Originally posted by Yngvai X
The tapping in Lie is nothing. Thats just simple EVH stuff. The stuff Romeo does with string skipping and using his right hand finger like its an extension of his left hand as opposed to a nervous hammer just trying to play eruption as fast as they can. And Petrucci's legato is pretty simple Satriani type stuff. Romeo's legato is like Shawn Lane's, way more advanced patterns and lines. And Petrucci has never done any really crazy sweeping. You want crazy sweeping listen to Jason Becker. Id like to see Petrucci play Serrana, HA. Honestly, the only thing JP has going for him is his alternate picking. That, I agree, he is insanely phenominal at. At everything else, he is average. He's great but way overrated. Like I said he couldnt touch half of what Romeo does but I bet Romeo could do everything he does.
Yes, Petrucci is more varied than Romeo. You people have to realize that they are COMPLETELY different kinds of players with completely different aspirations in their playing. You can tell by looking at their influences. JP was influence by Steve Morse, Vai, Lifeson, Dimeola. Aside from Dimeola, none of those guys are in the technical cream of the crop, though they are all very skilled players. Romeo was influenced by Yngwie, Shawn Lane, Holdsworth, Gambale, Becker. All shrapnel caliber guitarists. Romeo is totally geared towards shrapnel shred guys and Petrucci is geared more towards inventive, creative, very technically profficient guitarists. So I wish people would just stop comparing them, its like trying to compare Eric Clapton to Andre Segovia. You can't, they just have two very different ways of playing. But on a pure technical aspect, without regard to how much "feel" or "emotion" you get out of them, Romeo is more profficient than Petrucci.
