BEST and WORST Tones of David Gilmour (Tier List)
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- David Gilmour tones are iconic! In this video, I'm doing a subjective tier list about Gilmour's best and worst tones. Starting from the early work of Pink Floyd till his last Luck and Strange tour. Hope you enjoy.
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Richard Wininger
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Thomas Williams
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Gary Coutts
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Mike Leenaars
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Bill D
Lukas Nahmer
Fabrice Della Negra
Philip Burns
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Braxton Sawyer
Fabian Seymour
Michael Grützner
Mike
Eric Reitinger
Rafal Zieja
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Robert Bone
John Anderson
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Damian Parkes
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Morgan Ruther
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Jason Patterson
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Chad DeVries
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Jan Botterweck
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Jonathan Glodde
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Nick Klokkers
Christian Fieldhouse
Paul Gallagher
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Daniel Chmielewski
Hunter Budd
Robert S
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Adam Davis
Raymond Mitchell
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The Fuzz Pompeii sound in Echoes made me to come back to guitar after more than 10 years without playing it. It's my favorite guitar tone ever
respect
that comfortably numb tone from 2016 pompeii… craziest tone ever. and honestly after seeing gilmour live in october, london (maybe I am a bit biased) but the tones, especially for Marooned and Sorrow as you mentioned… pure greatness.
I love the solo tone on Have a Cigar, wonderful filthy phaser 70's tone!
As much as I love phaser and I love that phaser rhythm sound, I'd argue that there's no phaser on the final solo OR the lead fill-ins. at least I don't hear it. I've gotten extremely close with only powerboost clone and only that, not even delay. watch my ultimate pedalboard video Dylan, you'll see what I mean!
DUDE WHERE IS "MORE"!!???
There's no more
@@MrFloydian I'm talking about the album "Music from the Film More"
@@NicolasCastro1307He doesn’t count it as an album because it’s a movie soundtrack
@@randallpinkfloyd Obscured by Clouds it's a movie soundtrack too.
@ That’s what I don’t understand
Childhood's end mentioned 😍
of course. I love it!
Animals #1 for me. Been listening to it ever since it came out.
I really love the fuzz Pompeii sound and I love On An Island sound too, probably my favourite
this heaven is definitely my favourite solo gilmour song, that riff is really cool
I personally really love the modulated tone of the wall live album. theres something that makes it just so satisfying to me
Especially on Waiting For The Worms and The Trial, it sounds fantastic.
i love the 77 live version of Have a Cigar, sounds so aggressive without phaser
I actually don't hear phaser on the lead fill-ins or the final solo on have a cigar studio version. that's my opinion for sure. But with phaser I can't get that sound. With ONLY powerboost clone and with high cut, it's almost spot on! Maybe I'm wrong, but phaser is only on the rhythm track in my opinion
Also, there's a great have a cigar 1975 L.A. version, oh boy, what a sound!! same goes for 1977 oakland too, even more vicious.
@@mustyguitar Oakland 1977 is a 5.5/10 performance when compared to the best 2 shows of the tour (Cleveland and Boston). Heaps of messups (especially on have a cigar) and a not so great improvised Careful with that axe, Eugene (which was done by complete accident because the roadies forgot the sound effect tapes for Echoes. It was properly played on may 12 but we got no recording)
Boston's Have a Cigar is the best one, and it's his 2nd most aggressive tone after Cleveland where he changed his pickups in his Strat giving that very tough sound.
Oh and thanks for using the cover of my live album as the image for the '77 tour. I was kinda caught off guard by seeing it there but I really appreciate it, thanks.
@@mustyguitar yeah i was actually referring to the rhythm guitar! gilmour plays it without phaser on the In The Flesh tour, just an overdrive? not sure what he uses there but i love it
@@jubaacioly he uses a very high gain colorsound powerboost, no delay, no modulation.
Musty! Excellent breakdown. Why doesn't anyone show love for Gilmour's playing on the title track to Supertramp's "Brother Where You Bound". The middle solo and outro are definitely worth mentioning (and covering!). Also, your playing is outstanding. 🎸
thank you! aaah, it's been years since I listened to that. you're right.
