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Pink Floyd - David Gilmour's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment
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Pink Floyd - David Gilmour's Guitar Gear Rig and Equipment
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David Gilmour is an English musician best known as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter in the band Pink Floyd. In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has also worked as a record producer for a variety of famous artists. We will show you equipment Gilmour either has reportedly used on his solo or Pink Floyd recordings, as well as on current or previous tours.

Let's look at what gear and equipment has been seen in Pink Floyd's David Gilmour Guitar Rig.

David Gilmour with Pink Floyd

CoolClick the gear images for more info and specs at Musician's FriendCool

Guitars
- Black Fender Stratocaster with black pickguard and white pickup covers and knobs, currently with a 1957 vintage re-issue maple neck. Check out the Fender Custom David Gilmour Signature Strat below.

Fender Custom Shop David Gilmour Signature Stratocaster Electric Guitar Nos Black

- Red '57 Fender Stratocaster reissue with a set of EMG active pickups

Fender American Vintage  57 Stratocaster Electric Guitar 2-Tone Sunburst

EMG EMG-DG20 David Gilmour Pre-Wired Pickguard and Pickup Set:

EMG EMG-DG20 David Gilmour Pre-Wired Pickguard/Pickup Set Ivory


- Cream coloured Fender Stratocaster '57 reissue

Fender American Vintage  57 Stratocaster Electric Guitar White Blonde

- Fender Stratocaster '57 Lake Placid Blue

Fender Classic Series '60s Stratocaster Electric Guitar Lake Placid Blue Rosewood Fretboard

- Double-neck Fender Stratocaster
- Blonde Fender Telecaster, sunburst tele, brown, blonde ash, and others

Fender American Deluxe Series Ash Telecaster Electric Guitar Butterscotch Blonde Maple Fretboard

- Fender Esquire

Fender '50s Esquire Electric Guitar Black Maple Fretboard

- Fender VI Baritone guitar
- Fender Precision bass guitar

Fender Standard Precision Bass Brown Sunburst

- Gibson Les Paul Goldtop (P-90 pickups, Bigsby vibrato bridge)

Gibson Custom Shop 1954 Les Paul Goldtop VOS Electric Guitar Antique Gold

- Gibson EH150 Lap Steel guitar
- Gibson "Chet Atkins" classical guitar
- Gretsch Duo-Jet

Gretsch Guitars G6128T Duo Jet Electric Guitar with Bigsby Black

- Gibson, Ovation, Takamine, Taylor and Martin Acoustics

Gibson Acoustic Pete Townshend J-200 Acoustic-Electric Guitar Antique Natural
Martin D-28 (reportedly David Gilmour's favorite acoustic guitar)
Martin D-28 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Sunburst



Amplifiers
- Hiwatt (main) David Gilmour DR-103 and DR-504 heads into WEM 4x12 cabinets loaded w/ Fane Crescendo speakers

Hiwatt DG-103 Custom 100 David Gilmour Signature Tube Guitar Amp Head Black Hiwatt DG-504 Custom 50 50w David Gilmour Signature Tube Guitar Amp Head Black


- Fender ‘56 Tweed Twin amp (used for smaller concerts)

Fender 57 Twin-Amp Tweed Combo Amp

- Mesa Boogie Mark II C+
- Alembic F2-B bass preamp
- Custom-built 'Doppola' rotating speakers (driven by the Hiwatt heads)
- Gallien/Krueger 250ML combo amp
- Marshall Cabinets (Division Bell)

Marshall 1960A or 1960B 300W 4x12 Guitar Extension Cabinet Straight

 


Effect pedals
- Electro-Harmonix / Sovtek Big Muff

Electro-Harmonix USA Big Muff Pi Distortion/Sustainer Pedal

- Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress

Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Electric Mistress Effects Pedal

- MXR Dyna-Comp (pre-Dunlop 'Script' logo)

MXR M-102 Dyna Comp Compressor Pedal

- MXR Phase 90 (Used with Dynacomp for the famous "four note" Syd riff on Shine On Pts. I-V)

MXR M-101 Phase 90 Pedal

- Colorsound Power Boost
- Demeter Compulator
- Chandler Tube Driver
- BK Butler Tube Driver
- Boss CS-2 Compression Sustainer

Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer Pedal

- Boss GE-7 EQ Pedal

Boss GE-7 Equalizer Pedal

- Boss MZ-2 Digital Metalizer
- Pro Co RAT Distortion

Pro Co RAT2 Distortion Pedal

- Heil Talk box

Dunlop Heil Talk Box

- Arbiter Fuzz Face

Dunlop Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face Pedal

- Ibanez CP9 Compression Sustainer
- Uni-Vox Univibe

Dunlop Uni-Vibe Effect Pedal

- Vox Wah-Wah pedal

Vox V847 Wah-Wah Pedal

- Dunlop Cry Baby Wah-wah pedal

Dunlop Original Crybaby Wah Pedal

- Binson Echorec II
- Binson Echorec PE
- Electro-Harmonix Small Stone

Electro-Harmonix USA Small Stone Phase Shifter Pedal

- Digitech IPS 33B (Used for Whammy effects)

DigiTech Whammy Pedal with MIDI Control

- Ibanez Tube Screamer

Ibanez TS808 Vintage Tube Screamer Reissue

- Ernie Ball Volume Pedal

Ernie Ball 6166 Mono Volume Pedal

- Pete Cornish all tube Pedal Boards and Custom effects
- Pete Cornish Soft Sustain
- Pete Cornish P-1
- Pete Cornish P-2
- Pete Cornish G-2
- Pete Cornish SS-3
- Pete Cornish ST-2
- Pete Cornish Line Driver
- Pete Cornish Linear Boost
- Pete Cornish Tape Echo Simulator (T.E.S)

Notes: On the Pete Cornish website there is a cool page that shows David Gilmour's pedalboard being custom built
- Boss CE-2 Chorus

Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble Pedal

- The EBow
EBow PlusEbow Electronic Bow for Guitar

- Roland RE-201

 

 

Miscellaneous
- EMS Hi-Fli Prototype
- EMS Synthi-AKS
- EMS VCS3
- GHS David Gilmour Signature guitar strings

GHS David Gilmour Signature Red Set Electric Guitar Strings

- Herco Flex 75 plectrums (picks)
- D'Andrea 354 HV SHL CX (Heavy .96mm, Tortoise Shell, Celluloid) Picks

D'Andrea 351 Vintage Celluloid Guitar Picks One Dozen Shell .96MM

- Cross-stitched leather guitar strap used by Jimi Hendrix and bought for David by Polly Samson as a 60th birthday present
- Evidence Audio Cables

Go to the next page to see awesome pictures of David Gilmour's Guitar Rig.

 

 



Last Updated on Monday, 27 February 2012 10:03
 

Comments 

 
0 #4 guitarboxslaytalix 2012-05-02 11:26
you often can see "wem" 412" boxes on stage
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0 #3 RE: Pink Floyd - David Gilmour's Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentAmos 2012-02-04 03:26
What about the boss re201 tape delay, im so shure he used those a bunch a times
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+1 #2 RE: Pink Floyd - David Gilmour's Guitar Gear Rig and EquipmentShawn G 2010-11-30 00:35
Hooookay. Tracking the gear that David Gilmour has used through the years is like mapping the life and times of the Tyrannosaurus Rex. Fortunately, somebody has already done all of the legwork for us! THE authority on Mr. Gilmour's gear on the web, a brilliant and dedicated fellow by the name of Bjorn Riis. Check out his incredible website www.gilmourish.com for the ultimate David Gilmour gear guide. You wont be sorry!
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+2 #1 Dave Gilmour - Momentary Lapse of Reason gearAnton 2009-05-25 14:43
hi guys, some say Gilmour's best tone ever was on 1988's "Momentary Lapse of
Reason" album. Here's his setup from then:

main guitars:
57 Fender strat with EMG active pickups
52 reissue Fender Telecaster
Martin D-35 acoustic

Bradshaw rack:

Mesa Boogie head used as tube overdrive
Pete Cornish imitation Big Muff
Boss cs-2 compressor
tc electronics 2290 delay
yamaha spx 90 chorus

output to 2 amps simulaneously:
fender "super tube" amp - doesn't specify which super model. Set clean.
gallien kruger 250ml, set overdriven.

this is from an article in july 1988 guitar world.

Also, judging by this site, the Fender amp which formed one half of Gilmour's power amplification for "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" was a Super Champ (c.1983)http://www.geocities.com/soho/studios/6694/superchamp/
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