Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Brothers Pub.
• VHS Release Date: October 19, 2000
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 6303399975
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #311,411 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring and informative coverage of Paul Gilbert's playing, February 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Paul Gilbert's Terrifying Guitar Trip [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This 75 minute video of Paul Gilbert's guitar playing consists of instructional, showcase and interview material intermixed. The instructional parts feature Paul explaining and playing examples at various speeds. The showcase parts show him playing live, in the studio, and directly for the camera. The 'interview' parts show him talking while floating in a pool on a raft with his dogs.

I was surprised at first because I thought that the whole 75 minutes was going to be instructional. I'm glad it includes showcase material because it's totally amazing to watch, but some of the talking is just boring filler (e.g. a long, uninteresting story about Paul working with a producer). They should consolidate the instructional and showcase sections at the beginning of the tape so you don't have to fast forward through the rest.

The instructional sections are top-notch. Paul is mostly on electric guitar but he also does a flamenco-style piece on a classical guitar and a little acoustic stuff. He also goes over licks from some Mr. Big songs, including the opening to Colorado Bulldog, which he rightly calls "probably the scariest thing I've done." These parts rate 5.

The quality of the showcase footage varies from crystal clear audio and video in the first piece (which together which the flamenco style piece already makes the video worth buying) to poorly mixed drum-heavy shots in a dim studio. All in all, these parts get a 4.5.

In the chatty sections, Paul gives good advice for players but some parts basically can't be seen more than once. Collectively they get a 3 and fortunately don't last too long. I would have liked to see him describe his rig.

I highly recommend this video to all rock guitar players. It has the coolest guitar playing I've ever seen, totally blows me away every time, and teaches some great licks step by step.