<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Pink-floyd ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/pink-floyd Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:15:33 +0000 en <![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[ “There would be a tremendous outpouring of applause – that annoyed Roger quite a lot”: Pink Floyd session guitarist says Roger Waters was “resentful” of Eric Clapton ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/why-roger-waters-was-resentful-of-eric-clapton DG9LccCZHqY4saLphQ37De Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:07:47 +0000 Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:58:14 +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[ “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[ “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[ “He started playing rhythm stuff and asked me to play lead. I said, ‘Pete, it’s your album’”: How Snowy White ended up working with Peter Green on In the Skies – the comeback album that lifted the blues rock legend out of obscurity ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/snowy-white-on-working-with-peter-green ZDWSNmmCvjy8Yo9GNadvQ4 Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:16:40 +0000 Tue, 26 Aug 2025 10:12:13 +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 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 get a call, ‘Hello, Andy, it’s Roger Waters.’ Who? I hadn’t paid attention to their names”: Andy Fairweather Low was personally recruited by the Pink Floyd legend – but didn’t know who he was when he came calling ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/andy-fairweather-low-roger-waters-recruitment AAv6aMwCE8biUiZ2yiPQ3H Wed, 08 Jan 2025 11:16:46 +0000 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 10:54:41 +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[ “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[ “Gilmour says, ‘I want to play on it’ – like, he doesn’t do this’”: Body Count rip through their Comfortably Numb reimagining on the Tonight Show, as Ernie C does his best David Gilmour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/body-count-comfortably-numb-tonight-show DDX6k9Q4CVgmXHWoFNYysE Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:34:30 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:03:10 +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[ “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[ “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[ “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 <![CDATA[ “This is the best album I’ve made since The Dark Side of the Moon”: David Gilmour says his first solo record in 9 years is good enough to rival his best Pink Floyd work – and one of the best guitar albums ever ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/david-gilmour-luck-and-strange-dark-side-of-the-moon-comparisons SYAUvH2KRJJssLNpV4Lwk7 Mon, 05 Aug 2024 14:09:35 +0000 Tue, 20 Aug 2024 12:51:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A sound I’ve used many times on all sorts of tracks going back years”: David Gilmour demonstrates his trademark “swell” technique – one of the secrets of his emotive soloing approach ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/david-gilmour-demonstrates-how-to-achieve-his-trademark-swell-technique H79v7tEymnSBdQPDdvDNgV Wed, 31 Jul 2024 13:56:52 +0000 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 08:48:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I can’t explain what it is about a guitar that makes it special. This one is different”: David Gilmour couldn’t bear to sell this guitar at auction – now it’s all over his new solo album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/david-gilmour-gretsch-duo-jet X46MZFPTuRQbPBSf55vrPE Fri, 12 Jul 2024 10:37:43 +0000 Tue, 23 Jul 2024 08:57:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “David Gilmour had been playing the riff. I said, ‘And then what happens?’ And he said, ‘No, that’s it.’ I said, ’Do you mind if I see what happens next?’” Roger Waters reflects on writing Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here – and the meaning behind it ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/roger-waters-on-writing-pink-floyd-wish-you-were-here vgPv9WjLHrCRXDyx8zbUaP Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:19:29 +0000 Tue, 23 Jul 2024 08:50:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ David Gilmour didn’t just take the blues and transform it into epic psychedelic prog – he changed the way we play guitar solos ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/david-gilmour-psychedelic-prog-blues oV8JegVEv65rrPUwfEmAWX Sat, 29 Jun 2024 09:12:00 +0000 Tue, 16 Jul 2024 10:12:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “While I was on the phone, there was this loud noise in the background… It was David, who had been working on one note all day long for two weeks”: He’s spent decades chasing David Gilmour’s guitar tone – now Steve McElroy reveals what he’s learned ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/david-gilmour-tone-steve-mcelroy-the-australian-pink-floyd-show sDH6AsdUau2L3MkNbsNq25 Sat, 18 May 2024 14:37:07 +0000 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:32:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The Pink Floyd legend rolls back the years for a mighty comeback”: David Gilmour shares the lead single from his first solo album in 9 years – and it features one-and-a-half minutes of all-out soloing ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/david-gilmour-the-pipers-call duEsxpCBUwZBhg5YjEYQWW Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:25:00 +0000 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 16:36:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He said things like, ’Well, why does there have to be a guitar solo there?’