Yet Another Paul Gilbert YouTube Video. Get it?!

Okay, so I know I’ve posted some Paul Gilbert fanboyism things (I may even create a category for it), but Paul has this uncanny knack for taking seemingly simplistic ideas and turning them into shred goodness. He proves to me time and time again that if you just stick with something for a while and really, truly get it under your fingers, you can sound amazing. Plus, he always has surreal crap going on in the background of his vids. In this case, it’s a low camera cruise through an alley of discarded washing machines. What else?

Here’s one about an incredibly cool-sounding pentatonic lick that’s dumb as bricks but amazing when executed as only Paul Gilbert can execute…er…dumb licks. You know what I’m saying. Just check this out:

Update: Dec. 14, 2008

Last night I had a dream I was playing this lick, and I discovered I could play it fast without really trying. Good lord, I need to lay off YouTube.