Paul Gilbert

Paul is interviewed by Josh from JHS about Paul's new signature distortion pedal- PG-14.

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I’m playing some bass tonight in honor of my friend, Juan Alderete. Years ago, while working on a Racer X album, I asked Juan to try my Rickenbacker. He liked the sound, but he missed the body contour like on the Fenders that he usually plays. I called my guitar tech, and said “Can you come over, and bring your belt-sander?” We soon had the Rick feeling good for Juan. A few years later, I had the finish repaired, to make it look nice. @j_alderete

Paul Gilbert relies on that Super Slinky electric guitar string gauge for his signature tone. #NAMM2020

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.

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

Gilbert had two ADA MP-1s in his rack the late 80s and early 90s.

"Pretty much one of my favourite things of all time, the new ADA MP-1. The real cool thing about it, is that, not only does it sound great, but you get some incredible switching with it. By pressing one button you can change everything that's MIDI, plus kick in stuff in the effects loop."

At 0:23 in this video Paul Gilbert shows a BOSS DD-3 Digital Delay pedal on his pedalboard with Mr. Big.

At 11:07 in this video Paul Gilbert says that he used a Marshall 1987x amp for the recording of 'Vibrato'.

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 5:40 of this video, Paul explains an interesting fact about the Makita Drill - He mentions that the vintage ones are the best ones because they take a while to stop and, therefore, it's possible to get the "dentist from hell" kind of sound.

On Paul's website, the Hot Plate is listed as the gear that he uses.

At 4:17 in this video Paul Gilbert says that he also uses the RC Booster, which is more "twangyer, more like Richie Blackmore".

Paul Gilbert uses Urban Decay Guitar Straps, as shown in a user-uploaded photo on Imgur. These straps, featured on the official DiMarzio website, have a vintage, worn-in look and are designed to fit snugly on various guitar models, including Ibanez, Fender, and Gibson. Each strap is embossed with a gold DiMarzio sunburst logo and made in the USA.

The item can be seen 12:45 into this video…

5:46 of the video.

He talks about his THR5

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!"

Signature picks for Paul Gilbert

Paul is shown in this image posing with his PGM700. According to Ibanez's official product page, Paul says "It's actually a really great sounding guitar. It also has DiMarzio Super Distortions. It looks really cool. There's nothing like it. There's not too many violin-shaped guitars out there. I used it a lot in the studio and live. It got a lot of stage time with Mr. Big as well."

On the page for the M-Steel Hybrid Slinky strings, Paul is listed as one of the users of these strings.

Mr. Gilbert explains in his instructional video for Vibrato that he uses an Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer on "a few tunes."

Mr. Gilbert can be seen using the Marshall JMP-1C throughout his instructional video for his Vibrato album.

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,”

“For amps, I used a Marshall 2061x or a Germino Lead 55, which is a reproduction of an old Marshall circuit. And a Marshall 1960TV 4 x 12 cabinet."