Paul Gilbert

Quick Facts

Full Name	Paul Gilbert
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	Nov 6, 1966(1966-11-06)
Age	58
Birthplace	Carbondale
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Scorpio

Paul Gilbert Biography

Paul Gilbert is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on November 6, 1966 in Carbondale, Illinois, United States. Musician of Racer The X as well as Mr. Big who is #4 on the Top 10 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time list published by GuitarOne magazine.

At the age of fifteen, He was profiled when he was just fifteen, he was featured Guitar Player magazine, along another young, up-and-coming musician, When he was fifteen he was featured in Guitar Player magazine, along another young up-and-comer, Yngwie Malmsteen..

Gilbert was raised mostly in the small Pittsburgh suburb of Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He began playing music at age five; by age 15, he was touring local clubs with his band (Tau Zero), and had been featured in Guitar Player magazine (alongside fellow up-and-comer Yngwie Malmsteen). Around 1981, Gilbert first contacted Mike Varney (founder of Shrapnel Records), asking for a gig with metal mega-star Ozzy Osbourne. At the time, Varney couldn’t think why Osbourne would want a 15-year-old guitarist; but, after listening to Gilbert’s demo tape, he changed his mind. They continued talking over the next 3 years, culminating in Gilbert’s 1984 cross-country move to Los Angeles to attend the GIT (Guitar Institute of Technology). Even at the young age of 17, Gilbert quickly became a local legend due to his advanced and extremely fast alternate picking technique, his young age, and his massive repertoire of cover material. He was hired as a GIT instructor in 1985, and recorded Racer X’s debut album Street Lethal soon after.

Formed in Los Angeles in 1985, Racer X was originally composed of Paul Gilbert (lead guitar), Juan Alderete (bass guitar), Harry Gschoesser (drums), and Jeff Martin (vocals). They were heavily influenced by Judas Priest, and Gilbert’s playing was reminiscent of Yngwie Malmsteen, displaying fast-driven solos with extreme-level technique. Gschoesser was replaced by Scott Travis (who would later become Judas Priest’s drummer) in 1986, and Bruce Bouillet, one of Gilbert’s private students at GIT, was added as a second guitarist after demonstrating an ability to harmonize Gilbert’s string skipping sequences. Gilbert gained recognition as one of the world’s fastest guitarists due to incredibly technical pieces like “Technical Difficulties”, “Frenzy”, “Scarified”, “Y.R.O.” and “Scit Scat Wah”. Around this time, Gilbert also recorded his first instructional video, Intense Rock, in which he demonstrated a number of his famous techniques and practice regimens in detail. Throughout his career he would go on to release many more instructional videos.

He was married to with his third wife Emi Gilbert in the year 2005. They gave birth to the son Marlon Kanzan Gilbert in 2014.

Paul Gilbert Net Worth

Paul Gilbert is one of the richest Guitarist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Paul Gilbert 's net worth $4 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began playing guitar at the age of five. However, after he was unable to play anything more than nursery rhymes, he abandoned the idea and picked it up at the age of eleven.

He came up with his signature sound at live shows by using the use of a drill instead pick.

Paul Gilbert wrote his own section of the British guitar magazine, Total Guitar, where he normally demonstrated guitar techniques in the magazine and accompanying CD. Even before that, he contributed instructional articles to Guitar Player Magazine in a late 1980s/early 1990s series entitled “Terrifying Guitar 101”. His period of working with Total Guitar spanned 31 issues until the November 2006 issue. Gilbert also teaches at the Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT) regularly, and is also an “honorary dean” of the GIT division in Japan. Gilbert visits Japan, enjoying the lifestyle like his Shrapnel labelmate Marty Friedman, who still lives in Japan and speaks Japanese fluently. Gilbert is known for his instructional videos, which are often comical in nature. One of his instructional videos includes him pulling a rabbit out of his guitar, putting his guitar in a straitjacket and having presents thrown at him by members of the film crew. Gilbert also was, for a short time, the guitar teacher of Buckethead, Joey Tafolla, Russ Parrish (A.K.A. Satchel from Steel Panther), Michelle Meldrum (the late wife of Europe guitarist John Norum) and Nicole Couch of Phantom Blue. Gilbert now writes a column for Premier Guitar entitled “Shred Your Enthusiasm”. In May, 2012 he launched the Online Rock Guitar School with Paul Gilbert as a part of the ArtistWorks Guitar Campus.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Paul Gilbert height 6 ft 4 in Paul weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Paul Gilbert Dating?

According to our records, Paul Gilbert married to Emi Gilbert , Patricia Patterson. As of December 1, 2023, Paul Gilbert’s is not dating anyone.

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To further capitalize on their new-found success in Japan, Universal Japan requested that the band perform for a live-album CD and DVD. On May 25, 2001, the band played their first live performance in thirteen years, to a sold-out crowd, at the world-famous “The Whisky” (Whisky a Go Go) in Los Angeles. The resulting CD and DVD were released in 2002 under the title Snowball of Doom.

Facts & Trivia

Paul Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Paul Gilbert celebrates birthday on November 6 of every year.

Gilbert rejoined Portnoy along with Dave LaRue and Daniel Gildenlöw for a Led Zeppelin tribute band called Hammer of the Gods in November 2003. The same year, Gilbert toured Japan with Linus Of Hollywood, TJ Helmerich, and Scot Coogan in support of his solo albums Burning Organ, Paul the Young Dude/The Best of Paul Gilbert, and Gilbert Hotel. In September 2005, he joined Portnoy, Sean Malone, and Jason McMaster in the Rush tribute band Cygnus and the Sea Monsters. In May 2006, he joined Portnoy, Gary Cherone, and Billy Sheehan to form Amazing Journey: A Tribute to The Who, playing three shows. The band (excluding Sheehan) destroyed their equipment after the show in homage.

Is Paul Gilbert deaf?

Big co-founder Paul Gilbert shares hearing loss story. Like many musicians who came up playing in the 80s and 90s, Paul Gilbert of Mr. Big didn’t think much about protecting his ears, and subsequently suffered hearing loss.

Does Paul Gilbert speak Japanese?

Gilbert: Well, he speaks Japanese fluently.

What guitar does Paul Gilbert play?

What Guitar Does Paul Gilbert Play? Paul Gilbert plays Ibanez guitars and has long been one of the most recognizable and enthusiastic players of the brand. He’s championed several models and is partnered with Ibanez on a signature line of guitars.

How old is Paul Gilbert?

55 years (November 6, 1966)

What kind of guitar pick does Paul Gilbert use?

The maestro says that this particular size features “my favorite tone and thwap.”