Paul Gilbert

| birth_place = Carbondale, Illinois, U.S. | alias = | genre = | occupation = Musician | instruments = | current_member_of = | past_member_of = | label = | years_active = 1983–present | website = }} Paul Brandon Gilbert (born November 6, 1966) is an American hard rock and heavy metal guitarist. He is the co-founder of the band Mr. Big, and was also a member of Racer X, with whom he released several albums. In 1996, Gilbert launched a solo career, for which he has released numerous solo albums, and featured in numerous collaborations and guest appearances on other musicians' albums.

Gilbert was voted fourth-best on ''Guitar One'' magazine's 2007 "Top 10 Greatest Guitar Shredders of All Time". He was also ranked in ''Guitar World's'' 2008 list, "50 Fastest Guitarists of All Time". Gilbert was ranked number one in ''Loudwire'' Magazine's list of "10 Stupidly Fast Guitarists in Metal". Provided by Wikipedia