A Brief History of a Guitarist of God

Paul Gilbert
"One of the guitar god with the most rapid and
amazing game"

Full Name: Paul Brandon Gilbert
Official Website: PaulGilbert.com
Place / Date of Birth: 6 November 1966 in
Carbondale Illinois - USA.
Group Band Present: Racer X
Group Band Previous: Racer X, Mr.Big
Influence: Eddie Van Halen
Education: Graduates of GIT (Guitar Institute
Of Technology) and GIT instructor.
Guitar: Ibanez Paul Gilbert Model (PGM)
Signature Series
Expertise: Alternate Picking, String Skipping,
Arpeggio, etc..







aul Gilbert is one of the guitarist gods like
Steve Vai, Yngwie, John Petrucci other.
Previously Paul was known through his
band Mr.Big group, which sells recordings Mr.Big helped
raise Paul's name in the world of rock music.
Paul alone was astonished world as a guitarist in the year
86-87 the fastest guitar player in the world when Paul was
still joining the group band Racer X. Techniques have been a
perfect game when he had stepped on it 17 years.
At the age of 5 years (1971) Paul has begun to learn his
guitar, 10 years later (1981) Paul try sending a demo tape to
producer Mike Varney and outside notion Mike really
admire his playing alongside Tony Macalpine.
In 1984 Paul moved to LA and continued his guitar
school to GIT (Guitar Institute of Technology) and has now
become this prestigious guitar school instructors.
In 1986 he joined his first band Racer X with his debut
album "Street Lethal", then "Second Heat" (1987) & "Live!
Extreme Volume "(1988).
In 1989 Paul left the Racer X and joined the band of
MR.BIG with a respected bass player, "Billy Sheehan", lead
singer Eric Martin and drummer Pat Torpey.
They released his first album "MR.BIG" in Japan in
October.
Furthermore, Paul launched the next album: "Live! Raw Like Sushi "(1990)," Mr. Big - Lean
into it "(1991)," Mr.Big - San Francisco Live "(1992)," Racer X - Live Extreme Volume 2 "(1992),"
Mr.Big - Bump Ahead "(1993)," Mr.Big - Live! Raw Like Sushi 2 "(1994)," HEY MAN "&" The Best
P
of MR.BIG "(1996)," Hard Rock Cafe "," Live At Budokan "& solo" King of Club "(1997)
The song "To Be With You" (from album "Lean Into It") occupied the first position in the magazine
Billborad USA for 3 weeks.
In 1998 Paul's first appearance in Japan with a solo album. Paul launched a solo album "Flying Dog".
In 1999 Paul returned to Japan and launched a second solo album "Beehive Live" and third album
Racer X "Technical Difficulties".
In 2003 Burning Organ album was released, this time into Indonesia under the umbrella label
Enterprise Staria. But the next album, Acoustic Samurai is no longer in Staria, but moved to Variant
Music label. Then Paul held a promo tour of the album "Spaceship One" down to Indonesia. This was
greeted enthusiastically by fans-fans.



By : Hendra Restiawan