<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in David-gilmour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/david-gilmour Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:44:31 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “When I started this business, I had two kinds of people: those who believed in it and those laughing at me”: Who is buying $15 million guitars? One of the world’s leading dealers lifts the veil on the collectible guitar market ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/matts-guitar-shop-interview UzQ65Wpr3uDnpZii3qViJ9 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:44:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Peter had such a glorious touch thanks to his wonderful simplicity. But then he went off the rails and became a gravedigger”: How 10cc’s Rick Fenn ended up working with David Gilmour, Peter Green, Mike Oldfield, and almost all of his other heroes ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/rick-fenn-10cc cQDPMgUJ9NHaQWYsJigeSi Thu, 02 Apr 2026 06:30:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If it was in that room that day, that would be between 20 and 30 million dollars easy for sure”: Guitar expert reveals the guitars that could surpass the new auction record held by David Gilmour’s Black Strat ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/guitar-expert-reveals-the-guitars-that-could-surpass-the-black-strat-auction-record L97gh5ght6G35dSq3XdXde Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:57:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It puts the Black Strat in the neighborhood of the most expensive Stradivarius violins ever sold”: I was there when records were broken at the biggest guitar auction in history – and witnessed a new dawn in the value of the instrument ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/what-it-was-like-to-attend-the-biggest-guitar-auction-in-history 6hdB9w7SXbw9LUegAAHshU Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:10:15 +0000 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:14:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Lot after lot we felt like we were making history”: World record for most expensive guitar shattered three times in one night as Jim Irsay auction sees David Gilmour's Black Strat fetch $14.5m ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/jim-irsay-collection-guitar-auction-final-results r8x5LXstnFudBfrpcYospB Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:23:25 +0000 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:42:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Jim Irsay Collection sale live: David Gilmour's Black Strat sells for record-shattering $14.5 million in the biggest guitar auction in history ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/live/jim-irsay-collection-auction-live 5TWdAdtefDQU8GBcHvashJ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:03:06 +0000 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:00:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve spoken to a lot of people about it – many of them think it will make more this time around”: David Gilmour’s Black Strat could be about to break records all over again ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/david-gilmour-black-strat-heading-to-the-auction-block-again tZmer4RzN7dEDptFzq54cc Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:15:33 +0000 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:15:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He felt a responsibility to look after these things. He was aware that you can’t be buried with them – you are but the temporary custodian”: Inside the greatest guitar auction of all time ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/behind-the-scenes-at-the-jim-irsay-guitar-collection PsDMyD3CbXGaw7o2ZLz7JW Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:53:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jim Irsay was so proud of having acquired this guitar. It was like the jewel in the crown of his collection”: Getting up-close with a $10m trio of guitars once wielded by Kurt Cobain, Eric Clapton and David Gilmour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/jim-irsay-christies-auction-preview-march-2026 cqneCKnBXJXjtLGpSWixDm Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:16:33 +0000 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:15:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jim Irsay was an incredible collector with an eye for rare treasures”: Details emerge of the historic guitars in the Jim Irsay Collection auction – including David Gilmour’s Black Strat and Kurt Cobain’s Smells Like Teen Spirit Mustang ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/details-emerge-of-the-historic-guitars-in-the-jim-irsay-collection-auction qKsmXH2AcdRf5KMWRP5CbP Fri, 09 Jan 2026 22:24:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I wasn’t credited with any songwriting. That was a pity. But I didn’t make a fuss. I figured Peter was still pretty fragile”: Snowy White on his uncredited role on Peter Green’s comeback LP and how David Gilmour introduced him to the Whammy pedal ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/snowy-white-on-peter-green-david-gilmour adGFT5C7LpNPR6dLq7kC3h Sun, 28 Dec 2025 08:45:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It's more than an effect. It's an instrument in itself”: Made famous by David Gilmour, and employed by Rory Gallagher and the Beatles, the Binson Echorec is a secret-recipe tool that helped define rock guitar tone ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/effects-pedals/binson-echorec-explainer H4S24umVjD3h8XmrpAzm3F Sat, 08 Nov 2025 14:00:00 +0000 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:01:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve had many people hand me their guitars, and I’m like, ‘No, thank you’”: Rick Beato was offered the chance to play guitars from Peter