Paul Gilbert's Other Gear

At 1:22 in this video, Paul Gilbert talks about his Air Classic pickups. He says, "I have those in a lot of guitars. They just always sound good."

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Paul Gilbert uses the DiMarzio DP155 The Tone Zone pickup, as shown on his official DiMarzio page under the "Pickups" section.

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From a DiMarzio Facebook post:

“I bought my first Super Distortion® pickup when I was 13 years old. I loved the power and the sound, so I've been using DiMarzio pickups ever since. I love DiMarzio pickups!” -PAUL GILBERT

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If you look at Paul Gilbert's official DiMarzio page you can see that under "Pickups" it registers that he uses/used a "Humbucker From Hell" at one point or another.

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At the minute 17.45 of the "GuitarSpotGr"'s Video "Paul Gilbert - Live Setup", Paul Gilbert shows that he uses DiMarzio Injector as Bridge and Neck Pickups on his Fireman Ibanez Guitar.

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In this 1992 Interview with DiMarzio, at 2:11 Gilbert states:

"These pickups in here now, these are both PAF Pros, which have a nice kinda a little bit of a Michael Schenker kinda [imitating cocked wah] to it, best way I can describe it, and it sounds something like this..."

[Playing]

"...And the low end is still real chunky you know, if you like the fast picking stuff it comes out pretty clear..."

[Playing]

"...And it still as a lot of agression and the Gary Moore kinda sounds to it..."

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On Paul Gilbert's official DiMarzio page, the DiMarzio DP110 FS-1 Pickup is listed under his "Pickups" section, indicating his use of this gear.

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The 2nd to last pickup on Paul Gilbert's long list of "Pickups" is a Virtual P-90 by DiMarzio.

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At the minute 17.45 of the "GuitarSpotGr"'s Video "Paul Gilbert - Live Setup", Paul Gilbert shows that he uses DiMarzio Area 67 as middle pickup on his Fireman Ibanez Guitar.

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At the minute 17.45 of the "GuitarSpotGr"'s Video "Paul Gilbert - Live Setup", Paul Gilbert shows that he uses DiMarzio Injector as Bridge and Neck Pickups on his Fireman Ibanez Guitar.

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In the provided image, Paul Gilbert is associated with the use of a PAF Master Bridge pickup, as indicated under the "Pickups" section.

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Under "Pickups" it says that Paul Gilbert uses a PAF Pro (Among others).

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Paul Gilbert has used both the Dimarzio DLX+ bridge and neck pickups throughout his career, as shown in the user-uploaded photo on Imgur.

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Paul Gilbert uses the DiMarzio The Angel Magnetic Pickup, as shown in a user-uploaded photo on Imgur.

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"Rock Guitar with Paul Gilbert" is a course available on the online lesson platform ArtistWorks. Paul Gilbert's course can be seen here.

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Before he stopped using tremolos, Paul used to play Kahlers, as clearly seen in the photo.

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Discography

Album Credits

  • Raw Blues Power

    Raw Blues Power

    Paul Gilbert & Paul Gilbert · 2002

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