PG-14

This is a new release by JHS for shred maestro, Paul Gilbert. It's a distortion unit.

Those of us who are only into his stuff lately, you'd wonder where the shred affiliations came from. In his early days with Mr. Big & notably Racer X, Paul Gilbert was on the A-list of shredders. He was one of the outstanding GIT grads back then so he's knowledgeable & shred loaded, a definite plus.

However folks, of late, Paul Gilbert practices restraint & veers off the shred path for the good part. There are still traces of his awesome finger gymnastics every now & then but that's not the current staple. He favours a less aggressive drive tone, was in single coil mode (but now back to humbuckers - mini ones) & dwells in the Marshall tone to date. The PG-14 pedal here embodies his current indulgences & sound clips out there proved just that. It's a very fuzzy distortion which is definitely not for me but might just work for you, though. Listing for more than $250, I'd rather get pickups for that kinda money. Just me.