Re: The Peasant's Guide to Gilmour tone?
Hey Jonesy .. thanks !
Seraphial... ok there's no hidden secret :
- A Strat, preferably, with med output single-coils. The DG20 is perfect if you want the post-Waters tone, otherwise, they're not necessary. I personaly use Dimarzio VVs and my bandmate JoeB has Fender HOT Noiseless. A TBX tone control or other kind of EQ on the guitar is a good addition.
- A clean amp, Fender or Hiwatt is the standard. BUT not limited to that. I play thru a Laney GH50L, which IS actually a hidden treasure
. I plug in the LOW input, for max headroom. This amp, IMO, is a cross between Hiwatt/Marshall, modern version, very simple design, no channel switching, no reverb, and great features (6L6/EL34 switch, series/parallel/off EFX loop, toroidal PT, damp switch, all film caps, etc.). I like the cristal clean of this amp, and I can kick in the add. switchable gain stage for solos. The JJ E34L is a fine match in this amp for cleans IMO. A Fender Twin Reverb and Blues Deville (bandmate) are fine amps too, but a FX loop is necessary.
EFX : I'd personaly avoid any TS-style drive. Mid-humps arent the thing with gilmour. A smooth Fuzz (eg. Fulltone '69), a heavy fuzz (BigMuff or Soulbender), and clean boost and a sweet overdrive. A good Dynacomp style compressor. A good analog chorus. Electric Mistress is interesting but not necessary. A phaser, really important (EHx Small Stone). A vibe, leslie-in-a-box thing (Voodoo Lab MicroVibe). A good reverb, and delay.
That should cover it!
More to come later!
so I was wondering what other's recommend in terms of trying to that tone. Everyone says start off with the EMG DG pickups and mid boost, and others say vintage sounding pickups are fine. Any other thoughts? Amps? Pedals?
