Ever the gentleman, Paul Gilbert in between 2 tours, has answered 10 questions from the guitar.com website, thus giving us yet a little bit more insight into the man. Here’s an excerpt:
Guitar.com: Guitar music has taken a bit of a back seat as of late. Where do you see the future of guitar heading?
Gilbert: Well, as much as technology might advance and gear might have more complex sounds to offer, it’s very comforting to me that the E-chord that I learned when I was 11 years old STILL WORKS. I don’t have to discard my old playing like an old laptop. Everything that I have ever learned to play is still valuable and valid. So I think that the true advances in guitar playing have to be made by players rather than by the gear. We just have to keep playing with strong rhythmic and melodic intention. We have to play in bands that have good singers and good songs. We have to make the girls dance and the guys headbang. There is no single future. It’s the individual future of every one of us who steps onstage and makes people want to listen.
for the whole interview, check out guitar.com