Paul Gilbert Solo (live)

[TheInvalidChronicles]

wow he isnt even on the clean channel just his volume is turned down,must get guitar

[gurvijaybecker]

This has to Paul's one of the best solos....even better than those which have millions of views. What phrasing , structure and feeling this one have. He looks possessed by a demon in this one lol !

[kyleornick]

Dear Paul,

Can you just pretend for a while that you're not so awesome?

Thanks, - Kyle

p.s. Did I mention you're awesome?

[Drazzirg]

When he turns on the distortion at 3:12 He does it so smoothly. Such a badass solo, I can't believe they are playing Y.R.O!

[k1kac0]

Does anyone know which pedals he's using here?

[flayshon]

@k1kac0 I'm not sure, but I think he's using some kind of Tubscreamer here as distortion at some parts...

[k1kac0]

@flayshon oh I saw the video again and i m pretty much sure I saw TS9 at 3:00

[RedLesPaul1]

It's a bit difficult to say who is the 'Champion' of guitar players. Paul Gilbert is one of my favorites, along with Mark Temonti, Joe Bonamassa, Tom Morello, Mark Knoppfler and others. It comes down to personal preferance who you like, so just enjoy, and don't compare. Just chill. Guitarplaying is not a sport, it's an art, a form of expression, so allow these guys to say what they need to say.

[CTROCK]

great blues licks he play!

[uherl]

God and Jesus, Paul and the guitar!...

[DazzerrGuitar]

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu­u

[zakkaddison]

zakk wyle is better....way way better....thhey dont even compare...like if agree

[Fendershred50]

@zakkaddison First off, don't compare guitarists, it's all preference, second of all, no....

[TechnicalDifficult]

@zakkaddison Disagree. Paul is waaaay better.

[Aremine]

@zakkaddison paul gilbert is the best guitar player alive i assume...i havent seen all though

[rtowell73]

@zakkaddison You are an idiot. Do your research first and actually go back and look into Paul's professional life and where he studied, what he teaches and how he plays and what he's played before comparing to someone like Zakk that never even studied...

[BrownSkyBlueDirtBAND]

its hard to say there are people just as good. dunno cause this guy pwns.

[Fr3derick]

WOW!!! Excellent!! Than ks for sharing:)

Grandma mary

[ramiropohle]

NOT human...



[veguixor]

he is god guitar

[HypnotikNinja2]

God...that little blues thing at the beginning...

I came a rainbow.

[xmrdoomx]

HAHAHA love how people watch amazed (: PG IS GREAT

[valleyofsnakes]

i quit playing guitar thanks.

[GuitarMirth]

Amazing control !

[stagekev]

Sounds like him and Marty Friedman has been influencing some stuff here.

[42littlebit]

i have tha DVD!! Get out of my yard!!

[jenkyfats]

@mikon70000 you ever heard of Johnny Hiland?

[ernieballmusic5150]

Paul "Batman" Gilbert !!!!!!!!!!!!

[megahendrix]

@ernieballmusic5150 Holy pentatonics! PAUL!

[Tevmina]

its not a human!

[samling]

What is this clip from? I'd love to hear the rest of Y.R.O.!

[TheAxe4Ever]

Yngwie who? Just kidding. I love Yngwies playing as well but Paul is just SO damn clean with his picking it's GODlike.

[dorsey2005]

are those Batman headphones?

[ElegantlyVintage]

happy birthday Paul gilbert!

[hickrystyk]

mikon7000....you need to watch guitar sessions paul gilbert,and catch him playing Rock Me Baby....then tell me he can't feel the blues. I think you will change your opinion

[mikon7000]

Awesome skills but a perfect example of how technical players can't feel the blues.

[jonahtran1]

@mikon7000 now that's just stereotyping. it was never written in stone that technique can't be played with blues. besides he's not even playing blues. he's just fuckin around. but paul is the most humble and modest (and best) guitarist probably on the face of the earth. it's not normal for someone to have such good characteristics which makes paul the BEST!

[Guitargasm17]

@mikon7000 And how exactly do you know how he feels? Retard

[p0rkjell0]

Let WMG mute this... Fuck em!

[CTROCK]

the begining those blues licks are so bad ass!

[supaman2310]

yeh i love the blues

[skelton1089]

When Paul dies, I get his fingers... Oh wait, he is immortal. Damn it!

[HigherBecker]

@skelton1089 Ok, and I get his right fist...

[sleepwalker2112]

1:00 to 1:12 = Fuck yeah!

[nr132386]

@sleepwalker2112 I think you mean 0:00 to 3:50 = Fuck yeah!

