@1skullduggery LoL. I'm not into def leppard, dude. But, of course, you haven't realised what I was trying to say. I didn't mean I would've won, of course I wouldn't. I just wanted to say that you don't have write obvious shit like that just to get a thumb up. Did you read how to be a youtube dummy instructions?
@jimmyleppard6 By him saying "my money is on him winning the contest..." he's already saying that it's obvious that he won. By you saying "no shit sherlock" you are saying that it's obvious that 1skillduggery would put money on it, which it is not.
It simply doesn't make sense to have said "No shit sherlock" in this situation... the only thing it really did was establish yourself as a douchebag.
@MapleLeafAce between 18-21 is when people do most of their improvement on guitar. paul gilbert started young and kept at it. its not often you get young people dedicated that much to something.
seriously though, 8-12 hours a day for the next 2 years and you'd be doing that stuff.
@gamz4tlol As I've seen it, most successful bands are usually touring already by ages 19-21, and if you're not doing that by then, the odds are slim you'll get anywhere. People like Satriani, Vai, Gilbert, Friedman; they were all pretty much hitting it big by the time they were around 18/19, which makes me worry since I'm already 19, and I'm still a "basement guitarist."
@MapleLeafAce joe satriani was broke and barely known until he was 28. i see lots of people around the 25 mark concerned with age. in my personal exp, age means nothing if you have dedication (im a teacher). very few people actually become famous musicians around that age. most don't get recognition until they're about 30.
all i can say is that you shouldn't give up, especially at 19. you're still a kid man. just get a teacher, or take some pebber brown lessons. and PRACTICE.
@MapleLeafAce The only time you should worry about your age is at your death bed. Play for hours everyday, but only if you can't live without it, guitar has to mean more than your own life. You have to enjoy this and if not maybe fame might come to you like it has for thousands of mediocre guitar players out there (not calling you mediocre). Just keep evolving and see where it takes you.
@MapleLeafAce you gotta take into consideration that it may be difficult finding other musicians that play to your taste and like what you play also. it's hard forming a band if the other guys aren't at your level or aren't in to the same music as you.
i could almost tune my guitar at age 19....it took a few more years, but i got it down. i've really advanced since then; i can now play 'smoke on the water' using just the high 'e' string. maybe i'll put a tutorial up...
Paul is from my hometown of Greensburg, PA . My uncle used to go to school with him. It's hard to believe that one of the true technical masters on the guitar is from my little town here.
@baudelaire42 I know some fantastic shredders that are in the 16 age range. Maybe only a spot or two under Paul Gilbert at this point, but nonetheless, you've never heard of him.
@baudelaire42 i dont remember who i called a douchebag.. but anyways.. yeah, give me your email and then you will know who i am you poser guitar player..which im sure you probably are.
my last hope that I could eventually be as good as paul gilbert was "maybe it just took him 10 years to get that good and i've only been playing for five." he's 19 in this video, and i'm 19 now. fuck.
@stuartjonez I was wondering that too. Should I bother changing how I hold my pick? I pretty much hold the pick he does here and he does it effortlessly.....but in newer vids he's like "I hold the pick like this now"
wow this is an awesome video!!! Paul actually talks about his picking style on other videos. He mentions how when he was young, he used to pick really weird with his right hand how it was not efficient and very tiring AND took him such a long time to fix his picking hand. b4 watching this video, i thought he'd wound really bad with that picking but he still sounded amazing!!!
Pfffft Jason Becker did this at 17, But since he is unable to play guitar Paul gets the title of greatest by default. Before you get pissy look JB up, everything he did was before he was like 21. Search Serrana, or AIM clinic.
imo Cacophony was better than racer X (of course cacophony had Marty Friedman as second guitarist so it's kinda an unfair comparison). Jason had no ceiling, he was just cut down by effing disease. Both guitarists were on Shrapnel (i'm not sure when Jason got on the label) and Jason was with DLR for a little while. Jason started playing when he was 5.
