man...I am so jealous of guitar students at AIM in 1989. Could you imagine seeing paul gilbert like at the end of Racer X and the beginning of Mr. Big? When he was like, JUST coming up with some of these now standard rock guitar licks? Then Jason Becker in the SAME year. That's like, pure rock guitar god overload.
I've shaken hands with Paul; his little finger is longer then my fucking middle finger. If you wanted to genetically engineer the perfect guitarist, you'd get him.
Paul Gilbert is the type of guitarist who you always have to have a closer look of his hands when playing. You are easily convinced there's a sixth finger on them. Even his picking hand sometimes seems like it's a six digit hand.
Just amazing. I believe these years were Paul's peak. Although I'm not a huge fan of his music, his picking technique has to be the best the world has ever seen.
@Tushar Sharma do you think everybody has the same music taste? He did acknowledge his tallent didn't he? I don't see why you're getting so much triggered out here. I personally am a huge fan of his music.
I'd agree with that, his technique is rediculously clean. There are players who play at his speed or even faster, but nobody picks as cleanly as he does.
I came here to watch Paul Gilbert play, not to hear a sob story about Becker. I love Jason, But there is other videos on youtube....Like ones with him in them.....
his notes are intense, but PG is such a down to earth dude who loves to joke around as much as he shreds. My friends and i stalked him and the rest of Mr BIG back in 95 after a gig and i when we finally met him, it was such an honor!
I am sorry i didnt want to compare Anyone in my comment B.t.w, Randy Roads & Yngwie Malmsteen and Ritchie Blackmore played Neo Classic on guitar in 1981 I dont want to compare Paul Gilbert & Jason Becker i just wanted to mention Paul Gilbert as another Neo Classical Master Btw Paul Gilbert is my Fav, guitarist i own almost all his CD s
So happy that paul plays Bach. Bach is my favorite but guitar is my instrument and almost no one plays it well on electric. Wish he’d do a full album of bach
I think he has probably slowed down a little, but his playing is definitely more musical and tasteful. That said, he was, and is, unbelievably talented at going completely WOT without missing a beat.
And they said that Van Halen is the most influential guitarist. But this is YNGWIE all over it. Give respect to the man. No one before him was playing like that.
Evolving or devolving though? To me Paul has been himself until 2010. But after that he lost me a little bit. Still my favorite but i preferred his pre-2011 playing. And Mr Big were great, but to me Racer X was always the better band musically.
That dude is a smoking player, but it's different than what Paul is doing here. Ohmura is only skipping and playing one note on the higher strings, which is allowing him to hybrid pick it...chickin' pickin' style. : ) Alternate picking gives you the option to play as many notes as you want on any string. Having said that, Ohmura looks like he has a pretty flawless alternate picking technique, so he could probably, (at least come close to) what Paul does.
@AstriBlair Yeah, that's a technique that's totally unique to alternate picking. Economy pickers have a real tough time with that stuff. In fact, I've never heard an economy picker do it.
@Testacojones I know he was teaching guitar to Buckethead (listen to Echo Song by Paul sounds like a Buckethead Song) and he was teaching Bruce B. second guitarist of Racer X
@Dethsquirrel lol yea man I do the same thing too after I play for someone. All i can think of is a mistake I made that they didnt hear but to me it sounded like death.
A guy I worked who knew nothing about guitars or guitarists told me he met Paul when he went to the states at a mates place He told me he grabbed an acoustic and nearly blew it up. I didn't believe him until I saw the photos.
@Testacojones Well i wouldnt say Yngwie opened up the Way for Steve Vai since Steve Vai was Allready amazingly skilled in 1981 at the age of 18 And Yngwie first Album was released in 1983 ( Yes i looked that up on Wikipedia ) Besides that Joe Satriani is WAAY better then Yngwie i would say Joe Satriani opened up the Way for Paul Gilbert & John Petrucci & Andy Timmons
He really can though, he might be 10 percent slower or so but so what still makes him faster then 99.9 percent of players even now regardless ya know. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n05kNT6qopY.html
He can, but he has to practice a bit before, since he's not used to play this stuff all the time like he used to. He also has a different tone today, it wouldn't sound the same.
@dannymadness1 I learned about Jason Becker 6 months ago and i believe if he wouldnt have that terrible tragic illness he would be better then Steve Vai today he was better then Steve Vai at the age of 20 Maybe he was the Best Neo Classical Metal guitarist of ALL TIMES yes and for Buckethead i heard he had 5 Teachers at the age of 19 Gilbert was only 1 of them and Shawn Lane was his Idol
@@MsDavo123 How would you even know this? lol 15-17 year old Becker composed this ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-h5odMhEKWdY.html I'd have my money on Becker
Look at this Paul Gilbert Allready ate Yngwie Malmsteen for breakfast at the age of 20 Yes i dont like Yngwie Malmsteen hes the most overrated Neo Classical Metal Guitarist ever Marty Friedman & Jason Becker where 3 x better
music is not about who is faster or better.. without Yngwie would not be possible Paul, if you listen at some Paul interview he always said that Yngwie and Eddie was the big influences. Yngwie already had his technique at 18. But again, music is not about who is faster..
There's no guitarist that could possibly play better neo classical stuff than malmsteen did when he was in his 20s. Guys like vai,gilbert,satriani,abasi,govan,bumblefoot respects malmsteen for his creativity and technical skills
@@MrRichieh1980 Technically, yes but song writing wise Malmsteen is the greater guitarist here But I like becker and friedman too Just that malmsteen is the goat of Neo Classical
That's really unfair to compare pioneers like Becker and Gilbert to the one that STARTED neo-classical shredding. That's like saying Beethoven is better than Mozart.
No sweeps a great technique especially when mastered,point is Gilbert is so amazingly technical and gifted that he can basically do what master sweepers can do without sweeping no less,thats all.
I see your points see where you're coming from. I only stated things said by Satriani and Vai from their own mouths. Vai joined Alcatrazz and that experience improved his shops by a lot, he said "Yngwie's solos were kicking my butt". I met Macalpine and Vinnie Moore and kept in touch with Matt "Dr Mastermind". My point is just like Lamborghini showed the way with the Countach then Ferrari followed with the Berlinetta Boxer, etc. Yngwie influenced everyone and inspired players to be better.
@musicisthebestF Yngwie had most of his first instrumental album down when he was 15. Yngwie is the reason why all this players became so good, Satriani and Vai both thank God for Yngwie because he showed the way and opened up the doors for players who had chops above the normal. I liked Yngwie at his early playing, since then he is just predictable and his songs are way too out of style and lost some of the darkness he had. I had the chops of all these guys at 16 but never cared to be famous.
