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Profile of Paul Gilbert
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Paul Gilbert (November 6, 1966) was the former guitarist for the band Mr. Big. After he parted ways with the group in 1996, Gilbert pursued his career as a solo guitarist and has evolved into a successful solo artist/singer/songwriter. Currently, he is also the lead guitarist of the re-united 1980s hard rock band Racer X.
Born in Carbondale, Illinois, he started playing guitar at the age of 5, but soon gave up, becoming frustrated with just learning simple nursery rhymes. Around age 11, he took up the guitar again, but with a skewed memory of the technique; he played only with upstrokes, and only used his middle finger to fret notes!! Frustrated after trying to play a fast metal song with a galloping rhythm using this technique, he took lessons, and his teacher explained the error of his ways. His technique corrected, Gilbert continued practicing, and by the age of 15 he was not only touring local clubs with his band Tau Zero but was even spotlighted in Guitar Player magazine alongside fellow up-and-comer Yngwie Malmsteen.
Talking about his influences, Paul mentions many different artists, including Judas Priest, KISS, Van Halen, and, rather surprisingly for a guitar shredder, the Ramones. He is also a great fan of Greenday.
Gilbert composes music in a wide variety of styles including pop, rock, metal, blues, jazz, funk and classical, but is perhaps best known for his versatility and speed, which helped him be named as one of the "Top 10 Shredders Of All Time" by Guitar One Magazine.
He did one album with Jimi Kidd, his uncle, in 2001 called Raw Blues Power.
Contrary to much speculation, Paul Gilbert is not Buckethead. Buckethead was actually a student of Paul for a period of a year.
Gear
Gilbert is endorsed by Ibanez guitars, and uses the PGM signature series. The majority of his guitars feature painted "f-holes". He is often seen with Laney amplifiers, and praises them as "the best natural distortion of any tube amp I've ever heard."
Discography
- King of Clubs (1997)
- Flying Dog (1998)
- Beehive Live (1999)
- Alligator Farm (2000)
- Burning Organ (2002)
- Paul the Young Dude/The Best of Paul Gilbert (2003)
- Gilbert Hotel (2003)
- Acoustic Samurai (2003)
- Space Ship One (2005)
Other albums involving Gilbert include:
- Humanary Stew - A Tribute to Alice Cooper
- Light at the End of the Tunnel - War & Peace (with Richie Kotzen, John Norum, Jeff Pilson)
- Tribute to Jimi Hendrix (1992)
- Guitars That Rule the World (1992)
- Merry Axemas - A Guitar Christmas (1997)
- Guitar Wars (2003)
- One Night in New York City - Yellow Matter Custard (2003)
- Spin The Bottle - An All Star Tribute To KISS (guitars on I Want You) (2004)
Videography
- Intense Rock - Sequences & Techniques
- Intense Rock II
- Guitars from Mars
- Guitars from Mars II
- Terryfying guitar trip
External Links
- http://www.paulgilbert.com/ The official Paul Gilbert site
- http://yuko.cside5.com/solo_lyrics_frame.html Paul Gilbert song lyrics
- http://www.racerxband.com/ The official Racer X site
- http://guitargeek.com/rigview/403/ Schematic of Paul's live rig
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