Starting To Really Like Paul Gilbert...

[MrBump]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9C-WtDjq1s&feature=related

... and really like that guitar.  Is it too metal for me, I wonder..?

[gwEm]

the ibanez fireman is a great piece of work.

edit: all that tasty warm body wood strat-coil tone, wrapped up in a wild space rock shape. was discussing this with Jonathan this very evening in fact

[gwEm]

heres my favourite paul gilbert clip (again!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNEBaJ8FiAk

[Jonny]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9C-WtDjq1s&feature=related

... and really like that guitar.  Is it too metal for me, I wonder..?

Short answer: No.
Long answer: Nooooooooooooooooooooooo.

[JacksonRR]

Here's my favorite GIlbert clip. I like it when musician's have a good sense of humor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ligr9aMFcQ

[MrBump]

Here's my favorite GIlbert clip. I like it when musician's have a good sense of humor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ligr9aMFcQ

How the f**k can he sing and play those guitar parts?!?!

[Roobubba]

Here's my favorite GIlbert clip. I like it when musician's have a good sense of humor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ligr9aMFcQ

How the f**k can he sing and play those guitar parts?!?!

That's probably the most impressive clip I've seen of him. While I couldn't play a fraction of what he can without singing - playing that (c0ck on, too) AND singing over the top is very, very impressive indeed. And the lyrics are funny :)

[Dmoney]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9C-WtDjq1s&feature=related

... and really like that guitar.  Is it too metal for me, I wonder..?

using a hotplate attenuator there. nice
I used to be really uninterested in playing like this. it's only now I appreciate it and I regret spending years and years not really progressing any at the guitar.

[Afghan Dave]

Here's my favorite GIlbert clip. I like it when musician's have a good sense of humor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ligr9aMFcQ

How the f**k can he sing and play those guitar parts?!?!

Because he is a musical monster!  (and a lovely bloke too - he writes back every time you email him!)

:gayflag: We love you Paul xxx :gayflag:

[gwEm]

my favourite Paul riffs - "Green Tinted Sixties Mind" and "Superheroes"

I can barely play either..

[fbloke]

Genius, Paul Gilbert. Funny and very astute - he's expanded his repertoire to include singing and added a healthy dash of humour so you get the all-round entertainment experience from him.  He knows there's only so much appetite for shredding alone.

[Transcend]

i think im the only person in the world that cant stand paul gilbert.

I dont mind him as a person but i find everything he does extremely boring

[Dr. Stein]

^I agree to some extent. I've pretty much always said he's my favourite of the high profile shredders, because he seems like such a nice guy as well as being staggeringly good. But at the same time, I struggle to listen through a full song of his because musically I find it really dull.

[gwEm]

and hes a very good drummer also, apparently:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buxNWveUG3U

[Roobubba]

^I agree to some extent. I've pretty much always said he's my favourite of the high profile shredders, because he seems like such a nice guy as well as being staggeringly good. But at the same time, I struggle to listen through a full song of his because musically I find it really dull.

It's certainly not my style of music, either. I appreciate his talent, but in general I don't find any kind of lead guitar interesting any more. It's very very bad (from my perspective) when a mediocre or worse band decides to put solos in their music - I get very bored by that!
Obviously he's at another level, but yeah, not something I would spend any time listening to for sure.