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David Gilmour
Pink Floyd's lead guitarist, famous for expressive bends, singing sustain, and spacious delay-drenched lead tones. Gilmour's signal chain is one of the most studied and documented in guitar history.
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All field notes →David Gilmour Tone Recipe: Pink Floyd Settings for Comfortably Numb, Time, and the Wall
David Gilmour's Pink Floyd tone decoded: amp settings, Big Muff dials, delay chains, and song settings for Comfortably Numb, Time, and Shine On.
David Gilmour's Animals Era Tone: How The Wall Sound Evolved
The Animals album tone is darker, more aggressive, and less studied than Comfortably Numb, and it's a different rig. Here's what Gilmour was running in 1977 and how to get there.
Big Muff vs. Hiwatt: Which One Is Doing the Work on Comfortably Numb?
The Comfortably Numb solo tone is one of the most studied in rock history, but most guides get the source wrong. Here's what's actually happening between the Big Muff, the Hiwatt, and Gilmour's technique.