Paul Gilbert Clinic @ Anahiem

[@wattage2007]

Absolute Paul Gilbert GOLD this video. This is right at the time when he was at the top of his game and playing on loads of Roadrunner stuff as well as mentoring the likes of Joey Tafolla. What an incredible scene that must've been to be involved in.

[@supernothing77]

I thought it was Shrapnel? Racer x were signed to Shrapnel

[@wattage2007]

@@supernothing77 Yeah, it was Shrapnel in the US, Roadrunner in Europe.

[@Fretboard_Frenzy]

Together with Marty Friedman, He was also mentoring the two lead guitar ladies from Phantom Blue.

[@1000poundsguitar]

@@Fretboard_FrenzyPhantom Blue kicked ass!!

[@fistoftulkas7335]

Love those two licks in the intro of Sacrifice, so majestic. Him and Bouillet were the perfect shred's duo. Wish Paul played still like this. At least at times.

[@b.scottfarthingsworth]

He most certainly can, and does. You could imagine how bored of it he must be after decades.

[@Swybryd-Nation]

PG gave away the secret: He said he took the maj7 sweep shape from Frank Gambale’s Speed Picking video. Well if you’re not too attached to alternate picking consider switching to economy picking. You can achieve cleaner, faster velocities way less laboriously.

[@iganpparamarta8813]

Hi Marshall. Technique wise I think you've surpassed most legends out there.

[@livingbeing1113]

Yeah, but strictly alternate picking will always be the peak of the shred!😁

[@smoke_smok1056]

Yes

[@merrittmussorgsky2937]

That’s very true, but why choose at all when you can have the whole lot!!!! ;) alternate, economy, hybrid, swybrid, gypsy, 3/4 picking, half picking, tapping, rock legato with extreme pulloffs and more traditional true legato with all hammers :) all just tools at one’s disposal. I dig em ALL!

[@paulgilbert3139]

I can confirm this, my playing is so much faster and cleaner after using the economy picking, playing guitar is so much fun to me now because i didn't have to sit for hours everyday to maintain my alternate picking's accuracy

[@axeaddiction796]

He was tearing in up on the LA circuit at 17. At that age I was still trying to learn Pentatonic scales. Life’s note fair

[@vanguard4065]

by now i hope you are a master

[@axeaddiction796]

@@vanguard4065 nope I joined the military and had a family

[@testicleetus5298]

@@axeaddiction796 congrats man! Thanks for your service. Maybe someday you can relearn the guitar again

[@cjay4108]

Yeah lifes not fair imagine how jason becker feels

[@alwan1414]

@@cjay4108 bruh lolll

[@dademurphy1732]

Why are y'all saying Paul doesn't shred like this anymore? Yes he does, the style of the song may be different but he still uses a lot of the same shredding in his solos/ other sections. There's a difference between not doing it at all and not doing it ALL the time. Paul used to shred like this all the time, now he's toned it back a bit but still can and does use a lot of these techniques.

[@killerchimp12]

Thanks for coming back with awesome Racer X content

[@guarapo66]

At 1:17 his hand is literally all over the full octave of the guitar from fret 12 to 24😮

[@Ripplin]

The part beginning around 14:28 is hilarious! Hadn't seen anyone do that before. :)

[@iganpparamarta8813]

Ripplin 14:21 is Lost Not Forgotten intro solo haha

[@anaran4811]

Paul's right hand is a biological wonder.

[@nitoniwatori]

Thanks for upload this ... really love Racer X era >__

[@supernothing77]

Paul was and is just physically gifted. He of course had a passion and mature personality

[@akidk1499]

0:22 - 0:26 Shawn Lane style

[@cipanKACAK]

Young and prime Gilberto 💯🙌🏻

[@fadetoal]

Wow, this is awesome! I am a huge fan and student of Paul! 🤟😎🎸

[@James-hh1lq]

Yeah and mike tyson trains me

[@fadetoal]

@@James-hh1lq artistworks.com look it up. I have been taking lessons from Paul for 3 years now.

[@N_Vailer]

Love the way the tape started melting on the shreds!!❤

[@vintagetubeamplifiers]

I have the 3 pages of tabs that Paul handed out at his clinic at Guitar Center near Chicago in 1989, I forget which location because we had about a dozen within 20 miles. Who wants a scanned copy?

[@iganpparamarta8813]

I do. I'll contribute for your time and effort.

[@vintagetubeamplifiers]

@@iganpparamarta8813 drive.google.com/drive/folders/1pdDvXK0nK4qxPXL_wcT9j3ZEvtWT9jU3?usp=share_link

[@supernothing77]

those are probably a lot of money on Ebay

[@gitarmats]

I would love to have that!

[@hertz_me]

whats the code?

[@777brianyurick]

Does anybody have the handout/lesson sheets for this clinic???

[@williamweiss6128]

Really like how he's progressed into a huge fan of all music. Not such a shredder anymore. Such a cool guy.

