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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.

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  • Danny_Ocean11

    Кто русский-палец вверх за модную футболку!!!! [3]

    Yesterday 3:21pm Reply
  • edneoson

    new album is absolutely amazing!

    11 May 4:19pm Reply
  • Deusdictum

    Тут нет пальцев, глупышки.

    8 May 9:01pm Reply
  • FolkerRussia

    Кто русский-палец вверх за модную футболку!!!! [2]

    22 Apr 6:41pm Reply
  • ZigaMan1984

    Кто русский-палец вверх за модную футболку!!!!

    22 Apr 12:25am Reply
  • HimitsuUK

    Another album? Must get. Consist releases of high quality content!

    21 Apr 12:32am Reply
  • ikd-sj

    =Down to Mexico= absolutely (。♋‸♋。)

    13 Apr 8:11am Reply
  • Tomzors

    Inspirational. Shame I'm talentless!

    21 Feb 7:07pm Reply
  • Gapkilla

    Nice YES cover he did in Vibrato even though the basswork is what usually stands out in the original.

    3 Feb 9:33pm Reply
  • DOOMOBCKuu

    http://vk.com/club1807442

    31 Jan 12:54pm Reply
  • mistatwinkies

    Happy Birthday Paul and to quote another shoutbox http://www.last.fm/group/I+will+never+listen+to+Auterkok

    7 Nov 2012 Reply
  • Wildan182

    ALIG!!!

    2 Nov 2012 Reply
  • sweatbloodtears

    why does he have so few listeners? he's an excellent guitarist

    2 Nov 2012 Reply
  • Luis_Amaya

    Technical Difficulties

    2 Nov 2012 Reply
  • impulse202

    he went all jazz fusion, cool

    27 Oct 2012 Reply
  • mistatwinkies

    Vibrato was even more underwhelming than Fuzz Universe. Don't get me wrong, it's still a solid album and I'm more than happy he's still progressing in his own way, but I just felt a bit let down. A part of it is that I can't stop comparing every release to SFBADR which is easily my favorite work of his, but definitely worth picking up.

    25 Oct 2012 Reply
  • CapnCrunchDaPmp

    Can't wait for Vibrato. I'm hoping I can scrap up some money to pre order it soon. Also, holy shit they added the new albums! It only took four years!1

    11 Oct 2012 Reply
  • TheFinalJoker

    Vibrato's great in a special way. It's totally different from Paul's previous solo albums in my opinion. Very jazzy, lots of jazzy jamming, lots of organ stuff in between and less shredding, more songs. I really love the title song, the Rondo and mostly everything else on the record. Surprisingly different but totally worth the wait. He still got it. :D

    28 Sep 2012 Reply
  • kefallo

    Vibrato's coming! Do you feel it's coming?

    17 Sep 2012 Reply
  • mistatwinkies

    Oh, the new album is called "Vibrato" and it has a Japan release date of September 19 and a worldwide release date of October 16. It'll have 4 tracks with vocals, 4 instrumentals, and 3 live recordings. I'm sure as hell not paying $48 to get a Japanese copy though

    6 Sep 2012 Reply
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