#David gilmour guitar rig mods

#David gilmour guitar rig mods

More mods followed, such as the fitting of seven different necks, multiple pickup swaps, tuner adjustments and the installation of an XLR socket (followed by its eventual removal). The knob was subequently removed after the filming of the groundbreaking concert film Live at Pompeii later that year. “It made a subtle difference by making a more tactile, smoother and easier operation of the control whilst playing.” “This was an attempt to replicate the feel of the volume knob on David’s Lewis guitar, which had a rubber banding around its circumference,” Taylor wrote. One of the first mods Taylor covered occurred in December 1971 and consisted of changing out the standard volume knob to a silver one similar to one on a guitar made for him by luthier Bill Lewis. In fact, Taylor wrote an entire book - Pink Floyd: The Black Strat - A History of David Gilmour’s Black Fender Strat - documenting its chronological history. Over the years, the Black Strat underwent many changes and modifications, as Gilmour and longtime equipment and guitar tech Phil Taylor were often experimenting with its neck, hardware and electronics.

He played it live at the Bath Festival in June 1970, and it quickly became his main guitar and a cornerstone of Pink Floyd’s ethereal, psychedelic sound, appearing on landmark albums The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977), The Wall (1979) and 2015's Endless River, in addition to David’s acclaimed solo albums David Gilmour (1978), About Face (1983), On An Island (2006) and Rattle That Lock (2015).ĭavid Gilmour Plays the Black Strat at Live 8 in 2005 Heavily modified and experimented on since he first spotted it at Manny's Music in New York City in May 1970, David Gilmour’s black Stratocaster has become the stuff of legend among guitarists and diehard Pink Floyd fans.Ī Standard Fender Stratocaster, 'the Black Strat,' as it's affectionately known, came from the Fender factory finished in black, but it had been sprayed over sunburst and was fitted with a maple neck.