David Gilmour
Latest about David Gilmour

David Gilmour’s iconic Black Strat sold at auction for nearly $4,000,000 – but you can get one that looks the part for just $649 thanks to Guitar Center
By Matt Owen published
We think the Player II Strat is one of the best Strats you can buy – and this one is a dead-ringer for Gilmour’s iconic Fender and doesn’t cost six figures

Made famous by David Gilmour, the Binson Echorec is a secret-recipe tool that helped define rock guitar tone
By Amit Sharma published
If you have even the most passing familiarity with Pink Floyd, you've heard an ethereal soundscape generated by the Binson Echorec. This is what it is, the unit's fascinating inner workings, and why it still matters

Rick Beato was offered the chance to play guitars from Eric Johnson, Peter Frampton and Larry Carlton – here’s why he turned them down
By Jonathan Horsley published
What would you do if Frampton handed you his black Les Paul? Beato? He handed it right back

David Gilmour is a master of melodic bluesy phrasing – here are 3 minor blues approaches you can expand your soloing vocabulary
By Richard Barrett published
Whether you call these solo ideas minor blues or embellished pentatonic/blues scale, the effect is the same, freeing you up from established patterns to hold your audience's attention

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
By Matt Owen published
With a wealth of record-breaking guitars among the collection, it promises to be the biggest guitar auction event of all time

David Gilmour sets the record straight on the chance of a Pink Floyd reunion with Roger Waters
By Janelle Borg published
The powerhouse Gilmour–Waters partnership is no more – and Floyd fans will most likely never experience it again

Why David Gilmour never learned to play this iconic Pink Floyd guitar solo
By Phil Weller published
Gilmour believes his audiences would prefer a “real and happening” solo instead of a carbon copy night-in, night-out

David Gilmour sets the record straight on the Pink Floyd solo that accidentally got erased
By Janelle Borg published
The Pink Floyd guitarist reveals the track whose (one of many) solos got deleted amid the Animals recording sessions
All the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!