[@MaximumBob]

Went to that clinic with a young pre-Buckethead... It was awesome.

[@GuillermoValdez-y6c]

Do you have any audios or video of your time with young pre-Buckethead and have anything around that time of golden era of shred?

[@iganpparamarta8813]

He’s wearing the intense rock 1 tshirt.

[@Ripplin]

Excellent! Thanks for another gem. :)

[@davidgerlach1132]

I love PG, and I realize he's young here, this is why there's less instruction targeting "harmonic structure" it's more of an exhibition of targeting speed and accuracy and stretching riff synonyms.

[@vanguard4065]

dude was such a monster

[@b.scottfarthingsworth]

IS. You spelled IS wrong.

[@akidk1499]

1:07 The Classic Gilbert Nintendo Lick

[@777brianyurick]

Please get a hold of me if you have a copy of the handout...Thanx!!!

[@b.scottfarthingsworth]

same

[@mylifenotasliz]

Thank you

[@b.scottfarthingsworth]

4:49 JFC. He's a scary monster ffs, amazing. Every thing is.

[@dumitruraylyan8169]

Thanks a lot!!!!

[@javiermedina6303]

PG at his peak...why he doesn´t play like this anymore?

[@Christian-vq8rd]

A couple readons: he's 30+years older, his interests, tastes, desires, goals, etc. have changed, and lastly, he can't. To stay at this level of skill he'd still have to practice shred type stuff which he's not that in to anymore. He's still an unbelievably technically sophisticated player, but the style of shred he did with Racer X is almost like an athletic competition with your fingers and hands.

[@javiermedina6303]

​@@Christian-vq8rd What i miss the most isn´t so much the speed or complexity, but the aggressiveness of his tone and compositions, mainly his riffs...the intros of Street lethal, You gone too far, Scarified, Loud and Clear, Sacrifice...can´t believe it´s the same guy that is today...but I agree with you, even though i´m certain that he could play this stuff now if he wanted, his tastes and goals have clearly changed.

[@Christian-vq8rd]

@@javiermedina6303 Look at Marty Friedman when he left Megadeth. He said at the time the only thing that interested him was Japanese pop. You can get burnt out.and your tastes do change as you said.

[@javiermedina6303]

@@Christian-vq8rd Friedman always had diverse musical tastes, (his solo records while being in Megadeth are a prime example), and while he did abandon straight metal for sometime, he had clearly return mutiple times...PG also did a "comeback"in the late 90s and early 00s, with Racer -X , after flirting with pop rock...my arrogant conclussion could be that his identity as a player isn´t so clear to this day.

[@livingbeing1113]

From Paul's own mouth, he always thought that this kind of playing and style was somewhat "Spinal Tap'ish", if you get what i mean. A genre easy to mock and parodying, also great and fun of course but strictly a product from the 80s. So yeah he certainly got tired of it, wich is unfortunate since he owned the shred. But in 30 years a musician usually changes. Paul went through many styles over his career, but the shred chops always came out to shine. But after Fuzz Universe in 2010 he really changed musically, going back to more bluesy and fusion stuff. Like Javier said, i too believe that Paul is somewhat still searching for an identity. I just wished he didn't abandon the style and chops that made him who he is.

[@paulgilbert3139]

Literally the best shredder after shawn lane, the technique is so fuckin clean

[@Pumpurum-c8t]

3:21 this is insane

[@Reanimatorhead]

Wow! Paul references Frank Gambale's instructional book. What year is this?

[@LuterofromTx]

Either 1987 or early 1988

[@akidk1499]

1:36 Bruh

[@nikmay1696]

What guitar did he play here?

[@hertz_me]

its a custom made ibanez based on the epiphone wilshire, they were only made for paul and bruce due to copywrite issues

[@KD-nb3mp]

Totally insane😨

[@AllieMetcalfgoogle]

Playing the low E a the 3rd fret with his pinky. SMH.

[@MachineHeadDissent]

Check out Young Paul Gilbert - Very Rare Video he is in very short 🩳 ...Awesome video!!!....The video is 14:53 long... Absolutely amazing!!!...

[@anaran4811]

I bet he was like 17 here.

[@knightfall9394]

21

[@master.exploder5150]

the covina clinic

[@ctinbogdan6831]

what fingers u buy...there are not he s fingers , ar something named , like in black sabbath when the ozzy s guitar burn he s finger and is for real, at a crazy party and./. really don t know so much.., but he makes from plastic with some silicon and nylon and look like a finger u put after ur(he s was damaged and hurt..) and for him was ok, it don t buy pinky because is long 3 cm 5 :))) ,.,it was a serious prb, and that was in media, and explaind what do..and someguys "master guitars players" put them to have bigs finge,r i dont tell it dont have that fingers....but in these video is crystal it s fake.. ..i see all ur video,...man...and these is is full of shame....i don tbelive paul gilbert use fingers longer ...i even know what names is

[@kibibu]

Are you saying Paul Gilbert has robot fingers?