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Paul Gilbert
(06 Dec 02)
Discography, Gear, Sounds
A selected discography
With Racer X
"Street Lethal" © 1986 Shrapnel Records, Inc
"Second Heat" © 1986 Shrapnel Records Inc.
"Live Extreme Volume" © 1988 Shrapnel Records, Inc.
"Live Extreme Volume II" © 1992 Shrapnel Records, Inc.
"Technical Difficulties" © 2000 Racer X
"Superheroes" © 2001 Shrapnel Records Inc.
"Snowball Of Doom" ( live ) © 2002 Racer X
With Mr. Big
"Mr. Big" 1989
"Raw Like Sushi" ( live ) 1990
"Lean Into It" 1991
"Raw Like Sushi II" ( live ) 1992
"Bump Ahead" 1993
"Japandemonium / Raw Like Sushi III" ( live ) 1994
"Hey Man" 1996
Solo
"Tribute To Jimi Hendrix" ( live... out of print )
"King Of CLubs" © 1998 Atlantic Recording Corporation
"Flying Dog" © 1999 Shrapnel Records, Inc.
"Beehive Live" © 1999 Paul Gilbert
"Alligator Farm" © 2000 Shrapnel Records, Inc.
"Raw Blues Power" ( with Jimmy Kidd ) © 2002 Paul Gilbert / Jimi Kidd
"Burning Organ" © 2002 Paul Gilbert
(almost all of this stuff, despite the tribute and the Mr.Big-stuff, can be found at Guitar9
The Mr. Big stuff can be ordered at Amazon )
Guitars:]
Paul is an endorser of Ibanez guitars, and has been for many years now. Several versions of the Ibanez PGM are available. The painted-on f-holes have become some kind of a PG-trademark.
The guitars usually have a HSH-configuration. Paul prefers and endorses DiMarzio pickups, and uses the Tone Zone, Humbucker From Hell and PAF Pro quite a bit. Paul also collects cheap old pawnshop-guitars.
Amps:
In the early years, Paul used many amps modified and / or built by Lee Jackson... modded Marshalls, Metaltronix Amps. He also endorsed and used the legendary ADA MP1 for quite a while.
Ever since the early / mid 90's, Paul's a Laney-endorser and uses both the GH50L head and the VC 30-combo. His cabinet of choice usually is a Laney 2X12".
Effects:
He doesn't use many effects. During the "Bump Ahead"-period, he used a guitar synth for some weird or unusual sounds (also for the piano in "Nothing But Love").
A distortion/overdrive pedal and some weird modified ADA Flanger (which he uses a lot to simulate whammy bar-effects) have been seen on his pedalboard. He also occasionally uses a digital delay and an MXR Phaser.
Tone
Paul has a easily recognizable tone. It's dry, not many effects. He alternates between higain sounds and crunch-sounds. The latter really brings out his extremely accurate technique. Paul picks hard, and due to the EQ-settings on his amp, you can really hear the sound of the pick hitting the string quite well.
He's got one of those "doesn't hide anything" guitar sounds, ballsy, punchy, cool. Head over to the Racer X-board, they recently had some photos of Paul's amps in the studio. On those pics, you could even see the EQ-settings (the whole Racer X site is really cool anyway... www.racerxband.com )
Playing
Mmkay, let's get to the fun-site.
I showed you a bunch of Paul's licks and basic exercises in my "Art Of Picking"- articles (also posted some of them at the forums).
Paul is one of the fastest pickers I ever heard, and his videos should help you to boost your own picking quite a bit, but he can do way more than that. He also has a flawless legato-techique and uses techniques like string-skipping, sweeping, tapping quite a bit. Let's get through some of his basic exercises, licks and even some of his solos...
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