“If you would have told me 15 years ago that Paul Gilbert’s main amp in the future would be a solid state Fender Twin, I’d have said you were off your rocker”: Paul Gilbert is the latest big name to switch to Fender Tone Master digital amps

Paul Gilbert wears a tricorn hat and plays his pink Ibanez – a photo in the background reveals his WROC rig, with a Fender Tone Master Twin reverb assuming pride of place.

Today, in what is yet another sign that the give-me-tubes-or-give-me-death attitude is dying out among guitar players, Paul Gilbert has joined the ranks of digital converts – at least so far as the Fender Tone Master series of modeling amps is concerned.

The shred pioneer shared his latest rig on Instagram. Gone are the traditional Fender amps, and in their stead comes a pair of Tone Master Twin Reverbs.