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Celebrating 50 years of The Dark Side of the Moon: inside the magical guitar sounds of Pink Floyd’s masterpiece

By David Mead published 1 June 23

How one of rock’s greatest studio albums came together onstage, and what David Gilmour used to craft some of the most sought-after guitar tones in music history

Snowy White performs with Roger Waters at the O2 Arena in London on May 19, 2008

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"

By Andrew Daly published 31 May 23

The rock guitar gun for hire reveals why he was initially hesitant to play with Pink Floyd, how he divvied up parts with David Gilmour, and what it was like navigating the tension between Gilmour and Roger Waters

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”

By Amit Sharma published 24 May 23

As Fender releases two signature Stratocasters for the session guitar hero, he reflects on recording with the likes of Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Joni Mitchell – and what it’s like to play on a Pink Floyd track in front of David Gilmour

Michael Landau recalls recording guitar in front of David Gilmour: “Playing for Pink Floyd was one of the most bizarre things ever”

By Matt Owen published 9 May 23

The session heavyweight was once brought onboard to record a lead line that Gilmour “didn’t want to do”

David Gilmour performs onstage with Pink Floyd at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on June 28, 1975

Watch David Gilmour wail on the Black Strat in 1975 in newly unearthed 8mm Pink Floyd live footage

By Jackson Maxwell published 7 April 23

Featuring The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety – and a number of songs from the then-yet-to-be-released Wish You Were Here and Animals – the footage (complete with killer audio) captures Floyd at a fascinating stage in their evolution

Roger Waters performs at the PPG PAINTS Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 6, 2022

Hear the first snippet from Roger Waters' re-imagining of The Dark Side Of The Moon

By Jackson Maxwell published 3 March 23

The former Pink Floyd bassist has released a clip of his re-working of Us and Them

David Gilmour (left, foreground) and Roger Waters (right, background) perform with Pink Floyd at the Live 8 Festival in Hyde Park on July 2, 2005 in London

Watch David Gilmour play the Black Strat with Pink Floyd for the final time

By Jackson Maxwell published 24 February 23

Gilmour's long-icy relationship with estranged Floyd bassist and songwriter Roger Waters thawed just long enough for the band's classic lineup to perform one last time at the 2005 Live 8 benefit concert

Roger Waters says he was misquoted calling David Gilmour’s solos “horrible”

By Matt Owen published 20 February 23

“Dave’s guitar solos constitute a collection of some of the very best guitar solos in the history of rock and roll,” Waters said in a statement on social media

Roger Waters has rerecorded Pink Floyd classic The Dark Side of the Moon: “Let’s get rid of all this ‘we’ crap! It’s my project”

By Jonathan Horsley published 9 February 23

Having reportedly cut his former Pink Floyd bandmates out of the album without their knowledge, Waters has reworked Dark Side and recorded spoken word over the album’s instrumentals

Guy Pratt reveals the gear he uses to replicate vintage Pink Floyd tones with Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets

By Ellen O'Reilly published 21 October 22

The session great walks through some of the incredible bass gear that his current world tour with Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets requires. Be warned, your mind may be blown...

ThorpyFX Scarlet Tunic review

By Trevor Curwen last updated 23 September 22

One man’s quest for early Pink Floyd sound resulted in this stompbox emulation of a long-forgotten 1960s British amp

Kenny Wayne Shepherd plays David Gilmour's Black Strat

Watch Kenny Wayne Shepherd play Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb on David Gilmour's Black Strat

By Jackson Maxwell published 13 September 22

The performance – a celebration of the kickoff of the Indianapolis Colts' 2022 season – was the legendary guitar's most prominent public outing since its sale in 2019

Tony Iommi, Jimmy Page and Pete Townshend took rock further, with big volume, big ideas, and ever more ambitious songwriting

The greatest guitar albums of the ‘70s: Getting the Led out with Sabbath, the Who, Pink Floyd and more

By Jenna Scaramanga published 19 August 22

Punk was a revolution, disco a global phenomenon, but the guitar music of the '70s was dominated by the giants of rock. Here are the decade's top 10 guitar albums, as chosen by you...

Sophie Lloyd on learning Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb: “It’s the precision of those bends that always blows me away”

By Total Guitar editors published 1 August 22

Lloyd on Floyd! The shred whizz discusses the nuances of David Gilmour’s masterful performance

Derek Trucks on the magic of Pink Floyd: “David Gilmour created his own universe on guitar through his tone and approach”

By Amit Sharma last updated 3 August 22

The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s resident slide master on how David Gilmour stamped his musical identity all over Pink Floyd’s earliest recordings, and why no one can replicate it

How ThorpyFX harnessed Syd Barrett’s signature Selmer tones for the Scarlet Tunic

By Jamie Dickson published 18 July 22

British pedal maker ThorpyFX has teamed up with Lee Harris of Saucerful of Secrets to capture the sound of Syd’s Selmer, but as we find out, there is a lot more to the Scarlet Tunic besides nailing those early Pink Floyd guitar tones

8 David Gilmour techniques that will change your playing style

By Jon Bishop published 18 July 22

This primer in the signature approaches of the Pink Floyd prog legend shows you the rudiments of his playing, from how he grips his pick and bends the strings, to chord fretting and more

Pink Floyd perform at Pavillon de Paris, France on February 22, 1977

Pink Floyd announce release of long-delayed Animals remaster

By Jackson Maxwell published 30 June 22

The remix of the band's 1977 best-seller had been held back over disputes between Roger Waters and David Gilmour regarding its liner notes

David Gilmour's 1985 Gibson J-200 Celebrity Edition

David Gilmour's 1985 Gibson J-200 Celebrity has been put up for sale on Reverb.com

By Jackson Maxwell published 17 June 22

The guitar – which was used by the Pink Floyd legend onstage at the band's 2005 Live 8 reunion set, among other high-profile shows – is currently listed at $325,500

David Gilmour's legendary solo in Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb was his first take

By Sam Roche last updated 14 June 22

The guitarist recorded “scores of takes” trying to improve the iconic lead, but it “never got better”, says The Wall producer Bob Ezrin

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