MASTERCLASS PAUL GILBERT PLAYS THE BLUES - GUITAR PART TV 

And a great teacher

Anything PG plays!!! Covers it all, one of the most versatile players ever.......

I've heard him talk in several interviews about how playing blues has significantly improved the feel and tonality of his metal shredding. Which is ABSOLUTELY true, for anyone who reads this.

Absolutely!

The best.......agreed. On all fronts

O , yeas.Even I'm Russian,I anderstand what he is talking about. ;)

B.B. could shred!!! According to rumors from a tech......he could play whatever he heard but kept with the act....pretty cool.

+saltire546 Doug Aldrich is another fantastic guitarist who is well grounded as is Rowan Robertson.

Dude...ya gotta dig into his archives. .Hes the most ! (boy that was corny ). "the most" Too late to retract.

hachewie You can take the yapping boy out of the internet, but you can't take the yapping out of the boy. Come on dude; most guitar players repeat themselves too much. Paul is still doing something fresh, even if his shredding licks are obvious here and there. His blues is still very impressive and he knows what is all about. His mentality is spot-on. It's very easy to criticise but incredibly harder to achieve something by yourself. Have a great day.

Retro Walkthroughs This is not a criticism, merely a comment. I love his playing and his attitude/personality. I learn a lot from it. He is one of the greats. You are quick to critique though. I am frustrated at how making a comment on youtube becomes a personal attack. You seem smart enough with your intelligible response. Have a nice day.

Matthew Slager Doesn't your comment sound like a "quick critique"? I wasn't attacking you, I was defending PG here. The internet is full of malice comments and your sounds like one. Please, express yourself better and fully next time. Cheers bro!

Retro Walkthroughs "You can take the yapping boy out of the internet, but you can't take the yapping out of the boy." This is what I took personally, and the most malicious comment in this whole thread. There is significant difference between critique and criticism. Take care and play on. That's what this video is all about. Playing guitar.

hachewie You could have admitted that your comment was not precised at least. Almost every comment in such a way is a criticism of PG. I've read many of those about "how Gilbert sucks in everything apart from shredding" and your comment sounds like one of that type. I only attack others in defense of someone else/something. Internet is merciless if it comes to such situations. I'm sure you know that.

Practice

I disagree pretty wildly. While I might phrase it a little more generously than Christian John's comment below, there's truth in what he said. I think Paul Gilbert is an amazing guitarist, but blues is not his genre. Sometimes the flaws give something its character. His timing is so impeccable that he plays like a metronome, not floating in front of and behind the beat in the way that the "only blues" players do to add tons of feel. Gilbert -- awesome, but not better at blues than the blues guys. The blues guys -- awesome, but can't shred like Gilbert. All that being said, this is still a nice video.

well i think paul is not playing blues actually. It is like kind of blues rock and he is trying to fuse those blues in his rock style. (in my opinion only lol)

Very versatile guitar player and with strong awarness what he's doing.

Watch some BB KING AND BUDY GUY before you say that

Nick Hughes Probably you don't know what you talking about...

Effortless, everything.....inspired , humbled