Hey dude, you're right. I shouldn't compare guitarists, i love both of them but they each have their own distinct styles. I guess was feeling a little 12 year-old-ish when i wrote that comment, but the main reason i bring Becker up is because alot of people don't know him. I wish i heard about him earlier; i would have become serious about my playing sooner. Both guitarist have/had untouchable skill and were just all around amazing.
holy shit, at19 I was playing guitar and im not close to that type of playing, I mean as flawless and accurate at that speed. Must give him props for that natural talent and effort he put on mastering his instruments.
Paul Gilbert, you will always be the best guitarist in the world!!! You're guitar skills are like Paganini meets Einstein! You rule! Millions of thanks for the inspiration you have given so many guitarists worldwide.
Watching stuff like this at age 26 while trying to remember how to play "Back in Black" solo correctly makes me wonder: Did I practice enough in past 10 years?
@Halocon Yes. I noticed that too. In his early years he said he used to angle the pick more upward. When he started experiencing some discomfort from that position with his thumb he switched to what he does now.
He was 18 at the time of the contest, there's an article about it somewhere. Thumbs up this comment because it's annoying that it says 19. That is all.
i can't imagine being that good so young... he's so FAST. the biggest reason i improved my own playing was watching all the paul gilbert vids i could, he pretty much did it on his own! incredible
the cool thing is that he looks like he was a normal kid and has always had a dry sense of humor, unlike so many overly serious guitar nerds out there
Does anyone know where to find the video where he's younger than this? I think it got taken down or something. He's wearing a rush t-shirt and playing Van Halen.
Frenzy? hahaha
doom666kratos 1 week ago
earlier, PAUL used to hold the pick differently than he holds now...
KUNAL19011992 3 weeks ago
3 times and i can go again
blacksareanimals 1 month ago
It was at that point that the bar was set.
JoshMurphyShred 1 month ago
my money is on him winning the contest....
1skullduggery 1 month ago
@1skullduggery no shit sherlock
jimmyleppard6 1 month ago
@jimmyleppard6 unless you were there, of course, covering your extensive catalog of def leppard licks; then i'm sure YOU would have won.
1skullduggery 1 month ago
@1skullduggery LoL. I'm not into def leppard, dude. But, of course, you haven't realised what I was trying to say. I didn't mean I would've won, of course I wouldn't. I just wanted to say that you don't have write obvious shit like that just to get a thumb up. Did you read how to be a youtube dummy instructions?
jimmyleppard6 1 month ago
@jimmyleppard6 try breaking the prozacs in half. it might help you properly interpret comments.
1skullduggery 1 month ago
@jimmyleppard6 By him saying "my money is on him winning the contest..." he's already saying that it's obvious that he won. By you saying "no shit sherlock" you are saying that it's obvious that 1skillduggery would put money on it, which it is not.
It simply doesn't make sense to have said "No shit sherlock" in this situation... the only thing it really did was establish yourself as a douchebag.
TinyKurds 4 weeks ago
my money is on him winning the contest....
1skullduggery 1 month ago
he could have kept his picking hand that way and been fine......I hate it when he makes it sound he was worse off this way
lonewolf604 1 month ago
I'm 19 NOW. I'm barely a twentieth of what he is now. might as well kiss my musical career hopes goodbye...
MapleLeafAce 1 month ago
@MapleLeafAce between 18-21 is when people do most of their improvement on guitar. paul gilbert started young and kept at it. its not often you get young people dedicated that much to something.
seriously though, 8-12 hours a day for the next 2 years and you'd be doing that stuff.
gamz4tlol 1 month ago
@gamz4tlol As I've seen it, most successful bands are usually touring already by ages 19-21, and if you're not doing that by then, the odds are slim you'll get anywhere. People like Satriani, Vai, Gilbert, Friedman; they were all pretty much hitting it big by the time they were around 18/19, which makes me worry since I'm already 19, and I'm still a "basement guitarist."
