“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.”

American hard rock and heavy metal guitarist

Paul Brandon Gilbert is an American hard rock and heavy metal guitarist. He was born in 1966 and is known as a co-founder of Mr. Big and as a former member of Racer X. He launched a solo career in 1996 and has released numerous solo albums since then. He has also appeared on other musicians’ albums in collaborations and guest spots, building a career that moves between band work and solo playing.