[MegaBernds]

what a poser, unreal

[ryanchappel1]

vai, vaughan, van halen, hendrix, page, gilbert. not necessarily in that order.

[gattofi]

Who is he?

[MrCwillies]

@gattofi i have this strange feeling that that name in the title is his...

[jonsgirll]

hes a freaking legend..

[sebo1sl4nd]

devils horn!!!!

[mixaGilbert]

my favorite guitarlist:)

[thebeerkup]

AYYYY!

[ChyronIsChillin]

Anybody that can wear bat ears on stage while playing guitar and still be that awesome, is a god.

[gunnerboy773]

WMG better not mute the audio to this solo or else i kill dem

[JonMoucheron17]

haha the crowd is just like "woah"

[SunaKhei93]

this is REALLY AWESOME SHIT!!!! 1 BILLION STARS!!!

[cod4TheDriver01]

I JUST HAVE NO WORDS



[MrHeadscan]

Paul gilbert should have been in the movie crossroads whippin ralph maccio's ass....Not Steve Vai!!!!!

[juble3]

i see how it is done now! just an extreme knowledge of scales, like it is on piano. i love you paul gilbert1 <3 for beign that amazing examples.

[partlyshady]

Was that the harmonic minor toward the end? It sounds slightly different than the normal harmonic minor to me, although I might be wrong.

[r0kas]

best Gilbert solo ever. he's insane picker. respect him for that

[MrSRV94]

i think he practise for 25 hours at day....

[TheConnord12]

i love paul gilbert! his style is like a super better sooped up version of van halen. he really knows how to take shred guitar and make it FUN! pauls music is fun an awsome and impressive! GO PAUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[prankovalero]

sounds like what he often does when soloing Viking Kong live

but then 3:27 Y.R.O!!!!

[HolyGK]

Lol It is so funny how the japanese says at the biginning "PO GIBA !!" and then stares at him during the solo XD. Japanese are Awesome! Paul Gilbert is always amazes me.

[znik93]

Any1 no what key he was u'zinnn.

?

[ThisAutocracy]

@znik93 Technically G minor pentatonic then G harmonic minor, but since hes tuned down a whole step to D standard it would be the positional equivalent of A minor on a standard tuned guitar

[MUDSHARK111]

20 years + music guitar music guitar.and he still fucking loves it .always happy playing.hard not to like the guy

[HeadShooTher]

What kind of effect he's using to reach that clean blues sound?

[JustinCarlinhos]

one of the bests of all time

[tehLeecherer]

korea?

[highspooky]

amazing! cool blues style in the beginning.

[chaoticryld]

Sick solo.

[sk8terchristian]

yeah it was paul that said woah. lol. and this must be japan cuz there ALL asian

[KamMWaR]

Y.R.O  Very Great song !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[arealfanofmusic]

@KamMWaR i might be wrong but i think its B.R.O. idk

[buddyboombotz2]

@arealfanofmusic Nah just the solo part of y.r.o.

[arealfanofmusic]

my bad, my mistake, sorry

[buddyboombotz2]

@arealfanofmusic No need for sorry. He only played y.r.o. the last 15 seconds anyway lol.

[RandallvonGilbert]

awesome, Paul Gilbert is a guitar master. a shredi

[Funkadelik13]

haha 2:05 you hear that one guy go "woah.."

[IbanezMasterGuitar]

@Funkadelik13

look again, it's Paul who sais woah

[JS1200Player]

Forget arpeggios from hell...Arpeggios from Gilbert!

[s22ad]

@JS1200Player the funny thing is..if you look at ritchie blackmore (who influenced yngwie)...and paul gilbert (who i kind of see as an enemy of yngwie after yngwie declined to duet with paul on viking kong)...paul & ritchie have only got better with age and time...yngiwe was absolutely blistering in his early alcatrazz years, but now i feel he's lost all originality and...zazz..

[JS1200Player]

@s22ad Personally, I find Gilbert to be a better player. However, I feel comparing anyone to Gilbert is unfair because of his openness to dicuss teaching style, musical thought process, and his attitude towards life. Many amazing players do not have the oration skills that PG does and suffer in my eyes because of it. I cant comment on much of Yngwie's material because he never really interested me.

[wagnervljr]

@JS1200Player Arpeggios from hell sucks. absoluty unsonority. -.-

[joscarmoren]

@wagnervljr Im not much of a fan either...but it must be said theres some wild technique there. PG just knows what we want to hear though :)

[JS1200Player]

Let me reiterate...I watch this video every day. 2:05 Did you surprise even yourself Paul!?!?!?!

