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Mixed Bag: Bonamassa/Zep, Vai, Metheny, Gilbert

Posted by admin in Friday, April 16th 2010   
Topics: Joe Bonamassa, Pat Metheny, Paul Gilbert, Steve Vai    
1 Comment 396 views

It’s Friday! Do you have guitar-squeezin’ in your weekend? Is it part of the plan? It should be if not, even if you have to…squeeze it in. (I wish I could find an amp that I could crank through headphones late at night that would sound like roasting EL84s or EL34s.)
Anyhow, to get your guitar-binge [...]

Paul Gilbert on Riff-Writing, Rhythm, Marshall VM

Posted by admin in Monday, January 18th 2010   
Topics: Ibanez, Marshall, Paul Gilbert, Xotic    
1 Comment 675 views

If you heard Paul Gilbert in Racer X in the ’80s, he was shredding. In Mr. Big in the ’90s he was playing poppy, but still managing to shred. On his solo albums he shreds, but not all the time.
So for many of you, Paul Gilbert may = “shred.” But I think the best thing [...]

Best NAMM Vids So Far

Posted by admin in Tuesday, January 20th 2009   
Topics: Fender, Ibanez, Johnny Hiland, PRS, Paul Gilbert, Picking Technique, Steve Vai, Wizard amps, Yngwie Malmsteen    
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Yours truly scrolled through all 700+ Winter 2009 NAMM show YouTube vidoes (and a few others) to find the best vids uploaded so far – WoodyTone-wise, that is – and they are below, in no particular order.
Tone-wise, my favorites are the Wizard amps – I believe Wizards are made by Angus Young’s roadie and are [...]

Gettin’ Betta

Posted by admin in Monday, December 8th 2008   
Topics: Gibson, Marshall, Nuno Bettencourt, PRS, Pat Travers, Paul Gilbert    
No Comment 130 views

Hear a Pat Travers tune on the internet radio recently, one I hadn’t hear in a long while: Gettin’ Betta. Awesome tune (YouTube links to it below).
Reminds me a lot of Extreme, so Nuno Bettencourt obviously borrowed liberally from Pat.
Back in the day Pat used a Gibson Melody Maker with full-size Gibson humbuckers. In an [...]

On the Other Hand/Finger

Posted by admin in Wednesday, October 22nd 2008   
Topics: John Petrucci, Paul Gilbert, Picking Technique    
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On the subject of switching your picking from thumb/forefinger to thumb/first two fingers — well, you can go the other way too. Paul Gilbert used to play with two fingers and a thumb, but switched to thumb/forefinger, apparently just to get a cooler, cello-like pick attack — and because of a little thumb pain.