… He has a wonderful lack of knowledge or respect for this past of mine”: David Gilmour’s first solo album in 9 years features a new producer tearing up the rulebook ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/david-gilmour-new-album-luck-and-strange 4VpCWVY4tw2dHRSDJaCjTG Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:17:05 +0000 Wed, 08 May 2024 14:41:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s Roger’s bass riff. He came in with the verses and the lyrics for Money”: Listen to the isolated bassline on Pink Floyd’s 1973 masterpiece ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/isolated-bassline-on-pink-floyds-money n3Djan8vW8LgMxbAzqYRJN Sat, 28 Oct 2023 12:07:15 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:18:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ Was David Gilmour’s Comfortably Numb solo really a first take? Total Guitar sets the record straight ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pink-floyd-comfortably-numb-solo-controversy 738H8i8y2VRB6KoyaZcYHe Mon, 02 Oct 2023 15:59:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ The guitarists who recorded with Pink Floyd (whose names aren't David Gilmour, Syd Barrett or Roger Waters) ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/guitarists-who-recorded-with-pink-floyd GaDKjY2ViHNeyESrCBUabf Sun, 01 Oct 2023 12:46:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ Roger Waters says David Gilmour’s iconic guitar solo in Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb was not his first take ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/roger-waters-david-gilmour-comfortably-numb-solo-not-first-take ciNXhdjwdRvki2FsZHmxFa Thu, 28 Sep 2023 15:54:59 +0000 Tue, 03 Oct 2023 11:15:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “For me, Wish You Were Here is the most satisfying album. I really love it. I'd rather listen to that than Dark Side of the Moon”: David Gilmour opens up on the creative tension that built Pink Floyd's classic records ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/david-gilmour-shine-on-interview-1993 kdeZ5ZWj68LPntYQdz4NSS Tue, 08 Aug 2023 09:46:29 +0000 Wed, 14 Aug 2024 14:45:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ Roger Waters has shared the first single from his re-recording of The Dark Side of the Moon – and there's not a guitar solo in sight ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/roger-waters-dark-side-of-the-moon-redux-money YeznYPVSdNYa7owCWuuEMD Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:18:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I don't even own a Strat! I used my Dean Thoroughbred, a far cry from what David Gilmour used": How ex-Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland ended up covering Pink Floyd ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/chris-poland-megadeth-pink-floyd-san-tropez niBzXWUKPWAe37BmtnNLan Tue, 18 Jul 2023 14:28:02 +0000 Tue, 18 Jul 2023 14:29:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ Guy Pratt: “I always thought that the second I walked out the studio, the producer would be on the phone to Pino Palladino” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/pink-floyd-guy-pratt mAScBMbpJHQ8igJeEdYzvJ Mon, 19 Jun 2023 16:58:01 +0000 Fri, 25 Oct 2024 12:28:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ Celebrating 50 years of The Dark Side of the Moon: inside the magical guitar sounds of Pink Floyd’s masterpiece ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/pink-floyd-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-guitar-sounds MoG82cVHLHAjtaS9FCxvKR Thu, 01 Jun 2023 09:57:38 +0000 Wed, 31 Jul 2024 12:35:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ Snowy White: "It's funny that I used a Strat for Pigs on the Wing. I was so used to my Les Paul – I was surprised I felt as comfortable as I did. I still hated it, but I got through it" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/snowy-white-interview 5iTztjLyhkNmVjeNyMbCkm Wed, 31 May 2023 16:44:21 +0000 Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:08:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ Session guitar legend Michael Landau reveals what it takes to play with the biggest artists of all time and explains why “Strats are the ultimate couch guitar” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/michael-landau-fender-coma-stratocaster-interview TGHmAFHYTYm2YTW9YYzrgT Wed, 24 May 2023 09:27:48 +0000 Thu, 29 May 2025 16:39:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ Michael Landau recalls recording guitar in front of David Gilmour: “Playing for Pink Floyd was one of the most bizarre things ever” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/michael-landau-pink-floyd-david-gilmour-recording CUzHfCybTvvFQfJnpRj7bJ Tue, 09 May 2023 16:21:48 +0000 Tue, 09 May 2023 16:22:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch David Gilmour wail on the Black Strat in 1975 in newly unearthed 8mm Pink Floyd live footage ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/david-gilmour-black-strat-1975-pink-floyd-8mm-footage LE9ogWqKHss5geEK2PbTTB Fri, 07 Apr 2023 19:01:36 +0000 Mon, 10 Apr 2023 13:03:55 +0000