Paul Gilbert-Eruption (Tapping Part)

[oilkills]

Then Paul got older and worshipped Shawn Lane!!!

Shawn is a freak of nature and played this ONE-HANDED!

no tapping!!! It's at 1:41 of the video...

Shawn Lane with the Willys end of Purple Haze Circa 1983

[oilkills]

@oilkills correction it's Circa 1987 (in black and white) :D

[TibetCorporation]

watch?v=4Y_7IrVI01I

[09numbers09]

like if you think h played it 1 handed.....

[muppy1100]

PAUL.... YOUR A WONDERFUL MAN/ GUTIAR'ST... !!!! I CANT BELIEVE U SAID U LIKE EVH"S PLAYING......

[DAshiznit0804]

Not going to lie.... but I'm pretty sure Paul Gilbert can play Eruption better than EVH (Young and present EVH) I'm just saying.... : )

[AcDc109]

@DAshiznit0804 nope, i disagree. Only EVH has EVH feeling for playing guitar

[f4phantom2500]

@DAshiznit0804 even eddie has said that he wishes he had a second chance to record eruption because of how 'bad' it was...of course, nobody can play like eddie except eddie, just like nobody can play like paul except paul. but, i get your point and i agree, paul is definitely more skilled than eddie. which, of course, isn't a shot against eddie; very few people are as good as paul. there's an episode of rock fujiyama with paul and marty friedman, and paul just makes marty look...sloppy.

[jose044]

he should make a Van Halen  tribute band

[lightnessss]

@jose044 no there is enough VH tribute bands XD

[jose044]

@lightnessss Not with Paul Gilbert on it!

[nneevveerrmmoorree]

EVH writes crap tunes and doesnt push the guitar since Dave left....... I love Paul but he shouldnt sing ,fuck me...just play the guitar and hire real singers you idiot.

[XxBlindedGuitaristxX]

@nneevveerrmmoorree He likes to sing get off his dick.

[DarthKazi]

@nneevveerrmmoorree I know, you're frustrated because you can't seem to afford to get out of mom's basement. Find a girlfriend with a job. That might help.

[kenroy916]

@nneevveerrmmoorree your either a fan or not douche queer bag face

[SideshowBob180]

@nneevveerrmmoorree

His voice isn't amazing, but I think in some ways it's part of the charm of his music. Besides, he has 3 instrumental albums, stop complaining.

[UrSkulled]

How much more can you change rock guitar? Eddie took the chance while he did, no need to hold him so high above Paul because it was a little earlier.

[refinedfriend]

@UrSkulled Yeah, there's just that constricting feeling that all to be known about rock is kinda known. . . .

[TMarteen]

dios! =O

[wishlist224]

i think they both rock soo much ass but given credit where its due eddie was always pitch perfect where paul wasnt

[TheInvalidChronicles]

damn he plays that fast

[DropkickMurphys12]

-_- fail

[Leonardoo69]

eddie still playing this better

[wesselbindt]

No. PG plays it faster, and still plays it flawless. Therefore PG's better.

[gowplayer2]

yeah agreed. i give eddie his credit as i do all the greats but these fan favorites who only know 3 guitarist are so ignorant. pg is so much better than eddie as a player and eddie wouldn't even argue that. as far as skills go.

[skrason]

@wesselbindtw: Nope. I love Paul's playing, since back in the Racer X days, but even he would admit that, although he can play Eddie's stuff, he could never come up with something as brilliant and timeless. Being able to play something 25 years after the fact is WAY different than writing it yourself and changing rock guitar forever.

[wesselbindt]

@skrasons: That's opinion. To be honest I don't care for EVH much, I like PG better. In terms of technical skill there is no question about it, PG's better. Don't think I'm some kind of a PG fanboy, I'm more of a Chopin kinda guy. :)

[skrason]

@wesselbindt : Oh yeah, PG is a monster. I don't think there's anything the guy can't do. He's jaw-droppingly good.

