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I thought I would do a couple of posts about the tone that I am after in my head. Everyone has their favorite guitar players and the reasons that they like their specific tone. For about 15 years I have been captivated with David Gilmour and his tone. His breakup is perfect. His guitar never seems to be to saturated, and too much gain is a big pet peeve for me.
While I am not as big of a fan of his use of compression, when someone is able to get to the volume of Gilmour (He regularly notes how loud he feels guitar has to be to really sustain well), that much compression is needed. He also is a fan of gain stacking, instead of using one drive unit for all of the needed overdrive/distortion.
While not a part of his overall guitar tone, Pink Floyd and how they use delay/reverb to create atmospheric space is a big influence. I can’t count how many times I have listened to 71-75 era Floyd just because of the atmosphere. Before my DL-4 went down, the Binson Echorec was one of my favorite models.
There are parts of Gilmour’s tone that aren’t constantly on the front of my mind, but overall he is a main contributor to the sounds that I try to conceive. For more information on David Gilmour and his guitar gear, check out gilmourish.com
