<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar Player in David-gilmour ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/tag/david-gilmour Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:53:10 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “Syd Barrett was doing psychedelic drugs and completely off his tree.” Friend and guitarist to David Gilmour and Roger Waters, Tim Renwick recalls Pink Floyd‘s wild rise from high school rockers to prog-rock gurus ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/tim-renwick-on-pink-floyd-s-syd-barrett-david-gilmour-and-roger-waters 9unqF76a82mC8mm4KYCweU Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:53:10 +0000 Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:10:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Instead of using a bass drum, I had an ax and a large log of wood.” Nick Mason on Pink Floyd’s “lost album” following their smash hit ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/pink-floyd-s-nick-mason-on-wish-you-were-here-sessions 3ban8CtrqfJvvKSswMZVu6 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:20:02 +0000 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:26:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I stumbled upon that one by accident.” David Gilmour on the genesis of a Pink Floyd classic now receiving a historic reissue ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/albums-singles/shine-on-you-crazy-diamond-2025-reissue cxf7NcjCrUrwgok2JVy6ZT Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:00:35 +0000 Fri, 28 Nov 2025 16:01:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There are 100 different ways.” David Gilmour reveals his methods for writing iconic guitar solos — and explains why one approach doesn’t work ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/david-gilmour-on-appraoaching-eaching-guitar-solo-differently ZUDUZwR4rHrxYmp4MUMMxf Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:06:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “How did I not notice that before?” Rick Beato shares the secrets he's learned sitting next to David Gilmour, Neal Schon and other guitar greats ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/how-david-gilmour-surprised-rick-beato 64BXre9pqNXLh8rfQfXUtJ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 12:19:06 +0000 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:35:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Each piece in the collection tells a story.” Jim Isray’s $1 billion guitar collection is headed to auction with instruments once owned by Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, John Lennon and many others ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jim-irsays-guitar-collection-is-headed-to-auction vW3VzsWKXu4wLTzM6WFyWi Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:00:54 +0000 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:02:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A lying, thieving, hypocritical, tax-avoiding, lip-synching, misogynistic, sick-with-envy megalomaniac.” David Gilmour and his wife have some choice words for Roger Waters and say a Pink Floyd reunion is out of the question ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/david-gilmour-on-reuniting-pink-floyd-with-roger-waters KeD6tJVCanmq3KyG33MKXc Tue, 21 Oct 2025 15:45:32 +0000 Tue, 21 Oct 2025 15:49:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ "We were in a very strange place.” David Gilmour on Pink Floyd’s difficult years trying to follow up The Dark Side of the Moon — and how Wish You Were Here was a statement from Roger Waters to his absent band members ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/david-gilmour-on-the-difficulty-of-following-up-the-dark-side-of-the-moon HsrMLruwwXMzih8rzrWcQm Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:36:37 +0000 Fri, 10 Oct 2025 20:47:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘Why’d you buy my cottage?’ He said ‘You wrote all those bloody songs there!’” Donovan says David Gilmour bought his former home to channel his songwriting magic ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/donovan-on-being-a-catalyst-for-george-harrison-and-david-gilmour ydAFJYa2zBkEnEcdxRVesd Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:03:35 +0000 Thu, 02 Oct 2025 03:05:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I'd never thought of us in those terms at all." David Gilmour says Pink Floyd wasn’t prog rock and names the prog guitarist who can “really do their stuff” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/david-gilmour-never-thought-of-pink-floyd-as-prog t5Do8qTCiWY7pUaVALcLjg Fri, 26 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000 Sat, 27 Sep 2025 12:59:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There are a lot of guys who can play that. But I don't.” David Gilmour says he never learned to play one of his most iconic Pink Floyd guitar solos. Here’s why ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/david-gilmour-cant-play-his-comfortably-numb-pink-floyd-guitar-solo aCmWZDqNV8jqoh7oVzMmpj Tue, 23 Sep 2025 11:29:07 +0000 Thu, 25 Sep 2025 12:11:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He wanted something as a full