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Paul Gilbert is the latest big name to switch to Fender Tone Master digital amps
By Jonathan Horsley published
The shred pioneer is using one as a monitor, one to push air at the crowd, and he believes it is a top-tier pedal platform

Paul Gilbert on how the original POTUS's words opened new frontiers for his guitar
By Joe Bosso published
The shred titan's new LP, WROC, combines words from George Washington with incendiary rock and super-sized melodies. Oh, and he had weird AI experiences along the way. We'll let Gilbert explain all...

Paul Gilbert: What I learned and taught at GIT
By Paul Gilbert published
Paul was a student and a tutor at LA's G.I.T. (Guitar Institute of Technology). Here are the shred secrets he learned there – and taught

Air-guitar playing AC/DC fan Doug Rappoport on how he fell into working with Edgar Winter and Paul Gilbert
By Andrew Daly published
Despite horrifying Winter at one point with his terrible tone, and only barely managing to keep up with Gilbert, the guitarist who was inspired by an Angus Young solo has kept himself incredibly busy

Paul Gilbert’s completely unplanned Jimi Hendrix tribute set for first-ever digital release
By Matt Owen published
After a collab with Albert Collins fell through at the last minute, Gilbert had just hours to come up with an alternative set

Eddie Van Halen once asked Paul Gilbert to give Wolfgang a guitar lesson – here’s why it never happened
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The Mr. Big virtuoso has been reflecting on his guitar teaching methods, and why he thinks it’s time to bring back the shred

Why Paul Gilbert thinks it’s important to practice restraint when it comes to shredding
By Phil Weller published
Every guitarist plays with a point to prove, he says, but we shouldn’t always be playing in fifth gear

Speed bursts are the path to Shred Heaven: boost your rock chops with 6 jaw-dropping examples (that won't break your fingers)
By Jamie Humphries published
Learn how short and fast sequential patterns favoured by legends such as Paul Gilbert, John Petrucci and Zakk Wylde can be connected to create blazing solos

We chart 25 game-changing Ibanez guitarists
By Amit Sharma published
While it’s easy to think of Ibanez as a company that’s solely at the cutting edge of metal machines for the modern age, they’ve also innovated much further afield, producing timeless acoustics, semi-hollows, and hollowbodies
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