MapleLeafAce 1 month ago
@MapleLeafAce joe satriani was broke and barely known until he was 28. i see lots of people around the 25 mark concerned with age. in my personal exp, age means nothing if you have dedication (im a teacher). very few people actually become famous musicians around that age. most don't get recognition until they're about 30.
all i can say is that you shouldn't give up, especially at 19. you're still a kid man. just get a teacher, or take some pebber brown lessons. and PRACTICE.
gamz4tlol 1 month ago
@MapleLeafAce The only time you should worry about your age is at your death bed. Play for hours everyday, but only if you can't live without it, guitar has to mean more than your own life. You have to enjoy this and if not maybe fame might come to you like it has for thousands of mediocre guitar players out there (not calling you mediocre). Just keep evolving and see where it takes you.
Testacojones 1 month ago
@MapleLeafAce you gotta take into consideration that it may be difficult finding other musicians that play to your taste and like what you play also. it's hard forming a band if the other guys aren't at your level or aren't in to the same music as you.
nickfizzle1212 1 month ago
He plays a little bit of what was gonna be Frenzy on Racer X
Ignagrod 1 month ago
That fucker is a god damn machine.
RONDOC68 1 month ago 2
I wonder if paul is aware this video is on the web? He'd probably appreciate watching it
grybok1ng 2 months ago 2
@grybok1ng wut about Buckethead?
Devilbat74 3 weeks ago
i could almost tune my guitar at age 19....it took a few more years, but i got it down. i've really advanced since then; i can now play 'smoke on the water' using just the high 'e' string. maybe i'll put a tutorial up...
1skullduggery 2 months ago 7
Paul is from my hometown of Greensburg, PA . My uncle used to go to school with him. It's hard to believe that one of the true technical masters on the guitar is from my little town here.
staleyismissed 2 months ago
so now we have a "relaxed" Paul!
LukeBerto 2 months ago
That sounds a lot like Buckethead, I can definitely see where Bucket got some influence.
cool21967 2 months ago
@cool21967 Paul Gilbert taught Buckethead for quite a while, actually. :)
SlunkLord57 2 months ago
Eruption v2.0
lonewolf604 2 months ago
holy shit!
CanadianRockerGuy 2 months ago
lol 19 hes just as good as he is now
vi70h12 3 months ago
this vid was recorded with a potato
CW96ACDC 3 months ago 26
Too bad it was recorded with a Teddy Ruxpin
panchobehrmann 3 months ago
i'm 19. i feel as though i'm way behind
SuperToother 3 months ago 6
I'm 18 and I can play this not perfect but close, self taught to :D
TheInvalidChronicles 3 months ago
@TheInvalidChronicles jus watched ur vids nooo wayyyyy ur close to pg :) lol jus sayin
GuitArmyofOne427 3 months ago
@TheInvalidChronicles im 15 and i can play that shit. youre a douchebag.
Casebomb 2 months ago
@Casebomb and ur a bullshitter if u could do that we'd know who you are
baudelaire42 2 months ago
@baudelaire42 I know some fantastic shredders that are in the 16 age range. Maybe only a spot or two under Paul Gilbert at this point, but nonetheless, you've never heard of him.
oumo 2 months ago
@baudelaire42 i dont remember who i called a douchebag.. but anyways.. yeah, give me your email and then you will know who i am you poser guitar player..which im sure you probably are.
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Casebomb 2 months ago
@Casebomb you called paul gilbert a douchebag
baudelaire42 1 month ago
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@TheInvalidChronicles im 15 and i can play that shit. youre a douchebag.
Casebomb 2 months ago
5 years later,he would become GIT's top instructor.Amazing!!
AnnaAnnaYes 3 months ago 2
this has the quality worse of an amature porn lol
TheSonsofHorusx 3 months ago 6
WTFUuuuucccckk man hes 15 and shred like a Motherfucker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Theguyweknow 3 months ago 2
19 huh? That leaves me two years to attempt to match this. Wait, he was 18?! Then I have.....one......year... Ah jeez.... {8(
symphonicsage 3 months ago
at 19 all i did was jack off and play x box
yngwierulez1 4 months ago 53
@yngwierulez1 then you're a jackoff haha
sixpounder6169 3 months ago
@yngwierulez1 And now you have moved on to... This is a realy cool video.
livinlife60secamin 2 months ago
@yngwierulez1 hahahahahha best comment on the internet.
xgorebreath 2 months ago
It's to much! Don't just play guitar, play music!