I'm not much of a fanboy either. I haven't owned a VH record since OU812, which wasn't that great. I liked a few songs I've heard since then, but I think the VH glory days were over 20-something years ago. Having said that, I still love watching him play. :)

[slytherern]

@wesselbindt yeah but evh solos make the hair on my back stand up although pg is my favorite artist

[wesselbindt]

@slytherern

They're both amazing. :)

[GlassyDream]

what effects do u use to get that tone? flange or phase with distortion?

[FrAnKShErDs]

phase i think

[SVBarnard]

LOL to get this sort of tone that paul has all you need a an amp with good distortion who ever said phase was a complete idiot!!!! All you need is a guitar with a normal humbucking pickup in the bridge position and an amp with good distortion. I like the line 6 amps cause they come with great distortion. The one i have is only 100 dollars and it fucking rocks man give me any tone i fucking need.

[GlassyDream]

line 6 are solid state tho or hybrid arent they? those give garbage tone man... also there was atleast some reverb there or something...

[XxSameerxX]

The spider 3 is really decent stuff for starters though! =)

[Adam1and2]

lol you must really suck then. Because line 6 amps are pieces of shit - the cheap ones at least. good luck getting any sort of credible clean channel on them.

[Fendershred50]

yeah i think, for cheap amps, i would go with a vox valvetronix, which is what i have, its only $150 bucks, buts its pretty good for the price, but with more expensive tube halfstacks and stacks id have to go with the typical Marshall setup, they live up to the rumors.

[Marlowann]

I think he goes over the chords too quickly; one reason why Eddie Van Halen's version is so great is because he dwells on each chord long enough to build the right amount of energy.

[DeathBringer769]

I think he was just demonstrating that he knew the song so he did it very quickly.

[MetalChild96]

hahahaha a little bit to fast i think XD

[WhoCaresJay]

he rushed through it, it wasnt for the sake of performance but just to demonstrate to everybody

[StevePHarrisJR]

Speed is PG's thing. Like tapping is EVH's thing. It was for performance AND demonstration.

[ice9001]

Does anyone know were the vid is on youtube that has Gilbert as a sixteen year old playing all the old Van halen tunes I seen it here a few years back but can`t seem to find it now .

[Kuelzz]

Paul Gilbert taught Buckethead, just so you know:D

[tehspank]

really?

[Kuelzz]

yeah, check wikipedia it's true:D

[jimmyjames77]

Cause everything on Wikipedia is so true?

[RaynosaStudios]

Yes he taught buckethead which is honestly dumb when ppl compare them in a battle because gilbert taught buckethead the 8 finger taps

[GnomeAbduction]

No, he didn't. Paul can't even finger pick, just watch Intense Rock. Buckethead got a copy of a Shawn Lane bootleg where he pretty much overlayed a bunch of tracks to get a crazy composition. Brian thought that he was actually playing that so he tried to figure out how to do it with tapping, and he almost got it perfect. That is the origin of Buckethead's crazy 8 finger tapping.

[tentaco93]

yes he si fucking awesome for 8 years playing...

[LynchDaPimp]

hes only been playing 4 8 years

[albey718]

Paul stated in an interview that he first started playing when he was 6. He's 42 now.

[LynchDaPimp]

woops my mistake

[albey718]

No worries. I only just realised that he said he'd been playing for eight years (when he joined GIT).

[NachoNinja3]

No way, he looks so much younger!

But saying that, some people are much older than you'd expect! Satch is 52 now, and Vai is 48!

Yngwie Malmsteen is 45, but he looks about 60!

[acdcislaw]

marty friedman is 46

[NachoNinja3]

Where does the time go?

[Subj3kt1]

Gave up though, started again when he was 9 with the warped idea that he could only use upstrokes and his middle finger to fret.

Then he got some lessons :P

Straight from his mouth! Paul Gilbert intense rock DVD :D

[Emceetem]

@albey718

So i'm 34 years away from him at playing.... i'm 17.

[TyShredder]

@albey718 So he went to GIT when he was 14...hmmmm

[Desimodontidae]

Damn, that was like textbook.