Paul Gilbert
hard rock/heavy metal guitarist; Mr. Big, Racer X, etc.
Paul Gilbert's Effects Pedals
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Mr. Paul Gilbert uses the Way Huge Green Rhino Mk II Overdrive Pedal on his pedalboard.
At 5:48 Paul Gilbert uses the Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer Pedal on his pedalboard.
Paul Gilbert shows off his MojoMojo Overdrive, demonstrates his favourite settings and shreds like a boss to an old school ZZ Top loop. Rock'n Roll!
"Just built my pedalboard for the MR. BIG tour."
At the minute 14.47 of the "GuitarSpotGr"'s Video "Paul Gilbert - Live Setup", Paul Gilbert shows that he uses an MXR Distortion+ in combination to his Marshall amps to have a more distorted sound.
"I think at that time I had a yellow overdrive with a lot of knobs on it — the four knob model. [Ed. Note: The OS-2.]"
At 1:50 in this video Paul Gilbert talks about his usage of the Detox EQ, which cleans up the signal.
This pedal appears on Paul Gilbert's facebook page, on an image published 28.03.2019 which shows the complete pedalboard, next to the main guitar that will be used for the tour. The artist commented the picture: "Ready for the tour!"
Mr. Paul Gilbert uses the Homebrew Electronics HBE CPR Compressor Retro Pedal on his pedalboard at 7:37.
Paul Gilbert uses the SCRIPT LOGO MXR Phase 90 Pedal on his pedalboard at 6:25.
At the minute 18.50 of the "GuitarSpotGr"'s Video "Paul Gilbert - Live Setup", Paul Gilbert shows that he uses a Korg Pitchclip Clip-On Tuner on the headstock of his Ibanez Fireman. He says that he has more space in his pedalboard without a pedal tuner.
"Just built my pedalboard for the MR. BIG tour"
Visible in this interview with Andertons Music Co. at 46:56.
Paul is interviewed by Josh from JHS about Paul's new signature distortion pedal- PG-14.
At the minute 13.50 of the "GuitarSpotGr"'s Video "Paul Gilbert - Live Setup", Paul Gilbert shows that he uses an Empress Paraeq, turned on almost all the time of the gig.
At 0:23 in this video Paul Gilbert shows a BOSS DD-3 Digital Delay pedal on his pedalboard with Mr. Big.
In this video you can see that Paul shows in 4:23 minutes the TC Electronics sentry.
"I've got a Voodoo Labs Micro Vibe for the kind of Robin Trower-y... (proceeds to demonstrate tone) Which is such a good sounding pedal. I actually tried that by accident, 'cause I forgot to bring my pedalboard to a gig once and I borrowed sombody else's pedalboard. They had that on there and I'm like 'Man, this, I love this Voodoo Labs Micro Vibe!' So I bought one and the only problem was I didn't like the way it looked. Just, somehow, the colors... It was buggin' me. So I took Robin Trower's Bridge of Sighs album cover and put it in Photoshop, made it purple so it sort of matched my guitar, printed it out on a regular piece of paper and taped it to the pedal. So there's my, y'know, my customized front. So now I can look at it and I don't go like 'Aagh! It's the wrong color!'"
Can be clearly seen on his pedalboard in this Instagram post...
Mr. Paul Gilbert uses the Lehle P-Split II Pedal on his pedalboard which can be seen at 7:28.
Paul Gilbert uses an MXR M78, as shown on Dunlop's website.
At 4:17 in this video Paul Gilbert says that he also uses the RC Booster, which is more "twangyer, more like Richie Blackmore".
In an Instagram post, Paul Gilbert showcases his use of the Supro Delay pedal, emphasizing its role in his setup with the caption, "Slide magnet on my Ibanez Rocket Roll V. All pedals on. Lift off!"
Mr. Gilbert explains in his instructional video for Vibrato that he uses an Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer on "a few tunes."
At 4:02 in this video Paul Gilbert says that he uses the AC Booster "for the more shreddy stuff."
At 2:48 in this video Paul Gilbert shows his HBE Bajo Mos pedal which he says is "a little beefier than your normal guitar booster".
“There was a Way Huge Red Llama, an MXR Distortion Plus, a Way Huge Saucy Box, a TC MojoMojo… whatever seemed to fit the song,”
The Flux Capacitor can be seen on Paul's pedalboard from this picture taken at a 2016 gig.
Discussed in this interview with Andertons Music Co. First visible at 47:01.
"What I've discovered is, recently, I moved to Portland, Oregon, and they're, they're [the owners of Catalinbread] my neighbors! They're like, two miles away from my house. So I went and visited the factory a couple o' weeks ago and they had this Belle Epoch, like, Echoplex copy. And, I think it sounds good, but I saw it on Eric Johnson's pedalboard and I'm like 'If he's usin' one, I gotta get one o' these.' So, it's got that little bit o' slap, hopefully they don't even notice, but it just sort of makes it easier to... It's not quite so dry. And, y'know, when you do your... (proceeds to play the riff to "Ain't Talkin' Bout Love" by Van Halen) See, it has that little bit of... slap that Eddie gets on the first album."
In an Instagram post, Paul Gilbert showcases his use of the Electro-Harmonix Hot Tubes Nano overdrive pedal, mentioning that all his pedals are activated during a session with his Ibanez Rocket Roll V.
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