[theruler901]

Yeah, and he holds the first note a bit longer like "I'm not sure if I can do this but here goes" lol

[Marve1986]

i think the ears are a nod to his electric bat costume from superheroes

[theruler901]

Wow! PG is my all time favourite player. I haven't heard him shred like this in a long time. Thanks.

[RomanWhatACharacter]

so flawless, he must be a demon or someting :0

[vaiboy55]

Paul Gilbert is no pissy little demon. He is in fact God. lol

[grazielli1987]

Oi,eu adorei o seu canal,seus videos são Muito legais!!! Você pode me add?rs... Comenta e Avalia meus 2 videos com a 5ª estrela? watch?v=1qwTAXsNODA & watch?v=GfyfwUXIIdM

Bjão!!

[coltsuperocean10]

That is perfection!! So sharp!!

[rockandroll2334]

GOD

[Nevigo]

In pure guitar playing,he beat most of the other guys.His technique is flawless.

[742512345689]

haha 2:05 he amazes himself sometimes

[13andsorrow]

@742512345689 Hahaha he does, holy shit

[nithintacs]

what's with the ears on his headphones?

[ayaspa]

he can run faster by that things

[nowinterweather]

more importantly wats with the headphones on his ears?

[AstriBlair]

Protection for his ears..he suffers from tinnitus.

[pureluck101]

This is just his warm up lol

[shanesreallycool]

was this a racer x show?

[Rain593]

Mr. Big

[SOCOM018]

yep it was also on his get out of my yard dvd

[lordsong7]

Pablo rulz the electric rock guitar scene, period.

[stavsantis]

if youre saying paul gilberts material is dry, you can actuli just piss off. i find vai dry compared to him, raping a wah wah pedal nd crushing a whammy bar every 5 seconds dont mean interesting and dont mean emtion, sorry, Pg anyday,  he writes pop, instrumentals, classical stuff, rock metal, blues anyfng man, and bta than anybody.

[iBiteUranus]

im a huge fan of both gilbert and vai, gilbert seems to have a lot more songs i like, although some of it is just...wellill just say i dont listen to some of them. i still find vai to have a lot more soul while gilbert likes to focus on speed and progressions. both deserve god status in their own right.

[guitarfreak90210]

are you capable spelling things correctly? because it gets really annoying when assholes like you go and try to sound smart, but kill it with things like "nd", and "actuli", and "anyfng". they just make you sound like a lowlife asshole who needs to go back to school because obviously you dropped out to pursue a career in being an asshole

[stavsantis]

wow... your a faggot, its called text spelling you dumbshit,and im actually a straight A student , so you fail....

[vintageuser]

@stavsantis Nope, i am afraid you Fail. im sorry but the Correct spelling is You're not your.

[stavsantis]

haha, and you have nothing better to do than mark my grammar on the computer.. haha , youre the low life you little buttfucker.

[jimmycrackcorn1981]

i always smile when paul gilbert plays blues cause he plays slow standard blues riffs than plays a ridiculas shred that no blues player could dream of playing and then go back to the basics again

[SirDa5id]

Why has Gilberto NEVER played this when I've went to see him?!

[JS1200Player]

I watch this daily...and Im not ashamed to say it

[DIDJITALNOLA]

as you shouldn't be! this shit is legendary...see Tenacious D in Pick of Destiny!

[jinuchy1]

holy crap that's YRO!?

i thought he stopped doing that ages ago!

[stevemaster247]

what's YRO???really :P ??

[Zaneus92]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­

[SirJamestheIII]

yeah they have a full recording of this song live on snowball of doom 2

[nunurockable]

hahaha..

the custom is funny???

paul "batman"gilbert

[TheMrKlaratu]

shredding is good if used appropriately, I think that blues is better if shredding is kept to a minimum

[10system25]

my comment was towards piratepigex .

[10system25]

fagot . i dont see you with any videos as good as his . your just a thumb sucking little ***** who tries to make himself feel better by putting stupid comments and make yourself seem like you know shit . freakin loser . im pretty sure alot of people would agree with me about this .

[mickiew4]

nothing against Hendrix, i like him. I also see your point in saying that paul has no soul. You obviously like rock with more feeling. Nothing wrong with that.

