# The Glass Prison guitar solo

> John Petrucci's guitar solo on The Glass Prison by Dream Theater (2002) starts at about 5:48. From the album Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence.

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Dream Theater, 2002, from *Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence*. Solo by *John Petrucci*.

A thrash-fueled epic where Petrucci unleashes some of his most aggressive picking, trading lines with Jordan Rudess at breakneck tempo.

The Glass Prison by Dream Theater is #8 in our ranking of the best Dream Theater guitar solos. The solo is played by John Petrucci and the song was released in 2002.

## In our lists

- [The Best Dream Theater Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/dream-theater-guitar-solos/) — #8

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on The Glass Prison?

John Petrucci played the solo on Dream Theater's The Glass Prison (2002).

### What guitar was used on the The Glass Prison solo?

An ernie ball music man jp through a Mesa/Boogie amp, according to widely reported accounts.

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