Dave Gilmour is mental!

[fenderiarhs]

Re: Dave Gilmour is mental!

Apart from cliches like "tone is in the hands" e.t.c David Gilmour has always had amazing tone...........from the days of pompei to the huge racks of the division bell tour...........When you have to reproduce sounds from 35 years ago (and do it well........in the way the floyd do it....), and you've been for 40 years one of the top names in the music industry it is obvious 7 boss stompboxes won't be enough..........

 

[Hot _Grits]

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I was kinda intrigued by the comment about The Edge's rig. So I looked him up on guitar geek.......

All it showed him using was 2 Strats into 2 delay pedals and each into a Vox AC30

that'll be a VERY early Edge rig. He's been using an enormo-rig since the Zoo TV tour. Checkit:

http://www.u2fansites.com/output/?Url=http://www.u2fansites.com/cgi-bin/jump.cgi?ID=499

 

[MDS]

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David Gilmour just plain kicks ass. Highly underated IMO. Go Dave Go!

Mike

 

[Brow]

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that'll be a VERY early Edge rig. He's been using an enormo-rig since the Zoo TV tour. Checkit:

http://www.u2fansites.com/output/?Url=http://www.u2fansites.com/cgi-bin/jump.cgi?ID=499

I wasn't disputing the fact

The only pic i could find on guitar geek was the 1 that I described above.

Some of the links on that page you linked to don't work, but it does look to be a monster setup

 

[gripweed]

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All that junk is completely unnecessary.

And I'm sure you play in front of as many fans as he does on any given night.

 

[Naps]

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I'd love to have all of that, but I'd bet you would need to acquire it one or two pieces at a time. Otherwise, it would be way too much to go through. :smash:

 

[Hot _Grits]

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Vernon Reid would have to be up there as a candidate for 'most out of control rig' too. When I saw Living Colour, he was running two full refrigerator racks taller than himself plus another about half that size. His pedalboard was so big it was in three parts.

 

[MDS]

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Oh, Vernon, another favorite of mine. Living Colour is freakin' awesome. . .

 

[PFDarkside]

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And I'm sure you play in front of as many fans as he does on any given night.

...and sound better than he does. lol

 

[Empty Pockets]

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If I had all those pedals...i would sell some.

-X

 

[Rainmaker]

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And I'm sure you play in front of as many fans as he does on any given night.

Perhaps Mike was trying to say that that gear wasn't necessary because either way, Gilmour's playing will be divine.

 

[More-Gear-Than-Skill]

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What i love about Gilmour's tone/playing is that it's sooo tasteful, restrained at times and then outrageous and strange the next. I've never seen them live, but legend has it he likes it silly-loud (which i like) - in the studio and live. Respect. Aaaaaah, and tone on Shine On.....

....continues gushing.....