Paul Gilbert Guitar Lesson 1: Skipping Over the "Trouble Making" Sixth!

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Paul was my idol growing up, and this video is yet another example of a big reason why. I'm sure he's done thousands of lessons like this now, and his love of music and the joy he gets from sharing his knowledge of it is always so evident. He's a world-class talent, and also a plain genuine guy.

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I love Paul Gilbert. The man is a brilliant guitar player and brilliant guitar teacher. And his outfits are insane! That yellow outfit is a perfect mix of Michael Jackson Thriller and Kill Bill.

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And the shoes match the guitar :)

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A real Hattori Hanzo guitar

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The Paul Gilbert lessons are all amazing! I'll be rewatching this on with a guitar in my hands soon!

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He is so far the best teacher in my opinion. Silence followed by a deafening roar was so awesome

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I wish there were more guys like Paul. He makes everything fun, at least until I discover I can't play half of his amazing stuff,lol Of all the guitarist I've really admired, I'd most like to meet Paul.

[@rrguitar1]

He's awesome. A natural musician all around. He's a great teacher amd understands how to get a message through. I agree, he's one of my favorites as well!

[@clammaster4]

"Because yellow is the color of learning" oh man this guy is the best

[@BuzzlightyearinactionSaSenado]

He's enjoying explaing whats up on his licks. I really admire this guy. The reason why im into neoclassical.

[@Zartimus]

I had the pleasure of taking a private lesson from Paul almost a decade ago and this "leaving out the sixth" thing was something he mentioned and I've kept it in mind ever since ;-) It's a troublemaker over most chord changes, that sixth!

[@nismosc]

Watching paul in any video as playing live studio or teaching is always a pleasure. Specially if he teach anything so fkn amazing how simple he makes it

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Paul... is the Best Natural Teacher I've Ever Seen...💥💥💥💥💥

[@Briansgate]

Just bought a new guitar from Sweetwater, and now I'm watching Paul Gilbert. Life is good.

[@macedim]

Paul Gilbert is eternal, period! So unique!

[@roberormonde]

You might be right he seems so genuine

[@dajoler]

Paul's my favorite guitarist. Guy's got shredding chops for days yet is an unabashed fan of pop music. He's like a taller, shreddier John Mayer. Also learned a ton of stuff from his instructional vids as a kid. Loved his Intense Rock series and his teaching style.

[@_azu7]

please dont compare one of the most dangerous guitar in the entire planet in sheer technique and virtuosity to john mayer . its disrespectful seriously ; john maybe good but nowhere near the ultimate players such as PG

[@dajoler]

@@_azu7 Yes, I can and just did. You know that Paul Gilbert loves pop music and has covered a song by the Spice Girls, right? And John Mayer's not exactly a shredder, but his guitar skills have been praised by Eric Clapton himself. That's why I compared him to Paul -- neither of them are elitist tools and are able to comfortably make and enjoy different genres of music.

[@_azu7]

@@dajoler Eric Clapton is a good songwriter but do you even know his technical standpoint? PAUL GILBERT BRUUUH WHAT GRASS YOU SMOKIN MY 11 year old brother can play john mayor / Eric Clapton shit . PAUL GILBERT dont use that name aside those mfs without any chops . they're good in poppish shit but sheer technique?! pg can eat them roast them grill them in seconnnds . And yeahh i have listened to 2 become one , john mayer and EC himself could never come up with that solo portion in that song ; neverrrrr though PG plays stairway's solo when he plays it live

[@dajoler]

@@_azu7 Holy shit. I think I just got brain cancer from your post. I think I'll end this by saying that Paul Gilbert himself would be the first one to say that you can have all the chops and technical ability in the world -- if you can't write anything memorable, then there's no point, is there? Oh, and good luck to your 11 year old brother. If he's able to play John Mayer or Eric Clapton, then he's clearly a lot smarter than you and will actually be able to have a career in music, unlike his older brother.

[@darthhull85]

John Mayer is 6’4”. How tall is Paul?

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very nice of paul gilbert. he teach more thorough as he gets older.

[@2204JCM]

Best tone I’ve ever seen Paul get.

[@joesantana5704]

Remember, seeing Paul back in the Racer X days!! Your still the MAN!!!!!!!

[@BullShark1579]

Paul Gilbert hands down one of my favorite guitar players.

