Paul Gilbert is well known for his highly-acclaimed technical guitar work w… Read Full Bio ↴Paul Gilbert is well known for his highly-acclaimed technical guitar work with Racer X and Mr. Big . After he parted ways with Mr. Big in 1996, Paul pursued his career as a solo guitarist and has evolved into a successful solo artist/singer/songwriter.
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. His guitar work is characterised by his floating right hand contrary to the more common anchored right hand that guitarists like Pink Floyd's David Gilmour favour. He is also considered to be one of the best proponents of alternate picking.
Paul once had his own column in British guitar magazine, Total Guitar. He is sometimes a guest lecturer at the Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT) that he once attended, along with Gary Hoey and many other guitar players. He works a great deal with GIT's division in Japan, where he lived for a time before relocating to Los Angeles, CA.
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. His guitar work is characterised by his floating right hand contrary to the more common anchored right hand that guitarists like Pink Floyd's David Gilmour favour. He is also considered to be one of the best proponents of alternate picking.
Paul once had his own column in British guitar magazine, Total Guitar. He is sometimes a guest lecturer at the Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT) that he once attended, along with Gary Hoey and many other guitar players. He works a great deal with GIT's division in Japan, where he lived for a time before relocating to Los Angeles, CA.
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Javier Bustacara Ruiz
One of my favorites from the Fuzz Universe album... you rock Paul!!!
Dan Dems
Paul's best collection of composition to date in my opinion. I still remember buying the Space Ship One Live DVD at my local guitar store as a kid.
TwistedMusic Videos
i think it was the get out of my yard and the deafening...album, but it is also epic
Cristián Marcelo Poblete Diaz
Tremendo, el mejor guitarrista del mundo, saludos desde Chile!!
Mauricio Zarruk
My other top Paul Gilbert song (along with Twelve Twelve). This is the stuff Paradise must be made of.
Jacob Aravena
Extraordinary Paul! you are my Master!!!!
meinukey
The harmony at 2:33 is a succession of major chords alternating 5ths and minor 3rds starting from C (C major, G major, Bb major, F major, etc), but each other chord is played as its second inversion, resulting in a chromatic descending line of a whole octave (C, B, Bb, A, etc). Just noticed it after years and thought I'd share it lol.
Hermes Alcione
It is a similar composition similar to the harmony in the verse of Hotel California (Bm, F#, A, E, etc.). In fact, one of the guitars plays precisely the chromatic descending line (B, Bb, A, Ab...).
meinukey
@Hermes Alcione Nice one! Right after I commented this I watched a video of Paul himself explaining this progression in the Fuzz Universe instructional video. The harmonic idea is similar in regards to the bass line, but he starts from D major, ascends by 4ths (D, G, C, F, etc) but alternates third and second inversions of these chords (D/C, G/B, C/Bb, F/A, etc). Honestly it sounds kind of awkward (especially when you sing the arpeggios over that) and wasn't expecting that, but it's not bad either.
Ramiro2772
En Argentina no se pueden escuchar varios de tus discos por Spotify. Saludos es una gran canción!!