Are Petrucci's guitars smaller than most other guitars, or is it just me?

Just got back from the Chicago show... one of the best concerts I've ever been to. Completely sold out. Near the end of Home, Portnoy goes into a drum solo. He builds it to a climax, then goes "you know, this drumset is too big for one person." Then [i]Charlie fvcking Benante from Anthrax[/i] comes out and sits down on the other half of Mike's kit. They solo together, have a little duel, then start playing a bunch quick covers. It was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Here's the setlist:

Root of All Evil
Another Won
Take the Time
Innocence Faded
Peruvian Skies/Wish You Were Here/Wherever I May Roam
Raise the Knife
Home/Drum Solo/Walk This Way/YYZ/6:00 (played [b]perfectly[/b] by Charlie)/Raining Blood
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War Within My Head
The Test That Stumped Them All
Endless Sacrifice
I Walk Beside You
Octavarium
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Wait For Sleep
Learning to Live (w/ extended jam)

Kinda disappointed that the only song from Awake was Innocence Faded, and the only song from Train of Thought was Endless Sacrifice... but whatever. Amazing show.

Woah, they played raining blood??!??! by slayeR??!?

..they played INNOCENCE FADED?! what the hell?
dammmnnn...

anyway, i personally love the look of his guitar (especially the color) and im looking into buying his sig 7-string soon :]

i dont have the video of acoustic another day saved...it's on youtube. sorry
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TltDjoMB4os[/url]

[QUOTE=Shattered_Future]Exactly. So he'll have to get rid of it, because nobody wants a guitar that has had balls rubbed on it. Then I can take it. :cool:[/QUOTE]

the man has 17 or so guitars on tour at all times, so why not? :rolleyes:
get me one too.

[QUOTE=TheOpethAffinity]Woah, they played raining blood??!??! by slayeR??!?[/QUOTE]

Yeah, about 30 seconds of it. Just the intro and the main riff.

[QUOTE=ghettoeddo]..they played INNOCENCE FADED?! what the hell?
dammmnnn...
[/QUOTE]
:eek: 1 2 3.
Damn, you lucky bastard.

[QUOTE=Arpanet]Just got back from the Chicago show... one of the best concerts I've ever been to. Completely sold out. Near the end of Home, Portnoy goes into a drum solo. He builds it to a climax, then goes "you know, this drumset is too big for one person." Then [i]Charlie fvcking Benante from Anthrax[/i] comes out and sits down on the other half of Mike's kit. They solo together, have a little duel, then start playing a bunch quick covers. It was one of the coolest things I've ever seen.[/QUOTE]
That is so cool, must have been awesome.

[QUOTE=ghettoeddo]i dont have the video of acoustic another day saved...it's on youtube. sorry
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TltDjoMB4os[/url][/QUOTE]
I've seen that, its really good, but JP's guitar tone sounds awful.

Woah, I missed that YT video.
That is brilliant. Qualities a bit dodgy though.

Nah, I played on an OLP signatue and it was pretty much standard size, but its not the real thing though....

They played anohter won? that mustve been sic.as.hell
my favourite majesty song, by far.

i think the OLP is a pretty good replica of the original. i played the OLP too. unplugged cuz the input jack was hanging loose :(

[QUOTE]War Within My Head
The Test That Stumped Them All[/QUOTE]
:eek::amaze::eek:

Lucky little...

<3 for Mike's high singing in that.

Someone with a better memory than me helped out with the drum solo covers list on the DT boards... went like this, I think.

Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
Led Zeppelin - Rock and Roll
Aerosmith - Walk This Way
Rush - YYZ (full band kicks in at this point, though the Johns and Jordan were offstage)
Anthrax - Indians (played by Mike)
DT - 6:00 (played flawlessly by Charlie)
Maiden - Run to the Hills
Slayer - Raining Blood

[QUOTE=Arpanet]Someone with a better memory than me helped out with the drum solo covers list on the DT boards... went like this, I think.

Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
Led Zeppelin - Rock and Roll
Aerosmith - Walk This Way
Rush - YYZ (full band kicks in at this point, though the Johns and Jordan were offstage)
Anthrax - Indians (played by Mike)
DT - 6:00 (played flawlessly by Charlie)
Maiden - Run to the Hills
Slayer - Raining Blood[/QUOTE]
Wow, cool. "YYZ" sounds cool. I'd like to hear Dream Theater cover that.

[QUOTE=classicrockman]Wow, cool. "YYZ" sounds cool. I'd like to hear Dream Theater cover that.[/QUOTE]
They've done it before, I have the bootleg. I'll send it in the morning if you want it.

I love the Exit...stage left live version of that.
Neil sounds so bloody good.

I wish they played Take The Time when i saw them, my favourite song by them.
But i would really love them to play Status Seeker aswell.

I will see Dream Theater when they next tour.

If it means missing Degree exams, relative's funerals, sex, whatever...I WILL SEE THEM!

[QUOTE=Lord Abortion]I will see Dream Theater when they next tour.

If it means missing Degree exams, relative's funerals, sex, whatever...I WILL SEE THEM![/QUOTE]
And if you don't get tickets, I'll smuggle you in. As a bottle of water. A giant bottle of water. Somehow. Full Stop.

[QUOTE=Arpanet]Someone with a better memory than me helped out with the drum solo covers list on the DT boards... went like this, I think.

Twisted Sister - We're Not Gonna Take It
Led Zeppelin - Rock and Roll
Aerosmith - Walk This Way
Rush - YYZ (full band kicks in at this point, though the Johns and Jordan were offstage)
Anthrax - Indians (played by Mike)
DT - 6:00 (played flawlessly by Charlie)
Maiden - Run to the Hills
Slayer - Raining Blood[/QUOTE]

Thats sweet. [i]So[/i] sweet!

[quote]I love the Exit...stage left live version of that.
Neil sounds so bloody good.[/quote]

Is that the one were he does that insane drum solo in the middle of it? I'm no drummer, so I usually don't much go for drum solos (they're cool when you're there, but when you're listening to a recording...) but that one just blows me away.

Oh, and Ghettoeddo, thanks for the video.

Yep, that's the one.

hey can i get that video too?

DT covering YYZ i mean

[QUOTE=ghettoeddo]hey can i get that video too?

DT covering YYZ i mean[/QUOTE]
yah i want that to, rush is my fav. band :D

Ok, so I saw DT on Tuesday night...and not being big on them I recognized only 2 of them. But one of those I really love, but I don't know the name. It had a piano instrumental, then vocals, then everything else, and there was lots of vocal dissonance and there were sort of "dueling" drums/guitars/keyboards. I don't know how much that all helps though :-\

[QUOTE=ghettoeddo]hey can i get that video too?

DT covering YYZ i mean[/QUOTE]
Oh you wanted video?
Sorry, I only have an audio of it.

gah i can't get into awake it's driving me nuts.........

what are everyone's favourite songs on that album?

[QUOTE=Captain Quentin]gah i can't get into awake it's driving me nuts.........

what are everyone's favourite songs on that album?[/QUOTE]
My favourite song is Scarred. It took me a long while to get into that album as well, but it did grow on me eventually. There's still a few songs I'm not overly keen on (I can't stand 6:00).

[QUOTE=Captain Quentin]gah i can't get into awake it's driving me nuts.........

what are everyone's favourite songs on that album?[/QUOTE]
Innocence Faded, Lie, The Mirror, Space dye Vest, Erotomania.

I like Voices, space dye vest, the silent man and Lie best off that.

I can only not get into lifting shadows and scarred.
the mirror has grown on me slightly since this last came up.