Paul Gilbert says that his search for more pinch harmonics led him to drastically modify one of his electric guitars and turn it into a 20-fret instrument so that there was more room to explore the fertile harmonic territory located between the neck pickup and the summit of the fretboard.
This should not surprise us. This is the man who appropriated the relentlessness of the Makita drill to perform stunt guitar. And yet, still, removing frets? That’s dedication. But as Gilbert explains, it was all part of his strategy for emulating the human voice.