stop to the whole Pink Floyd thing.” Polly Samson on helping David Gilmour put Pink Floyd to rest — and the awkward silences that gave their last album its most powerful moment ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/how-polly-samson-helped-end-pink-floyd-and-restart-david-gilmours-solo-career CNVRMv2wW7xJGSoYq8iaLk Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:17:33 +0000 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:23:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Completely erased, gone forever. Done.” David Gilmour reveals how his guitar solo for a Pink Floyd classic was wiped out of existence ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/david-gilmour-on-the-guitar-solo-erased-from-animals irjArB2Ekexd6BxMQRtasS Thu, 11 Sep 2025 12:01:43 +0000 Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:35:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “All the Beatles and all the Stones were there. I thought, This is a bit unusual!” Former Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour on his early adventures seeing — and mixing sound for — his idol, Jimi Hendrix ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/david-gilmour-on-seeing-jimi-hendrix ZCMcCiKesdUkVx6NXMfFAa Fri, 05 Sep 2025 21:15:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve got a trove of stuff already. That’s what’s keeping me busy at the moment.” Former Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour reveals he’s at work on a new album and offers a timeline for its release ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/david-gilmour-gives-new-album-update knpLp7j43rS52mVUuamzgW Thu, 04 Sep 2025 18:26:26 +0000 Thu, 04 Sep 2025 18:27:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It hit me like a ton of bricks: I’m playing live with Pink Floyd and trading licks with David Gilmour!” From jamming with Gilmour to getting guitar lessons from the Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards — one guitarist has lived out every player’s fantasies ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/record-exec-s-life-with-pink-floyd-keith-richards-elvis-costello ZdqLgFRBMAd73cgVXfEadE Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:01:37 +0000 Fri, 01 Aug 2025 20:06:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The blues run pretty deep in my playing.” David Gilmour reveals the impact of Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix on his signature Pink Floyd guitar style ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/david-gilmour-on-eric-clapton-jimi-hendrix-and-his-blues-origins 2FF3yqXNeYYLtC3sjPdtui Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:25:13 +0000 Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:54:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve been in the Who, I’ve been in the Beatles, and I’ve been in Pink Floyd. Top that!” David Gilmour on his magical duet playing John Lennon with Paul McCartney ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/david-gilmour-in-the-beatles-the-who-top-that Fmd4xqADZanenR9dF5DGfi Mon, 26 May 2025 14:44:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve got no control over the music I make.” David Gilmour tells how he turned his biggest weakness into his greatest asset — with a little help from the Shadows' Hank Marvin ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/how-david-gilmour-turned-his-biggest-weakness-into-his-greatest-asset rHoWui4NSraYomLTZh49pC Thu, 15 May 2025 16:35:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I don’t hate it, but it doesn’t fill my soul in the way that you see some performers.” Pete Townshend says he doesn’t like being onstage, and would rather work alone ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/pete-townshend-on-performing-live-and-collaboration LjFK2a9mx7P4vym824FTBF Sat, 26 Apr 2025 12:46:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I thought, 'Jeez, how the hell did he do that?'" Phil Manzanera on the tone, tuning and technique of his teenage friend David Gilmour ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/manzanera-on-gilmour tm8Jby7UFsHevQhTiTk4Em Sun, 20 Apr 2025 08:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Think you’ve heard the most jaw-dropping hardcore blues solos of all time? We don’t think so.” Guitar Player presents 50 badass blues guitar solos you must hear ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/50-badass-blues-solos-you-must-hear fMF5uapRBdjkgU3HaA7xub Mon, 10 Feb 2025 22:48:28 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “How the hell did I actually do that?” David Gilmour revealed his favorite solo and the guitar behind Pink Floyd’s biggest songs (it’s not the Black Strat) ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/how-the-hell-did-i-actually-do-that-david-gilmour-revealed-his-favorite-solo-and-the-guitar-behind-pink-floyds-biggest-songs-its-not-the-black-strat MbNputPn3Dn4ZTvPWBR3mm Fri, 31 Jan 2025 16:52:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I'd like to do it again... starting now!” Watch David Gilmour perform on a dulcimer as he hints at more to come in 2025 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/david-gimour-christmas-message-2024 yhQGaz3VeCFtebAc5sCTbe Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:31:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I thought maybe England didn't want me anymore. I really thought I was completely through.” Jimi Hendrix predicted the rock guitar act that would lead "mind-blowing" music into the future. He wasn't wrong ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/jimi-hendrix-pink-floyd-mad-scientists CMPGiiqXiF62Bvoh69sBHB Thu, 05 Dec 2024 18:08:02 +0000 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:08:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Steve Vai gave me some good advice: ‘Concentrate on music and not too much on guitar.’ You can open up a lot of new ideas with that mindset.” Matteo Mancuso highlights the one thing many guitarists get wrong ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/matteo-mancuso-on-instagram-shredders ToqmvRB3E9a4XQDRVbLnJL Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000 Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:01:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I wasn’t gifted with enormous speed on the guitar; I just want to play a nice tune!” David Gilmour says he can't shred so he chose to be tuneful. It made all the difference in creating his signature style ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/david-gilmour-on-shred-and-tasteful-soloing hBCPHWBCqpUwamBr5hqnSe Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:59:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The country a guitar is made in doesn't matter.” Guitar maker Paul Reed Smith tells guitarists the last thing they want to hear ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/paul-reed-smith-it-doesnt-matter-where-guitars-are-made jCcNf9bA9kck4NCDseoRDN Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:48:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There are these strange coincidences. It’s kind of amazing.” David Gilmour weighs in on the longtime conspiracy theory that links Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon' to 'The Wizard of Oz' ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/david-gilmour-on-dark-side-wizard-of-oz-connection vHyDHVUWHhjmsy9WX6LvNd Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:11:58 +0000 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:16:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ "They sort of appear as if they are out there in the air. The best ones do. But I don’t know how they get there." David Gilmour talks soloing in Guitar Player's guide to the Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/the-greatest-guitar-solos-of-all-time gviGFZB7g47jARwMjHQS8g Sun, 27 Oct 2024 18:09:56 +0000 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 10:24:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ "If you gave that guy a ukulele and a Pignose amp, he'd make it sound like the solo in 'Comfortably Numb.'" Bob Ezrin reveals David Gilmour's most important — and least known —guitar technique ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/bob-ezrin-on-david-gilmour-comfortably-numb-solo VQkLHn7rADakfkCNKP46HS Mon, 21 Oct 2024 22:54:56 +0000 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 08:11:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A roadie plugged the wah in the wrong way, and I stomped into it and got this incredible screaming noise”: Pink Floyd's Echoes marked David Gilmour's emergence as a guitar hero – and its surreal tonal highlight was created by accident ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/david-gilmour-echoes-tone mgPGHhKKbLvUYepvwTEqCD Sat, 12 Oct 2024 18:45:34 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ David Gilmour says he couldn't pick out his legendary Black Strat in a blindfold test ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/david-gilmour-has-no-regrets-selling-his-black-start wj6Nf84Ubyegv5LtuMWvpH Fri, 04 Oct 2024 18:14:33 +0000 Fri, 04 Oct 2024 18:15:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I played anything I wanted to play… it reminded me that music first has to be fun." See Pete Townshend and David Gilmour team up to perform tracks by the Who, Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup, Screamin' Jay Hawkins and more in 1985 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/townshend-gilmour-deep-end o6DfKFjuuM5anosEHxkuGZ Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:19:31 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:10:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s impossible to go back there without Rick Wright, and I wouldn’t want to – it’s all done”: David Gilmour dismisses talk of future Pink Floyd shows ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/david-gilmour-on-pink-floyd-future ViyWXvdeiyxoR3sNE5X4b3 Fri, 27 Sep 2024 16:53:10 +0000 Fri, 27 Sep 2024 22:07:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ David Gilmour says guitars are ultimately just “the tools of my trade,” but these are the ones he’d never auction off ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/david-gilmour-the-guitars-hed-never-sell mwYXRXQFJHBvWEA2FKCKrT Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:04:30 +0000 Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:05:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Oh my gosh, you're here. And you've brought your guitar”: David Gilmour and his daughter Romany surprise Brighton pub with Wish You Were Here duet ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/david-and-romany-gilmour-wish-you-were-here-pub-duet srjBX4toV2RCErdBrRQBYn Thu, 12 Sep 2024 17:00:13 +0000 Thu, 12 Sep 2024 17:03:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “An exhibition that highlights the history of modern guitar”: Jim Irsay’s historic guitar collection to go on display at Indiana University Bloomington ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/jim-irsay-guitar-collection-indiana-university-exhibit sCr8rxNwW8p57zZrCAVNG7 Tue, 06 Aug 2024 20:51:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s over 50 years now since The Dark Side Of The Moon – my feeling is that this is the best album I’ve made in all those years”: David Gilmour is set to release his first solo album in 9 years, and he reckons it's some of his best work ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/david-gilmour-luck-and-strange-dark-side-of-the-moon ugS6uFWgvpoVDorB52N9W5 Tue, 06 Aug 2024 19:25:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “All these pieces of wood gradually become in harmony with each other over years of playing”: David Gilmour explains his preference for vintage guitars, and demos his 1945 Martin D-18 ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/david-gilmour-vintage-guitars-sound-better-than-new-ones JXnaak5DNG5N2scxAteGU9 Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:53:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We made suggestions and Roger made suggestions – I didn’t care for Roger’s suggestions. In the end, I thought, ‘We’re Pink Floyd and he’s our guest’”: David Gilmour reflects on Syd Barrett, and Pink Floyd's Live 8 reunion ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/david-gilmour-retrospective KmJ8nEcLnFXgBbqCLdSDCg Mon, 27 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ New Documentary ‘Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd’ Hits Theaters This Month – Watch the Trailer ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/have-you-got-it-yet-the-story-of-syd-barrett-and-pink-floyd adt9JsqwE6ZAEnWDZevGqA Sat, 08 Jul 2023 10:43:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Being an Engineer for Pink Floyd Was Arguably the Biggest Challenge I Ever Gave Myself”: Alan Parsons Takes Us Behind the Recording Sessions and Guitar Gear for ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/alan-parsons-pink-floyd-the-dark-side-of-the-moon GPsWPEoA5NCKkm4MeLvV9b Wed, 28 Jun 2023 15:34:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ Rediscover Pink Floyd’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ With Our Insightful Listening Guide ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/pink-floyd-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-guide mHcGDUESVqvyfFjfo9YzpA Wed, 28 Jun 2023 12:40:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ Before It Was an Album, ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ Was a Tour. Here, We Trace the Origin of Pink Floyd’s Masterpiece ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/pink-floyd-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-david-gilmour Yf7VkkWD4ssZQUffMVXPqi Tue, 27 Jun 2023 18:26:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ Discover How David Gilmour’s Melodic Mastery Helped Illuminate Pink Floyd’s 1973 Masterpiece, ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/lessons/David-Gilmour-The-Dark-Side-of-the-Moon 4AyKMc9q6wNboV7JaFz7NS Fri, 16 Jun 2023 17:08:03 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:10:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ Take a Deep Dive Into David Gilmour’s ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ Gear, Tone and Technique With the July 2023 Issue of 'Guitar Player' ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/guitar-player-july-2023-735 N49F7RaryqrRQ2SkBEUZoC Fri, 02 Jun 2023 11:06:16 +0000 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 12:09:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Pink Floyd’s Impassioned Rock & Roll Hall of Fame “Wish You Were Here” Performance ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/watch-pink-floyds-impassioned-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-wish-you-were-here-performance cKP8ywjV9BkDXvRCYtuYKG Tue, 17 Jan 2023 15:23:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 40 Most Important Guitar Solos of the 20th Century ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/the-40-most-important-guitar-solos-of-the-20th-century RGtTzStEoDw26KeEmWJ7tW Wed, 28 Dec 2022 12:00:15 +0000 Tue, 03 Jan 2023 18:13:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ How the Fender Twin-Amp Became a Worthy Weapon of Choice for Clapton, Richards, Gilmour and Bonamassa ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/how-the-fender-twin-amp-became-a-worthy-weapon-of-choice-for-clapton-richards-gilmour-and-bonamassa 4ZWQUuPa7XCqQJDv6xgx87 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 16:12:01 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:55 +0000