Paul Gilbert
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CroTone
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In Paul Gilbert's hands, a washing machine would sound like a 1-billion US dollars tube amplifier.
On a slightly different note, the JCM2000 100 watt Dual Super Lead from the early days is one hell of an amp.
Sounds consistently great and is a true workhorse and gigging musician amp.
There is a good reason why these amps are one of the best-selling Marshall products of all time.
And if it is good enough for Paul Gilbert, then it is good enough for all of us.
Love the sound!
paul-e-mann
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I always thought his tone sucks...
El Gringo
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He is not Mr. Big for nothing !
junk notes
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No, but @pedecamp pointed out his Achilles heel. When he went on tour with Satch *it did improve - *it being his tone and chops. (with a curly cable of course).
paul-e-mann
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Im sure he's fine in the mix but on his own its like nails on a chalkboard, like hes got his hello kitty guitar plugged into a gorilla practice amp!
Im247frogs
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I saw him at the Iridium in NYC and he used two Marshalls. The Iridium is a tiny jazz club and he totally dialed everything back with an attenuater and honestly his tone was pretty much completely non-exciting. Great set, though.
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Electric Fence was his best tone when he was channeling Jimi.
Paul w/ his brand new SV20 head...
I saw him play w/ Uli Roth, at MI, he hopped on & did a few Hendrix tunes, then did a long one w/ Uli... in 2007
Im247frogs
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That sounds like fun. Always wanted to see Uli live.
yeah, I've seen Uli quite a few x's... always a treat!
This was one of his Sky Academy sessions concerts. It was at Musician's Institute, in Hollywood. The year prior, he had one at UCLA.
For the concerts, he had a whole slew of musicians lined up to join in on the jam sessions. He did full day seminars at the schools, for the better part of a week, leading up to the couple weekend shows, which were always great!
A guy I know videotaped most of it & he gave me a DVD copy. IDK where the video is though right off...
I took a bunch of pictures, but, I lost them in a drive failure some time back...
I've never really associated Paul with "tone". He seems "tone deaf" or blindly unaware of it. Especially in his rather shallow gear run-down in the vid.
He seems like a cool guy and YouTube has really given him a place. I've seen some of his fake interview there and was ROTFLMFAO.
I REALLY wish he'd drop that (soyboy) ...yeaaaaa! face every time he photos.
He seems like a cool guy and YouTube has really given him a place. I've seen some of his fake interview there and was ROTFLMFAO.
I REALLY wish he'd drop that (soyboy) ...yeaaaaa! face every time he photos.
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Great player though.
Like a cool uncle that jams.
Never into Mr Big, or the bubblegum rock stuff. But he definitely has some skills.
Like a cool uncle that jams.
Never into Mr Big, or the bubblegum rock stuff. But he definitely has some skills.
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My fav performance of his, as part of Yellow Matter Custard. Those leads are in a class of themselves.
here's a shot I have from my camera, from what I could find...
I wish I could find the original files, because that's not a good edit/shot...
I wish I could find the original files, because that's not a good edit/shot...
