It’s so easy to practice out of context. For example, if you’re learning a scale, you take that scale and you sit in your room and you go up and down the fretboard, over and over. You’ve gotta do that, because you need to get that scale working. But you have to keep in mind that that’s not the finished product. That’s the starting point. Paul Gilbert Read Quote
When it comes to vibrato, a lot of people look at their hands when they do it. Which is pretty much of no use. Because vibrato is one of those things you have to hear. There are some guitar things where the visual is really useful, like seeing chord shapes or scale patterns. But vibrato isn’t one of those things. Paul Gilbert Read Quote
I’ve realized that, as the years have gone on, I have become completely impatient with the demo process. Paul Gilbert Read Quote
I worked out the keyboard parts on the progressive rock classic ‘The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway’ and somehow managed to play it all on acoustic guitar. Paul Gilbert Read Quote
As far as pedals are concerned, the test for me is if I step on it, do I seem to be playing better? Paul Gilbert Read Quote
I prefer playing in songs where I have a tempo, groove and harmonic map to hang on to. Paul Gilbert Read Quote
Seriously, though, I think the only musical term that’s ever put a bee in my bonnet is ‘shred.’ I tried to peddle the term ‘Terrifying Guitar’ to the world, but it just didn’t stick. Now we’ve got ‘shred.’ Paul Gilbert Read Quote
