PAUL GILBERT
What was the last guitar you bought and why?
“The last guitar I bought was an Ibanez Pat Metheny guitar. He’s had a few different signatures over the years; this one was a bit thinner than the one that came out in the late 90s. I think it was from about 2009 – I don’t remember the exact date – but it’s a thinner body, so you’ve got a fighting chance of it not being a total feedback monster if you do what you’re not supposed to do, which is play through distortion. I bought it on Reverb.com and it’s really cool.”
What was the first serious guitar that you bought with your own money?
“Sometimes it’s fun to have a pointy guitar and Ibanez made some really
