John Petrucci Vs Guthrie Govan?

[Atropos_Project]

Scroll to 5:04, listen to the whole solo.

There's your answer.

 

[metalmaniac93]

buckethead

I never got into Buckethead, and my taste is impeccable so I'm guessing this is a joke?

joke?

he can rip some jimi too

Buckethead is no joke!!!

 

[Zachman]

both! no need to choose guys, the good lord gave humanity both guitarists to enjoy




A Wood

A M E N

 

[Bob Savage]

Gimme a couple weeks to practice up and I'd ruin both of them.

 

[Spaceboy]

Whom do you think is a bettter guitarrist? I don't mean whose music you prefer.

I find Guthrie alot more impressive but JP is a great songwriter as well.

What? It's impossible to measure the skills of musicians of that caliber. This will ultimately be a discussion of which music each individual prefers, not the comparison of skills you intended. That's just plain impossible.

I prefer Petrucci if we are talking about guitar alone. But when places in the context of their projects, I lean toward Govan. One is not better than the other, they are different flavors.

 

[Zachman]

Whom do you think is a bettter guitarrist? I don't mean whose music you prefer.

I find Guthrie alot more impressive but JP is a great songwriter as well.

What? It's impossible to measure the skills of musicians of that caliber. This will ultimately be a discussion of which music each individual prefers, not the comparison of skills you intended. That's just plain impossible.

I prefer Petrucci if we are talking about guitar alone. But when places in the context of their projects, I lean toward Govan. One is not better than the other, they are different flavors.

I'd be willing to bet that GG could do a better job at reproducing a JP piece, than JP would at reproducing a GG piece

 

[shadowvault]

Govan all the way!He just needs more material.

 

[junkerde]

fusion or metal is really what its about

 

[Black Sabbath]

buckethead

Definitely!

However, Guthrie is infinitely more technical than the fat boy JP.

That's why I LOVE Andy Timmons. yeah. I meant it as a playing vote, JP wins for songs for me too. but you can't compare the two. I could compare Satch and Vai or something.

Andy Timmons sucks (typical garage band whanker)!

And no, you can't compare Satriani to Vai. Satriani isn't even in the same league as Vai. As a matter of fact, Satriani has not league!

 

[Purpleibby]

both! no need to choose guys, the good lord gave humanity both guitarists to enjoy


A Wood

Right on Most certainly agree

 

[madrigal77]

Scroll to 5:04, listen to the whole solo.

There's your answer.

I'd take 5:37

And 6:07

Over that any day.

 

[JimmyBlind]

If I could pick 3 known players that I would consider to be the greatest electric guitar players of all time, it would be Alan Holdsworth, Shawn Lane & Guthrie Govan. In my esoteric opinion, all three are/were genuine modern day virtuoso's with seemingly autistic musical ability. To them, the guitar is a real-time expressive medium. I'd sooner be comparing these players to Liszt & Paganini.

For me, Petrucci is an extremely capable, technical rock guitar player.

Of course, if the measure of a player's merit is his repertoire, then Petrucci probably has those bases covered.

Comparing guitar players is fairly futile of course. There's an infinitely wide/high spectrum of possibility with any musical instrument that you can only hope to carve a small path through in a life time.
Similarly, everyone's perception of what makes a player 'better' than another is subjective.

 

[polaris20]

I'll take nuno over both.

I'd have to throw Kotzen in the mix as well..ridiculous player AND a good vocalist..

Agreed. As much as I do enjoy GG and JP, overall I enjoy the music of Nuno and Kotzen more, plus they're good vocalists. I'd also have to throw Ty Tabor in the mix too. Something very impressive about someone who rips on guitar, sings, AND writes great tunes.

 

[MississippiMetal]

However, Guthrie is infinitely more technical than the fat boy JP.

I vote we all pitch in to buy this troll a backstage pass so he can call him "fat boy JP" to his face.

If he rips your arms off, don't worry. You can thank Becker for the technology that will allow you to use your eye movements to continue gracing us with your presence.

 

[metalmaniac93]

I prefer to listen to Petrucci since I am more of a metal fan, but Govan is a much better all around player IMO!! On that note, I have not been into DT in quite a long time.

 

[Viesczy]

Who are you people? JP can't tie Govan's shoes? Buckethead is dull, lifeless, boring, drab, mechanical, unoriginal, and very limited? All these guys are killer guitar players. What's with pissing on guys with truckloads of talent? Does that make anyone feel a lot better about themselves? I mean, got it, you like one better than the other, but let's get real here folks.

P.S. check out Buckethead's Electric Tears or Population Overdrive to get a complete different side to his boring unoriginalness.

Quoted for truth.

Dragons of Eden, Chicken Noodles, and Chicken Noodles II are also KILLER releases! Bucket, Brain, and Travis just showcasing their restraint, melody, feel and ability.

FWIW I voted JP.

Why? Much like Shawn Lane's music, GG's music doesn't inspire me at all.

While brilliant in execution, delivery, arrangement and composition, I find the performances devoid of passion and nothing is "memorable" to my musical ear. Not one thing touched my musical ear on Erotic Cakes. Same for the Aristocrat releases. All well the music written, performed, and delivered with nothing memorable to me, like shred muzak... Kenny G on guitar.

Derek

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

I can't believe this is even an honest poll?? Guthrie is easily a more accomplished , precise, and diverse player and beats Petrucci every way you look at it. I still prob prefer to listen to Petrucci and old DT though. That's all that really matters... who can you listen to?

 

[shredi knight]

Style & tone goes to Petrucci (at least his older tones), but as far as actual technical playing ability, Guthrie wipes the floor with him.


Still, I'd rather listen to DT's Images & Word or Awake, than Guthrie's Erotic Cakes or The Aristocrats.

 

[the rossness]

GG buy a huge margin.

 

[snowdog]

GG buy a huge margin.

The spelling here is almost as FAIL as the string winding job on the red MM in your billboard size signature.