Frampton, Larry Carlton and more – here’s why he turned them down ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/rick-beato-on-why-he-turned-down-the-chance-to-play-peter-frampton-larry-carlton-guitars FDJ5uFygwwM5oofcMSECPC Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:46:40 +0000 Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:51:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ David Gilmour is a master of melodic bluesy phrasing – here are 3 ways to cop his style in your own playing ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/3-melodic-blues-soloing-ideas-in-the-style-of-david-gilmour Ma7ec6CCC4Fh2jFXcwpVra Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:05:52 +0000 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 13:34:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own a piece of history”: Jim Irsay’s billion-dollar guitar collection is going to auction, with legendary instruments from Kurt Cobain, Eric Clapton and David Gilmour up for grabs ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitars/jim-irsay-guitar-collection-going-to-auction hMpZqAuy84qfSKYRJ4D3GM Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:52:37 +0000 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 13:30:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There is no possible way that I would do that”: David Gilmour sets the record straight on the chance of a Pink Floyd reunion with Roger Waters ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/david-gilmour-sets-the-record-straight-on-the-chance-of-a-pink-floyd-reunion-with-roger-waters 3Cyv7mbiJfHxedVoHAaVuC Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:26:46 +0000 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:12:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m not thinking about the audience and what they want, to be honest”: Why David Gilmour never learned to play this iconic Pink Floyd guitar solo ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/david-gilmour-on-the-pink-floyd-solo-he-never-learned 8gcS6mBdcTeywp6qHLvxxN Thu, 25 Sep 2025 10:12:03 +0000 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:33:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Though every note has been learned and rehearsed and played, you need to think, ‘Oh, there’s something about the feel that had before that it’s gone forever’”: David Gilmour sets the record straight on the Pink Floyd solo that accidentally got erased ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/david-gilmour-on-the-pink-floyd-solo-that-accidentally-got-erased JY6HzEbRf7aAENjRhtxnYX Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:03:32 +0000 Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:04:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A kid came in, plugged into an amp and started. It was extraordinary. I went out the next day to find records by this character, 'Jimi Hendrix…'”: David Gilmour on the first time he saw Hendrix play – in the company of the Beatles and Rolling Stones ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/david-gilmour-the-first-time-he-heard-jimi-hendrix RASN4dnSLX8bpQbujRzTZP Thu, 04 Sep 2025 12:19:00 +0000 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:03:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I got a phone call from L.A. It’s David going, ‘We’re putting Pink Floyd back together. Would you be interested and available?’” Why David Gilmour's go-to bassist for the past four decades very nearly didn't get the gig ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/why-david-gilmour-go-to-bassist-guy-pratt-very-nearly-didnt-get-the-gig zBwqsSajftECRZqCC8d58A Mon, 04 Aug 2025 13:45:50 +0000 Wed, 13 Aug 2025 14:32:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I only asked them to play on my album because the record company thought a few well-known names would be a good selling point”: Snowy White tells the story of his 1994 collaboration with Gary Moore and David Gilmour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/snowy-white-on-highway-to-the-sun QEX4zW5dBHwTda6pa6LDeQ Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:27:04 +0000 Tue, 26 Aug 2025 10:12:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I don’t have the words right now to express the loss of such a special man”: Jim Irsay, billionaire philanthropist and owner of the world’s greatest guitar collection, dies aged 65 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/jim-irsay-dies-aged-65 vGUYPeWVmsuRCszzk9RuuB Thu, 22 May 2025 10:41:05 +0000 Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:44:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I loved working with David Gilmour… but that was an uneasy collaboration”: Pete Townshend admits he’s not a natural collaborator – even with bandmates and fellow guitar heroes ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/pete-townshend-admits-hes-not-a-natural-collaborator M5cxjStn8CeYHkmSDwrokW Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:28:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I heard the Money solo and thought, ‘This is amazing!’ So I sent David a telegram saying, ‘Remember me? I'm in a band now called Roxy Music’”: Phil Manzanera on his friendship with David Gilmour, and the key to the Pink Floyd man's unmistakable tone ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/phil-manzanera-on-working-with-david-gilmour-and-his-guitar-tone FJWy3CkTvWAj6dw3atuzUZ Mon, 21 Apr 2025 17:16:33 +0000 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 17:55:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It's like saying, ‘Give a man a Les Paul, and he becomes Eric Clapton. It's not true’”: David Gilmour and Roger Waters hit back at criticism of the band's over-reliance on gear and synths when crafting The Dark Side of The Moon in newly unearthed clip ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/david-gilmour-and-roger-waters-hit-back-at-criticism-in-unearthed-clip uZfSKZjJoFchK69ZVCqx6k Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:41:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was working with David Gilmour and I said, ‘I can't work out how to play this.’ He couldn't either’”: Phil Manzanera tried to relearn one of his classic riffs after it was sampled by Kanye West and Jay-Z – and even the Pink Floyd hero couldn’t help him ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/phil-manzanera-david-gilmour-learning-k-scope U4ctrwawNCa7LwGi6nDVzN Thu, 03 Apr 2025 14:36:06 +0000 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:49:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I did everything I could to keep it as authentic as possible, as an extension to my tribute to Pink Floyd, without stealing from them in any way”: Corey Feldman personally sought David Gilmour and Roger Waters' blessings for his Floyd-esque album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/corey-feldman-personally-sought-david-gilmour-and-roger-waters-blessings-for-his-pink-floyd-esque-album yF8GamG2U3Wt6fHHZYpvpi Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:14:47 +0000 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 15:17:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I had a huge cue sheet up on my amps. Except for the Comfortably Numb solo, there were no moments where I could say, ‘Forget everything. Just play’”: For David Gilmour, Pink Floyd’s wildly ambitious the Wall tour was a blast – and a challenge ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/pink-floyd-the-wall-tour-david-gilmour ShUwahbgZuEjBZPymRzHhf Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:38:26 +0000 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:29:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ “For Pink Floyd songs, David is happiest when I play an old Fender with a pick”: Session legend Guy Pratt on the Jazz Bass he bought from John Entwistle and how he conjured a “massive octave-pedal freakout” with Madonna ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/guy-pratt-david-gilmour-pink-floyd-madonna 7AakKeAEdJ9975fhFyhyBS Thu, 06 Mar 2025 10:36:11 +0000 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:31:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I had a long vamp out and I played an extra few notes. David smiled and said, ‘Tony, in Pink Floyd you don’t do that extra couple notes until far later’”: Tony Levin on playing for Pink Floyd in the post-Roger Waters era ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/tony-levin-on-playing-for-pink-floyd-in-the-post-roger-waters-era mQKLRTKSXTqjqzbFMEYEE Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:21:16 +0000 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:36:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The missing piece of your pedalboard puzzle”: Keeley takes on the Walrus Fundamental and JHS 3 Series with new range of $99 Sweetwater exclusives ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/guitar-pedals/keeley-sweetwater-collection G4G9D4fN88nsMNn3QxABha Mon, 06 Jan 2025 13:56:49 +0000 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:37:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Before studying his playing, I was doing a lot of ‘Look how fast I can play!’ There wasn’t that much feel behind my music”: Sophie Lloyd names the guitarist who overhauled her perspective on what makes a good solo ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/sophie-lloyd-names-the-guitarist-who-transformed-her-perspective-on-what-makes-a-good-solo LKWbpt85ciLr6ZJxgoVKqQ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 13:13:25 +0000 Tue, 14 Jan 2025 11:58:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “His finest work since The Dark Side of the Moon”: How David Gilmour made a blockbuster comeback with Luck & Strange – and Ice-T ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/david-gilmour-luck-and-strange-ice-t-2024-year-in-review ph9Gjzrr7TY5E4btgwnZME Tue, 31 Dec 2024 12:25:00 +0000 Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:51:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This is like Santana’s Soul Sacrifice at Woodstock or Hendrix’s Machine Gun, an act of freeform radicalism”: The best guitar solos of 2024, as chosen by Guitar World editors and pro players ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/music-releases/the-best-guitar-solos-of-2024 3SQMYrpU2n9ZDPK5HSZqfQ Tue, 17 Dec 2024 12:01:46 +0000 Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:17:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I got a chance to play the guitar that David Gilmour owned with serial number 0001 – and I was actually disappointed”: Why one of David Gilmour’s most iconic Strats underwhelmed Fender’s CEO – who tried to buy it at auction ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/andy-mooney-fender-ceo-david-gilmour-0001-strat LJoUbYjT8Scocs2JA2RBZk Thu, 05 Dec 2024 15:50:27 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Fender Custom Shop David Gilmour signature’s $10k price tag leaves me uncomfortably numb. Instead, I’d spend $549 on this Limited Edition Player model from Guitar Center – and make my own Black Strat... ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/electric-guitars/david-gilmour-style-fender-player-black-stratocaster-deal Cgx2A9RXEaSrKC9sN6aqGa Mon, 02 Dec 2024 14:07:49 +0000 Mon, 02 Dec 2024 15:39:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I wasn’t gifted with enormous speed on the guitar. There were years when I thought I could get that if I practiced enough. It wasn’t ever really going to happen”: David Gilmour explains the origins of his lauded ‘feel’ playing technique ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/david-gilmour-explains-the-origins-of-his-lauded-feel-playing-technique dVTXmMWE5jT8poFhcG5N4e Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:35:05 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:59:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Everyone knows Take My Breath Away, the chart-topping ballad from Top Gun. But there’s a good chance you haven’t heard this seven-minute anthem”: David Gilmour's 10 greatest guitar guest appearances, from folk legend Roy Harper to Paul McCartney ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/david-gilmour-top-10-guitar-guest-appearances gzst7iTaqkmzBADrBHhKeW Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:50:00 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:38:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I love driving people crazy. They come and say, ‘How did you do that? I’ve been working for months trying to get that.’ And I say, ‘It’s just a pedal!’” A guide to the untapped guitar playing of David Gilmour’s solo albums ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/a-complete-guide-to-david-gilmours-solo-albums MzMw25JmxWkWKBYAkFxhuf Tue, 12 Nov 2024 13:42:03 +0000 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:59:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I want an instrument to give me the start of a song. And, often, getting discomfited slightly helps that process along”: David Gilmour on why the guitar is still a vehicle for giving “birth to new tunes” – decades deep into his career ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/david-gilmour-on-why-the-guitar-is-still-a-vehicle-for-giving-birth-to-new-tunes DofURudK3mtNmFkm7gR92a Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:53:15 +0000 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:39:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I've not got a huge history with Gibson, but this one I bought to have a different tone”: From a forensic Black Strat replica to a Gibson that caught his ear and a ‘90s Zoom unit, here's everything David Gilmour used on his new solo album, Luck & Strange ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/david-gilmour-luck-and-strange-guitar-gear-list iWMySyPNYyyhJpvaqb4f8F Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:36:11 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The Stratocaster is a clearer signal… the person who’s playing it is more recognizable on a Strat than on a Les Paul”: David Gilmour on breaking free from his past, the guitars he couldn’t face selling and why one Black Strat is as good as another ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/david-gilmour-luck-and-strange-interview 67URCZ6FDRgZETXMeT2nsm Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:25:25 +0000 Fri, 01 Nov 2024 13:13:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was so into that moment, it was like being stoned… not separated from the guitar and what I was playing. It was joyful”: From unexpected ES-335 solos to jams in a barn, here is your guitar guide to David Gilmour’s breathtaking Luck and Strange ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/david-gilmour-luck-and-strange-track-by-track-guitar-guide XvA8MeajS4r6dXh7YueMwB Thu, 24 Oct 2024 13:27:21 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I think it makes me sound more like Hendrix, don’t you?” David Gilmour saves Comfortably Numb performance after his Jimi Hendrix guitar strap snaps mid-song ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/david-gilmour-jimi-hendrix-guitar-strap-fail-rome hhi6KKCrMhvwhRsagidXz8 Mon, 07 Oct 2024 16:42:10 +0000 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 12:17:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “At home I have this thing that’s now 30 years old called a Zoom”: David Gilmour has one of the most revered guitar tones of all time – but he still uses a 30-year-old Zoom multi-FX for his home demos ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/david-gilmour-uses-30-year-old-zoom-multi-fx-at-home gEioRBFxQDECdtENnhuz4V Fri, 04 Oct 2024 09:15:47 +0000 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 15:06:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ David Gilmour tells all, plus Slipknot and Joe Bonamassa's ode to Eric Clapton's Fender years – only in the new Guitar World ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/guitar-world-david-gilmour-tells-all 3zZN3Csh8ZkJD24wygmVr Thu, 03 Oct 2024 14:52:53 +0000 Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:36:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It certainly would pass a blindfold comparison with me. Why wouldn’t it?” David Gilmour says he can't tell the difference between his signature Fender and his original Black Strat ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/david-gilmour-signature-model-black-strat-comparison iYNYzhmPUTw4GbCjQvTvfN Tue, 01 Oct 2024 09:08:51 +0000 Thu, 17 Oct 2024 11:32:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The initial contact from Ice-T was for permission to use the song, but I thought I might offer to play on it as well”: Body Count and David Gilmour release radical reimagining of Comfortably Numb in 2024’s most surprising crossover ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/body-count-david-gilmour-comfortably-numb FEsszocDmXH6SiA3LtqmFZ Fri, 20 Sep 2024 10:22:24 +0000 Mon, 30 Sep 2024 08:30:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I think we changed him as much as he changed us – he was loving the guitar solo thing by the end”: David Gilmour on how he won over Luck and Strange’s solo-sceptic producer ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/david-gilmour-on-winning-over-luck-and-strange-producer 2rBom2MT2FohoModkdRj5W Wed, 11 Sep 2024 14:21:01 +0000 Tue, 24 Sep 2024 15:50:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You're going to come and upstage me? OK, great”: David Gilmour surprises pub-goers with acoustic rendition of Pink Floyd classic accompanied by daughter Romany ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/david-gilmour-joins-daughter-romany-at-british-pub SCnv5uKcMEExvYrfPnR2bU Tue, 10 Sep 2024 12:24:49 +0000 Thu, 19 Sep 2024 13:15:16 +0000