[@VitaEx]

Paul really was the first technical player that I felt I could actually understand and for me started a decade ago on furthering my understanding relationship and journey with the guitar As I’m sure he has helped so many others Mad respect thanks for all the lessons Paul you freaking rock It’s like if bill nye the science guy could shred friendly engaging challenges you a total blast all charm

[@drinoyoutubechannel9757]

Pual Gilbert! The best teacher ever, Rock n Roll! 🤟 He is really enjoying every sigle note. That's real passion in vaines..

[@LtSlapnutz]

Riff has similar style to a Babymetal song called 'Syncopation' but with less slides. Gotta love Pablo Gilbert. He is able to 'teach' across so well in his videos which not all players can do well. Any yep, lots of Eric Johnson vibes as others have said.

[@DangKhoaGuitarist]

you are amazing teacher, Paul

[@MarcBR1]

It’s awesome! Paul Gilbert is one of the coolest guys out there

[@joemichielli1908]

Great guitarist and nicest guy around.

[@MichaelWilson-ri9pn]

Great lesson. Seems so simple to come up with these kinds of things, but a lot of us overlook the possibilities. Thanks so much.

[@jerryfraker377]

Paul gilbert has helped me out alot with my playing. Keep teaching Paul G!

[@thereversealmightystudios8978]

This lesson deciphers the indescribable melody in Eric Johnson's Gem and also, the intro to Waves by Guthrie Govan. Thanks Paul.

[@happycadaver]

Waves, that's what it was. Couldn't put my finger on it. Absolutely with that string skipping.

[@OlesMusic]

Best guitarist in the world.

[@cocktailsanddreams]

This guy is truly a sage and a master. He is "religious" in his love of guitar. So beautiful to watch, listen, and learn from.

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so humbling and awesome thanxxx

[@VictorNickel]

Thank you Mr Gilbert for the shout out to the XIXth Century French Revolution!

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Always the master class

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LOVE YOU PAUL!

[@Ric007Mason]

2 days. Sore fingers, but got it now! Ace lick. Cheers Paul 🎸🤟🏻

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beautiful teaching way

[@prsplayer210]

Ibanez needs to release that purple guitar, like yesterday

[@JbfMusicGuitar]

Totally, that yellow boiler suit looking thing needs to come with it as a freebie though!

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I don't get the triple humbucker thing. But I've never played a guitar with that pickup arrangement

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I want that color on a jem

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Thank you SW / AV folks / and Mr. PG! Yellow is the color for learning, was it? lol Best thing about Paul Gilbert is yes. Thank you for creating and sharing this inspiring, fun, educational jem - cheers!

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Paul Gilbert rock's!!!

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Paul Gilbert always delivers. He's just the greatest. Do you guys remember what drive pedal he used here into the Marshall? Another great video!

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He really likes the tc electronics mojo drive pedal, and I saw it on his board there.

[@Guithulhu]

Awesome! Got a bit of an Eric Johnson feel. I love it.

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I've never met Paul in real life but he's definitely my guitar teacher

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Purple guitar looks great.

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Paul Gilbert is the Bob Ross of guitar

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whoever was audio on this was amazing

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pls paul more vidos of bluse and more lessons

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Simply the best guitarist around;)

[@metalwrath4]

Paul is my guitar idol

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He is like that mad scientist of guitar!

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Anyone know what is that foot, stomp, drum pedal thing he is using? Thanks.

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Yeah, wonder what that is....... SWEETWATER?

[@larrys.5249]

Will never be able to play like that, but would love one of them YELLOW jump suits with all the zippers. GO Paul!!

[@rendyandrian7149]

You run out of strings to skip into ? Just buy an 8 or 9 strings on sweewater and continue this exercise. If you still need more, buy double, triple or six necks guitar. Anyway, I love Paul more and more as he gets older. His playing is still fast and also puts emphasize on how the solo sounds beautiful.

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Yellow raincoat : Checked Alien fingers : Checked Amazing playing : Checked So where is his bucket?

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Mustafa Latif Uslu .It could only be one Buckethead, and that is Brian Caroll.

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Buckethead had a few lessons from Mr Gilbert

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The first 2-3 notes that Paul is playing reminds me of waves from Guthrie Govan,thats very cool!

[@DSPGuitarTuition]

Genius as always

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Guitar teacher to the universe - in a yellow jumpsuit 🤟🏻

[@gattart]

Wait wait! Where's my yellow sweater?? Getting my yellow sweater and back in a minute!!

