There's something about starting a fast picked run with legato that lets your brain get synced up to the tempo before starting up the pick motion. Yngwie does this a lot too.
Looks like Zorg from Fifth Element with Harry Carrey's glasses. And yes im going to unfairly pick on his looks because I cannnot fairly pick on his playing...
Paul is one of the nicest guys I ever met. Once filmed an interview with him outside the Ibanez Festival in Germany. He was so down to earth and fully immersed in what he was doing. Such a great soul of music.
He really is. I met him while he taught at GIT when a friend was going there and he landed me his dubbing deck and a bag of demo tapes from a bunch of bands he had been.
@@nfmg2265 Who's exactly the opposite of clean shredding technique and synchronization, LOL. Of course it's sort of an hyperbole but Shawn Lane was quite sloppy and not in Paul's league as a shredder. Amazing musician, writer and player though, no doubt.
Proof that He is HIM. This guy, he's like the leo messi of guitar. Shows up at G3, smoother technique than Petrucci. Hangs with Mr. Big, living that rockstar dream. Then he goes all out into underrated metal stuff with RacerX and Later on, writes these killer pop and hopeless romantic shred tracks about love, but with these mind-blowing solos. What a random legend. He is HIM, has always been
@@hon8177 well, yes, that’s a whole different thing. The best guitarist, in my opinion are instantly recognizable and skillful. My top guitarist are Krantz, Scofield and Beck, in no order, but followed by Frank, Jerry and Jimi. I can’t listen to these technical guys- at all. Watching them perform is another story. These guys inspire me to play and strive to better.
@@hon8177Asato is like a more polished John Mayer(guitarwise) ,you acan hear a lot of Larry Carlton in Mancuso's style and Guthrie is Guthrie... So they all have feel imo just different from what you are used to maybe 😁
One of the most underrated tools is palm muted legato. Even if it’s only slightly palm muted, it still has enough percussive attack to trick the listener’s brain into thinking there’s some picking happening.
Not picking the last 2 descending notes on the higher string allows Paul to avoid the dreaded "inside picking" scenario when crossing strings and start with a downstroke on the lower string. Nonetheless, it still achieves a very unique sound that isn't purely mechanical.
My band did shows with Racer X back in the 80s and they were incredible to watch. I heard rumors about Paul Gilbert and the power drill and sure enough.
GOAT of guitar yes, but under appreciated? PG is rightfully revered and recognized by the guitar's community as one of the very best ever, so i don't see how he may be underrated.
First time I heard racer x was around 1990 when my brother was going wheels up to GIT. Then I got to meet the man while visiting, met Billy Sheahan (my idol) and many others!
Paul is the GOAT. I love many guitarists. But he was the first I saw as a massive inspiration. Someone who believes in the craft, makes it part of him, and is so kind, and humble (mostly) lol. I don't think he's showing off for the sake of it.
Paul Gilbert has been very very cool since the 80's!! He recorded a solo for Daryl Mansfield called "AFTER THE STORM". I had a small studio in the 80's and was talking to Mansfield on the radio and inquired about the session with Paul Gilbert. Mansfield's comments were hilarious!! Gilbert shows up to the session, plugs in and is standing in the booth waiting to start playing. Mansfield got on the talk back and said " he man you need to warm up or anything??? Gilbert shakes his head no and says... Na, I'm good lol They start the play back a Gilbert does what Gilbert does and took a little journey to SHRED-CITY!!! LOL Mansfield's comment was friggin hilarious!!! He says... The CAT was all over it right out of the case man!!? Classic 80's , Flashback. If you have never heard the Daryle Mansfield song " after the storm"??? It's some of Paul Gilbert's best improved shredding!!!!
Total complete sting control is how I feel about that. And vital and valuable link between rhythm and the sound. And great thing about it is, you got to be dedicated and about that life to master the technique period
I remember when I started playing in the 90s, I bought a Paul Gilbert course with a Video CD for PC, and the .avi encoding was so horrible and nasty, the video frames couldn't keep up with his fingers. The faster he played the licks, the more his fingers turned into a blurry mush on my screen. Very helpful, and especially encouraging to a beginner, hehe. ;)
