The secret of Paul Gilberts tone

The secret of Paul Gilberts tone -or what makes his bridge pick up sound like a neck pick up - discuss!

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• Paul
• Gilbert

[xJustynLx]

There's a neck pickup in that burst strat

[triaxtasy]

@xJustynLx that's right ;) - I was referring to that white doubleneck when I wrote the desription :-D

[hubberjub]

I don't know if the AC is responsible entirely. All of the DiMarzio pickups he's used (PAF Pro, Tone Zone) are eq'd with a lot of mids. This is a quote from the DiMarzio website about the PAF Pro:

"Low notes have both snap and chunk, and there is a spike in the mid-range that gives the pickup a subtle “aw” vowel sound, like a wah-wah pedal stopped in the middle."

[knikk77]

Please start using the ADA MP-1 again!!! :-)

[freiture]

@hubberjub tone zone or super distortion?

[ale882xxx]

who fucking cares about paul gilbert tone.......



[AchaGuitarMan]

It's in his fingers dude...

[DeathBringer769]

Always sounded like a bridge pickup to me..

[x7stringinJSCx]

He's the man.

[TheMikeyTelevision]

MR. BIG! COME TO CANADA! Or just Paul Gilbert, that would be great as well!

[inuki69]

i kinda got close to his tone (i think) when i removed my tone knob.

[TheStratSound]

I think that his sound are in his fingers, and the attack of the picks.. Now he use the injectors that are single pickups! I thought that the maple neck give him this sound with humbuckers, now with single coils he don´t use maple neck because de treble and brillancy are in the pickups.. Then.. some midle gain pickups and some of gain.. xotic AC, ada mp1.. clean middle gain.. always sound like him!!