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Location: Canada
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 12:56 |
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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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Abstrakt
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Joined: August 18 2005
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 12:59 |
Ouch, hard choice.
Petrucci & Åkerfeldt are equals, with Thordeldal not far behind.
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sleeper
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Joined: October 09 2005
Location: Entropia
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 13:28 |
 MikeEnRegalia wrote:
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.
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I agree with what Mike has said here, Petrucci has a combination of atributes that put him at the top of the pile, though a good number of other guitarists come very close.
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Barla
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Joined: April 13 2006
Location: Argentina
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 13:35 |
Petrucci is amazing!! The best guitar player to come up during the 90s and one of my all time favorite guitarists!!  Romeo gets the second place, IMO. He's very influenced by Malmsteen but has reached hiw own style, and definitely he does not sound like any other Malmsteen wennabe, which are very common specially in power metal these days.
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Trickster F.
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Joined: February 10 2006
Location: Belize
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 13:37 |
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Gotta go with X-Botteri for his songwriting rather than technique.
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Barla
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Joined: April 13 2006
Location: Argentina
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 13:45 |
Reverie wrote:
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. |
Agree totally!! All of DT albums until 6DOIT are excellent examples of the feeling with the guitar on prog metal. Also that final solo on Octavarium is just soooo good!!
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Norbert
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Joined: October 20 2005
Location: Hungary
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Points: 2506
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 14:31 |
I go for the dream duo Dan Rock/Brian McAlpin.Irresistible riffing, otherwordly solos, the "unsung heroes"of prog metal.The Petruccis and Romeos of the planet don't even come close to them in my book.
I actually also rate Jim Matheos higher, he's not famous for solos, but he has a very distinctive style and he's a good songwriter.
I have to hear In the Woods... yet.
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giantenemycrab
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Joined: November 12 2006
Location: United States
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 15:33 |
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Rather or not you like Dream Theater, you have to admit that Petrucci is one of the best guitarist of recent years.
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Yontar
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Joined: September 07 2006
Location: United States
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Points: 131
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 15:54 |
Ill do it for what each player specializes in
Romeo: Extreme melodic and fluid solo lines, and heavy as crap riffage
Petrucci: Very versatile, total recall, and speed
Glidenlow: Songwriting, interesting lines
Mikael A. : Writing heavy as well as ambient material, the ability to improvise Very melodically.
Ron Jarzombek: Technique and being a mastermind
Chuck Schuldiner: Metal songwriting, the ability to make hooks in heavy music
Jason Becker: God given talent, ability to write beautiful music, sweeps, the mind of a classical composer.
Overall: petrucci for his natural memorization of extremely tiring material, endurance, speed, and technique, every one else mentioned is very close behind
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Yontar
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Joined: September 07 2006
Location: United States
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Points: 131
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 15:56 |
Abstrakt wrote:
Ouch, hard choice.
Petrucci & Åkerfeldt are equals, with Thordeldal not far behind. |
yep, akerfeldt i would say is a slightly better "musician" because of his ability to sing vocals throughout whole opeth songs (which typically average seven minutes).
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razifa
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Joined: June 21 2005
Location: Costa Rica
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Points: 224
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 17:50 |
Michael Romeo I don't have to think it over!
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lightbulb_son
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Joined: March 20 2006
Location: United States
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Points: 965
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 18:38 |
Without question Mikael Akerfeldt. Absolute genius and the fact that he can combine his incredible guitar work with those amazing vocals still blows me away.
Fredrik Thordendal is a stunning player as well. For anyone doubting Thordendal's ability I highly recommend you check out his solo album, Sol Niger Within. It is jaw-dropping.
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When the world is sick
Can't no one be well
But I dreamt we were all
beautiful and strong
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decypher
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Joined: April 06 2005
Location: Canada
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 19:09 |
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Easily Ron Jarzombek. A great technician but more experimental musician and composer. Technically Petrucci is great but he doesn't really stand out in any other way, and Romeo... well, just a very conservative melodic metal guitarist, while people like Jarzombek just do their own thing without caring about musical conventions.
I always liked Fates Warning with Jim Matheos and Frank Aresti, the solo in 'static acts' is one of my all time favourites.
Piggy from Voivod was great as rhythm guitarist, he really marked the extreme metal guitar with his extended chords.
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Atavachron
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Honorary Collaborator
Joined: September 30 2006
Location: Pearland
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Points: 65505
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 19:12 |
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I second Ron Jarzombek, really fantastic player (decypher, have you heard the cut 'Celebration on the Planet Mars'?).
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sleeper
Prog Reviewer
Joined: October 09 2005
Location: Entropia
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Posted: March 14 2007 at 20:21 |
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What band is Ron Jarzambek in?
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