[@LaTrec9]

Good job 👍👌

[@SamBellGuitar]

Legend.

[@Agonystt]

Don't worry, Paul! I like it as much as you do

[@chuckmclaughlin8403]

Lol I’ve been playing the pink panther I hear it here play it finger style . Great exercise.

[@LewisF451]

The "Nice and slow, and I want you to stomp it." line is the most typical guitar teacher phrase, except for maybe "less is more"

[@chomp_5412]

Come on Paul I loved the sixth

[@valvenator]

Notice that Carlos Santana oftentimes likes to ditch the sixth too.

[@BDarOZ]

Paul Gilbert is becoming the Alfred E. Newman of guitar!

[@ExploitTheVibe369]

Paul looks like he was standing in for Uma Thurman on Kill Bill and he killed them with his massive riffs.

[@acmesalute76]

One thing he doesn’t mention is when he goes from the 3rd string to 4th he uses the first finger to avoid rolling the second finger. Once I figured that out it felt much smoother.

[@rohitaswapradhan9269]

I think I've heard something similar to this lick(different rhythm obviously) on Gilberto Concerto which was itself influenced by Bach.

[@GianlucaRoccaGian]

im easy man, i see Paul Gilbert, i smash like

[@burrymyaxes]

Hi everyone! Out of subject, what the name of the support he use for holding bottleneck? I try to found this by myself but I don’t have any answer… Thanks a lot for all !

[@aniketjha3557]

The moment he begins, everything sounds cool after that

[@TheDiegoSinx]

Man i did shit on his looks for a while now, but that yellow stuff is fire, take balls to use it, hes rocking it, luv from Brasil

[@ryedylantm]

What do you call that thing Paul is tapping on with his left foot which he seems to use as a metronome?

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master paul love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pochochosa6976]

‘Yellow is the color of learning..’ - caught me off guard there 😂

[@garyf325]

What model is the pink Ibanez in the background, please!?

[@claudevieaul1465]

The sixth. That one note that made the Kashmir riff as awesome as it is. And you're leaving it out?.... 😀🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤘

[@Taeodoestech]

That pedal that he’s tapping with his foot…is that just a switcher for his amp, or is that like a tap tempo for time-based effects?

[@SanDimas234]

Just keeping time with his foot. If you go to the big guitar school they always get you to do that.

[@antoniopicco80]

2:06 intro crazy train 😉🙂🎸🚂🚉

[@dpacc88]

Man the color scheme going on here is like every 90s kids TV show!

[@shamzamri3442]

Very nice shoe paul, what brand where u bought it?

[@lastcall9998]

Loved this lesson. Tid bits sound like Eric Johnson. What I didn't like... is that for some reason this reminded me that at some point I am gonna get old... for good... sad face...

[@jackorion7157]

Didnt you guys do a giveaway?? Who won?

[@lastrolo1517]

‘Purple boots, purr-urr-ple boo-oots’ too! 🤣

[@jasondesjardins7371]

Can somebody explain to me the purpose of skipping the sixth? I'm just getting into learning more about theory and would love to get some context here.

[@jihmp9398]

Nice

[@averydeadhorse]

I want that purple fireman

[@TheLochs]

what is he stepping on when he taps his foot?

[@mikeg9b]

I was wondering the same thing.

[@Felipe-zm3pf]

He's getting old, and he's still young at the same time ...

[@bestestinventions7032]

Pablo Gilberto!!!!

[@TwistedMind86Chern]

Yellow is the color of hate. Scorpion from Mortal Kombat wears the color of hate but you are a Scorpio too mr Gilbert :)

[@iamamish]

So....why exactly DO we want to skip the 6th? I'm guessing it is because the minor sixth can sound dissonant sometimes, is that the reason?

[@NeedyForMusic]

what is that round thing he's stepping on?

[@MuvoTX]

That looks like something he made... A round wooden puck with a mic element inside? I have seen bluegrass players with a mic down near the floor on the stage to mic their foot stomps. IIRC the clapton unugged MTV gig had something like this. Thats an amazing recording / performance too btw... The venue acoustics are amazing.

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Paul Gilbert is like the bill Nye of guitar

[@flowflow3191]

Y la tablatura en pantalla?

[@mehniaturepainter]

Playback speed 50% = Drunk Gilbert. Lmao Amazing lesson

[@GeoffSweet]

Hard to NOT to give my teacher a thumbs up. Another good lesson Paul!