TheShred123 4 months ago
@TheShred123 He definitely plays music now. :)
TheDancingSaxophone 3 months ago
im 16, i have 3 years to match this
mpk3432 4 months ago 9
@mpk3432 No, you have 3 years to beat it!
youztuber5000 3 months ago 2
paul gilbert always but always has been good O.o
Hellype333 4 months ago
@MegaDehumanizer How would like Buckethead ...
doom666kratos 4 months ago
what?
pgreenx 4 months ago
Looks like his arms were skinny then
wldntknow 4 months ago
baliw n pla to dati pa e!hahahah imba!
jayveejames 4 months ago
so hes always been a wanker.
hojima 4 months ago
@hojima
Fuck you. Paul Gilbert is easily one of the best guitarists of all time, if not one of the best musicians.
Dtyler171 4 months ago
my last hope that I could eventually be as good as paul gilbert was "maybe it just took him 10 years to get that good and i've only been playing for five." he's 19 in this video, and i'm 19 now. fuck.
boondock1213 4 months ago
Paul Gilbertkenstein.... or genetic experiment
nenaycarlos 4 months ago
Paul Gilbertkenstein
nenaycarlos 4 months ago
yes it's very fast...NOISE!!
DirtyD777 5 months ago
@DirtyD777
Holy shit? You're calling VIVALDI NOISE???
You really don't have any musical taste.
Dtyler171 4 months ago
Just needs a bucket on is head
nubzz 5 months ago
40 Paul Gilbert is much slower than 19 y old.
Kamus1952 5 months ago
Wait wait wait....he was 19 in 85? That makes him younger than Kirk Hammet......and he was Kirk's teacher XD
that1ethnicguy 5 months ago
@that1ethnicguy
It doesn´t take much to beat Kirk Hammet.
A crappy guitarman with no personality at all.
Technodanne 5 months ago 5
@that1ethnicguy I believe it was Satriani that was Kirks teacher.
TheAxe4Ever 5 months ago 5
@that1ethnicguy It was Satch who was his teacher.
MrGuitarrica 4 months ago
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nikolasbass 5 months ago
This is when he held his pick backwards!
itsthearistocrat 6 months ago
booooooooooooooooooooorrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nikolasbass 6 months ago
@nikolasbass I'm sure that you can't rock like paul..
ashelcito 6 months ago
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@ashelcito Paul Gilbert was and is a talented player and a good musician.
But, for me, this performance is circus material and not music.
And no I can not rock like he can.
nikolasbass 5 months ago
lol this was when paul held his pick backwards
stuartjonez 6 months ago 32
@stuartjonez That seemed to work pretty ok aswell. ;)
Per770718 5 months ago
@stuartjonez I was wondering that too. Should I bother changing how I hold my pick? I pretty much hold the pick he does here and he does it effortlessly.....but in newer vids he's like "I hold the pick like this now"
lonewolf604 2 months ago
This is sick!
Voddgreen 6 months ago
I bet he wins the highschool talent show lmao
grybok1ng 8 months ago 5
wow this is an awesome video!!! Paul actually talks about his picking style on other videos. He mentions how when he was young, he used to pick really weird with his right hand how it was not efficient and very tiring AND took him such a long time to fix his picking hand. b4 watching this video, i thought he'd wound really bad with that picking but he still sounded amazing!!!
qwoeiu 9 months ago
The tapping was incredible, but the picking runs got monotonous.
DavePerry2012 10 months ago
19-year-old PG could kick 44-year-old PG's ass lol
kidding, but I think he had more juice in the tank back then than now
spray32 10 months ago 3
@spray32 but his playing is more tasteful now than then :)
ermonski 8 months ago 3
@ermonski no doubt man! :D
spray32 8 months ago
Jesus, I can barely move my hand up and down the fret board that fast just sliding.
adisharr 10 months ago
paul gilbert ain't buckethead....paul gilbert is death cube k!!!
tmh1717 11 months ago
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thats it now i know hes a robot
qqqaaazzz333 11 months ago
thats it know i now hes a robot!!!
qqqaaazzz333 11 months ago
Pfffft Jason Becker did this at 17, But since he is unable to play guitar Paul gets the title of greatest by default. Before you get pissy look JB up, everything he did was before he was like 21. Search Serrana, or AIM clinic.
