Paul Gilbert
hard rock/heavy metal guitarist; Mr. Big, Racer X, etc.
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.
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.
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.
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..."
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"...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..."
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.
The 2nd to last pickup on Paul Gilbert's long list of "Pickups" is a Virtual P-90 by DiMarzio.
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.
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.
In the provided image, Paul Gilbert is associated with the use of a PAF Master Bridge pickup, as indicated under the "Pickups" section.
Under "Pickups" it says that Paul Gilbert uses a PAF Pro (Among others).
Paul Gilbert has used both the Dimarzio DLX+ bridge and neck pickups throughout his career, as shown in the user-uploaded photo on Imgur.
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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