So between the two, who's solos do you enjoy more in general? I think they're both great and both have some incredible moments, but I find myself liking Pinella's solos more often than Romeo's. Romeo's are pretty hit or miss with me, especially his shred ones, whereas Pinella is much more consistent through it all (IMO of course)
Battle of the soloists
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Zax666
The Prince Of Ice. Almost
I'd post what I think of Pinella's lead patches and soloing, but I don't want to be castrated by the people on this board. 
Metal Immortal
Guardian of the Blind
They both rule but, being a guitarist myself, I naturally lean toward liking Romeo's more. His skill is amazing.
Although... I love it when they solo together. I think my favorite solo Symphopy X has ever done is in the song Of Sins and Shadows. Holy shit. The song fucking rules.
Although... I love it when they solo together. I think my favorite solo Symphopy X has ever done is in the song Of Sins and Shadows. Holy shit. The song fucking rules.
DoktorShred
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Romeo rules but i find alot of his solos can sound the same. Not like copying licks or anything....just it all seems like a similar style. So pinella, although i wish he had better patches
karelrulez
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I also don't really dig Pinella's patches, it seems they don't stand out of the heavy music enough when he's soloing. But that's the only thing, he's ofcourse a complete master of the instrument. In this case I pick Romeo because I'm a sucker for flashy guitar solos. However, I also hope he'll change his tone on the next album, more like Divine Wings or V.
Zax666
The Prince Of Ice. Almost
OH NO, PLEASE NOT THAT I-WAS-USING-THE-WRONG-AMP-BUT-I-POST-EQ-ED-IT-TO-HELL-AND-DRENCHED-IT-IN-REVERB-TONE!!!karelrulez said:
uke:I find myself listening to V less just because the production is so bad.
karelrulez
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I know, V's production is pretty weak, but I think Romeo's tone itself sounds pretty good. At least better than on The Odyssey.Zax666 said:OH NO, PLEASE NOT THAT I-WAS-USING-THE-WRONG-AMP-BUT-I-POST-EQ-ED-IT-TO-HELL-AND-DRENCHED-IT-IN-REVERB-TONE!!!
I find myself listening to V less just because the production is so bad.
DoktorShred
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I hope pinella starts using patches that you can hear on his solo project samples on symphony x's next album, they sound really great.
karelrulez said:
I agree about his old patch, but I think that his one on The Odyssey album was pretty sweet. One of my favorite keyboard lead tones...not too guitar-like as a lot of keyboardists are starting to sound, but not too retro-synth sounding...it's a nice medium between the two, and it's got a really nice character to it with those filter-sweep type things he's got going on.
All a matter of taste I guess...
What about Thomas Miller? He may not have had a lot of solos but he had some mad fills man! You smell!
And lets not forget about Lepond in Egypt either.
And lets not forget about Lepond in Egypt either.
LT said:What about Thomas Miller? He may not have had a lot of solos but he had some mad fills man! You smell!
And lets not forget about Lepond in Egypt either.
Agreed.
Androz
Lord of the Cheese
I like Romeo's rhythm tone of V, but the leads don't sound too great.Zax666 said:OH NO, PLEASE NOT THAT I-WAS-USING-THE-WRONG-AMP-BUT-I-POST-EQ-ED-IT-TO-HELL-AND-DRENCHED-IT-IN-REVERB-TONE!!!
I find myself listening to V less just because the production is so bad.
I'm gonna have to go for Romeo - especially on Twilight. That album has a lot of my favorite solos ever (Smoke and Mirrors, Dragon's Den, The Relic, Orion, TTLG, Church... all have awesome solos).
Opus(sy)2
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BastrdDrmr
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Romeo has a few solos that really suck but he also has lots of solos better than Pinella's. Pinella is much more consistent, however.