Inb4 flame for comment
D1vid3By0 11 months ago
@D1vid3By0 Paul Gilbert played like this since he was 15..he sent a tape to mike varney and he formed racer x after.
tmh1717 11 months ago
@tmh1717
imo Cacophony was better than racer X (of course cacophony had Marty Friedman as second guitarist so it's kinda an unfair comparison). Jason had no ceiling, he was just cut down by effing disease. Both guitarists were on Shrapnel (i'm not sure when Jason got on the label) and Jason was with DLR for a little while. Jason started playing when he was 5.
D1vid3By0 11 months ago
@D1vid3By0
You can't compare such awesomeness dude, please stop doing that... no one gets no title... Friedman, Becker, Bouillet, Gilbert... 2 incredible bands, 4 incredible guitar players...
panelacosmica 11 months ago
@panelacosmica
Hey dude, you're right. I shouldn't compare guitarists, i love both of them but they each have their own distinct styles. I guess was feeling a little 12 year-old-ish when i wrote that comment, but the main reason i bring Becker up is because alot of people don't know him. I wish i heard about him earlier; i would have become serious about my playing sooner. Both guitarist have/had untouchable skill and were just all around amazing.
D1vid3By0 10 months ago
You gotta love when people are so good that you can't help but laugh in disbelief and amazement!!
Your the man Paul!
Lespaul09MKN 11 months ago
holy shit, at19 I was playing guitar and im not close to that type of playing, I mean as flawless and accurate at that speed. Must give him props for that natural talent and effort he put on mastering his instruments.
metalpraxis 1 year ago
19 YEARS OLD ???
Damm I will have to practice the 24 hours to reach that tone hahaha
God bless you
encarandoelmetal 1 year ago
At 19, PG is amazing!
jou812 1 year ago
Paul Gilbert, you will always be the best guitarist in the world!!! You're guitar skills are like Paganini meets Einstein! You rule! Millions of thanks for the inspiration you have given so many guitarists worldwide.
Bionic06 1 year ago 2
@Bionic06 einstein sucked at playing the violin...
but i know what you mean ;)
TheWolvesCurse 1 year ago
How did you get this? o.o
PaulGilbert60sMind 1 year ago
fuck my life T_T
zacdarider 1 year ago
Look, he's using his old weird inverted thumb picking style thing.
Dang dis shit is OLD.
I hate how he's still awesome at 19...
JcuntAfuckKshitE 1 year ago 5
He was born playing this lick.
Glutonid 1 year ago 2
I think he won...
Randyolsson 1 year ago 32
Jesus God, he was and is bad-ass.
Englishbobwv 1 year ago
Watching stuff like this at age 26 while trying to remember how to play "Back in Black" solo correctly makes me wonder: Did I practice enough in past 10 years?
DumbEdain 1 year ago 4
@DumbEdain LOL...i'm still trying to memorize the Shook Me solo dude hahaha...
timmyboy1970 1 year ago
@Halocon yeah he said that he used to hold this pick differently when he was young search for "paul gilbert alternate picking lesson" on youtube
VMP007 1 year ago
I give up T-T someone shoot me my dreams have been obliterated...
darkangelsk8s 1 year ago
@Halocon Yes. I noticed that too. In his early years he said he used to angle the pick more upward. When he started experiencing some discomfort from that position with his thumb he switched to what he does now.
tasdvl9 1 year ago
Total turd
tothatextent 1 year ago
oh SHIT!!! 19?!?! REALLY!!!
sysmeta 1 year ago
So, I have 2 years to get to that status. Challenge accepted.
manmon77 1 year ago 2
What the crap, he's playing an epiphone wilshire there? :-O THAT GUTIAR IS PUG-UGLY
brando18guitarplyr 1 year ago
did i just hear a little scarified there?