But saying you can play this with your eyes closed? Thats retarded. That's like saying "anybody can be a brain surgeon with a few hours of practice". Just a SLIGHT understatement

[stavsantis]

he does have feeling you muppet, anybody who isnt passionate about the instrument, wouldnt have wasted 30 years getting this good... , the excuse " no feeling" actually means.... " i suck at guitar and am jealous of these shredders"

[connord12]

your a fucking retard. just listen to each level this song goes through, descending and ascending and it seems to tell a good story, this is great song writing and gilbert is a great guitar.

[commando7144]

nobodys a fool gilbert mastered techniques ive never seen what would hendix be like if he played clean all the time? and yes the time it takes to get those licks paul does seems to take forever. hes a legend imo

[JS1200Player]

Without question, he is legendary.

[deefor3lp]

is just improv or is this an actual song?

[pikiwiki]

it's better than an actual song

[pustoolio]

I came

[tankanator123dead]

paul gilbert is god!

[JS1200Player]

Haha, the more I watch PG videos, the more I feel that he is almost underrated! It is so hard to grasp his astoundly extensive music knowledge and technical proficiency. It is so easy to talk about him being in a class with great players...but more and more I believe he should be counted like Hendrix...in a class all his own

[alterbridge111]

lol hendrix is nothing in comparison to paul gilbert technically... so many players are 10 times better then hendrix, hell i've been playing for 6 years and i can play all of hendrix shit if i spent time learning it. now me trying to learn something like the gargoyle, please now... paul gilbert can only be compared to greats like shawn lane, michael romeo, andy james, steve vai, guthrie, mohammed, dimebag, petrucci, yngwie.. etc

[JS1200Player]

A) You cant play like or near 1/10 Hendrix style.

B) As a guitar player you should be ashamed to say something like that.

C) Might I reference that Hendrix could play guitar righty or lefty...with the strings regular or upside down.

Get real kid, Hendrix has more flavor in one strand of hair than your grandmother's cooking.

[OwnedRL]

you are a fucking fool. you realise hendrix is so famous because of the time he lived in, what he did as a musician on the whole, the barriers he broke, the textbooks he re-wrote and the impression he made on music in general?

if you don't well then it's not worth my time arguing with an idiot like you. getting to gilberts level of technical proficiency can be done by anyone with a metronome and enough time. hendrix is far, far different.

[3steban427]

I couldn't agree more.

[IllusionaryMind8]

At least WMG didnt blocked this one... yet.

[DillonBerkley]

some of the best blues ive ever heard. paul never fails to impress me.

[3steban427]

Great video! Paul Gilbert is the master!

[robvk6]

he wears the headphones so he gets a good mix ...not just because hes going deaf in one or else he would just have ear plugs...

[GuitarRokstar07]

actually, he wears headphones also to stop the loudness. He talked about it at his Canberra clinic i went to. "He says he wished he always wore them, his hearing wouldn't be as bad if he did". But yes, it does give a better mix of the rest of the band.

[updougdown]

Scuse my ignorance but which band is he in??

[Metfabbe]

He plays solo, in a band called Racer X and Mr. Big.

[wilwarinemaltese]

he was in the racer x...

[Teutonic1250]

why does paul wear headphones?

[chickensoupz376]

he's going deaf in one of his ears

[anthonymarker]

are you being serious

[chickensoupz376]

unfortunately, yes

[anthonymarker]

that's so sad

[obiwan177]

Actually from playing live with no protection for such a long time his ear got damaged, so he wears those headphones to protect them from getting damaged anymore than they are already.

[4251268]

What scale is he using for the first 35 seconds? it sounds kinda bluesy but I don't know. Anyone does?

[GuitarRokstar07]

its just a blues pentatonic scale and major. I think the solo is in D both minor/and major.

[LuigiTheGreat05]

of course Paul is light years better than SKINNY HEAD.. Satriani could'nt even make it to the top dude..

[aabbaabcd]

batman!!!!!!!!!!!!

[squallz10]

i love you.

[skatingjif]

Im lovin the bat ears. Rock On!!!

[ML120374]

godlike ;-)

[OwnedRL]

this is part of Y.R.O., he takes an extended solo here where as on the recorded version it's that long section with the drums and guitar, then it comes in again with the band.

paul wears the headphones because he has tinnitus/is going deaf in his left ear. he also gets the mix of the whole band in the headphones.

[BloodyPaperclip]

why does paul wear those headphones like he is in a recordign studio?

[Laynewhril]

Because he is getting deth of his right ear... Those headphones are more like a charming way to stifle the high volume of sound on the stage

[WillGGH]

for real?? paul getting deaf?

[shanesreallycool]

i found that wearing headphones on stage without any sund going throught them gives it a more studio sound

[agencio333]

a-w-e-s-o-m-e!!!