fender210 1 year ago
And here we are three decades later playing the identical notes... Ha.
musiccalgary 1 year ago
i still think this video is awesome as you can see paul playing with the old backwards thumb grip that he talks about.
llwayneio 1 year ago
Hey Chuck! It's Marvin! Your cousin... Marvin Berry! You know that new sound you lookin for?! Well listen to this!
partywithbonscott 1 year ago 15
yngwie and EVH created a monster
taradead 1 year ago 147
@taradead eddie van who?
sk8357 10 months ago
@taradead - and PG created BH. All good things.
neurocosm 4 months ago
i fucking came when he started the four seasons.
EMOHOLACAWST 1 year ago
wow, hes been playing those licks FOREVER
skwisgaarandtoki69 1 year ago
He was 18 at the time of the contest, there's an article about it somewhere. Thumbs up this comment because it's annoying that it says 19. That is all.
YummyBananaFish 1 year ago 7
what a young beast!
perrypentatonic 1 year ago
i can't imagine being that good so young... he's so FAST. the biggest reason i improved my own playing was watching all the paul gilbert vids i could, he pretty much did it on his own! incredible
winrar 1 year ago
the cool thing is that he looks like he was a normal kid and has always had a dry sense of humor, unlike so many overly serious guitar nerds out there
waylay00 1 year ago
respect for gilbert !! , i'm 19 and i truelly adrmire him no matter what age he is
xSnoweyexp 1 year ago
I'm assuming that he won. Damn, he was a total beast even at 19..
evolutionmb 1 year ago
Oh God, I'm 19 and still can't play like that. I'm going to keep practicing with Pebber Brown's material for sure :D.
AirHendrix91 1 year ago
Wow he had that Mozart stuff way early.
ShinOnigashima 1 year ago
@ShinOnigashima it was Vivaldi
qwertyamman 1 year ago
Right, Vivaldi's 4 seasons.. my bad
ShinOnigashima 1 year ago
"no description available" - that's about right
ShreddyRayVaughan 1 year ago
damn he was crazier when he was younger ! i think.
TheDanceofjoy 1 year ago
does anyone know where to find a time machine? i wanna go back to where paul was in racer x and had his long puffy hair.
sk8terchristian 1 year ago 2
@sk8terchristian youtube is the closest thing we haave to a time machine boob
deadcow444 1 year ago
@deadcow444 boob? i hope u weren't tryin to say noob to start shit cuz that wouldn't make any sense
sk8terchristian 1 year ago
Anyone else notice his picking hand is different to how he plays now? =P
LJRHimself 2 years ago 3
yeah he said it started to hurt his thumb later on the years
edge299 2 years ago
Yeah he was 18 - he was born in November and this was in summer
YummyBananaFish 2 years ago
its cool to know he kept hist style for such a long time
AraGuitar 2 years ago 69
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linkinpawkrules 2 years ago
rare
killguns95 2 years ago
Vivaldi upside down tapping hehehe. Sick stuff, the year I was born!
KeithWhalen11 2 years ago
Watching a 19-year-old play like that just makes me.....terrified! =O
No...
.......SCARIFIED =P Lol sorry I had to...
markylumsley 2 years ago 4
Does anyone know where to find the video where he's younger than this? I think it got taken down or something. He's wearing a rush t-shirt and playing Van Halen.
justinc89 2 years ago 5
I remember that, it was really cool.
Kiejzo 2 years ago
@justinc89 the one where its like backstage and his tone is by far the best it's ever been?
IbanezRokr 1 year ago
@IbanezRokr exactly, where is that vid?
cebix 1 year ago
@cebix i think it got taken down :(
IbanezRokr 1 year ago
@justinc89 yea ur right. bring back those old videos!
tmh1717 1 year ago
Well, he was born in November 1966, so he could be 18 at that time if this video was shot, say, May 85.
lazlo1968 2 years ago 3
ahead of his time,
AFWHHHH 2 years ago
pg!
koppergtr 2 years ago
ur right
wolfee0 2 years ago
Actually he is 19 in this not 15
shinshoryuken 2 years ago