Speaking of tone analysis, are you going to continue your series of going through all of his different tones? Loved the ones you've done on Pulse and Gdansk and I always enjoy going back to them but I'd love to see the series come back at some point, happy holidays, man, and hope you had a good Christmas if you celebrated it and here's to more great Gilmour stuff in 2025
yeah of course I'm going to continue. Probably with delicate sound of thunder.
I love “Pompeii” but I thought the harsher guitar sounds were due to recording quality … compare it to Ummagumma live set which I also loved. Great review and insights, thanks!
I never though about it like that. I don't think it matters that much, but quality of recording definitely is important.
Abi merhaba, uzun süredir kanalını takip ediyorum, yaptığın Pink Floyd coverlarını beğenerek dinliyorum. Sana bir sorum olacaktı: Çok büyük bir Roger Waters hayranıyım ve ben de bass çalmak istiyorum. Elime alıp baktığımda da, internetten eğitim videolarına baktığımda da, müzik teorisine baktığımda da gözüm çok korkuyor bass çalma konusunda. Sence ne yapayım, bass çalmaya direkt bass gitarla mı başlayayım, farklı bir enstrümanla antrenman mı yapayım ne yapayım, ne dersin?
ben senin yerinde olsam, istediğim bas gitarı alırdım, youtube'dan da istediğim şarkıların bas tutoriallarını izleye izleye başlardım. önce biraz keyfini alırdım, ondan sonra bir de akustik ya da klasik alıp akorları vs öğrenirdim. ama ilk olarak kesinlikle istediğim gitarı alıp birkaç şarkının baslarını çalmaya çalışırdım.
@@mustyguitar Abi ben de çok isterdim gönlümdeki gitarı alıp direkt işe koyulmayı ancak bazen gönlümüzdeki şeylere gücümüz yetemiyor maalesef. Ucuz, muhtemelen dandik bir bas gitar alsam da parama yazık olurmuş gibi geliyor. Sence, çalışıp para kazanana kadar bir klasik gitar alıp parmak antrenmanları yapayım mı yoksa direkt bas gitarı alıp öyle mi başlayayım?
@@theviperman3873 seni çok iyi anlıyorum. dediğin de çok mantıklı. benim ilk öğrenmeye başladığım gitar gerçekten çok kötüydü, tahmin edemezsin... ama bana en azından akorları öğretiyordu. sen de öyle yapabilirsin.
Out of all of these, which one is your favorite of all time?
Great review and video. I would say I agree with most of what you graded with a few differences "Rattle That Lock" I have on the low side of A, "The Wall" between S and A, "Division Bell" at a strong A. Agree with all comments about the live albums and use of flanger and phaser pedals. Chrous? I get it.....he's using it for headroom like many of us guitarists use a bit of reverb.
I think much of what both of us would describe as "thin" (as you stated in the video) is Gilmour's persistent and unsistent use of soloing strictly using the bridge pickup (Strat pickup pos. #1) and then effects added after. Instead I would use Strat pickup position $5.....only the neck pickup, and use a parametric EQ and filter in high-mids and high/treble frequencies. This may be rought when paired with a Proco RAT but then dial in the chorus (solo and not dual or quad chorus) for needed "air". Anyway, I love your channel and thank for posting this!!!
Thank you for the input man, cheers
Your Pompeii listing deserves a dislike as you said. 😂
nice video, can you do video about how you record your guitar
Behind the scenes would be sweet for sure.
Ever thought of doing the Pulse solo with the Pompei Gilmour tone? Best of both worlds imo
What gauge strings do use musty 😊 ???
I use 10-48, Gilmour signature strings actually. I bought like 50 of them, still using them :) They're nothing special btw.
I am in love with David's tone on "Between two points" would love any info or tips from anyone. I think he plays very softly but loud?
I'm not sure if it's rotary or uni-vibe but I've gotten great sound, close to his sound with:
compressor -> light gain -> fast uni-vibe -> delay
@mustyguitar Lovely! Underrated tone I think. Not many people talking about it. I also love his Les Paul tone on Dark Velvet Night. Thanks for the info bro.
I meant Pipers Call (Les Paul Tone)
@mustyguitar Long time my friend. Has the Patreon app improved any for iPhones? I just got fed up with it but I miss the content. FINALLY got and RT-20 and it’s just the glue that melds the Gilmour tones tones together…on specific songs atleast. Along when a comp and muff. Tdy and mistresse never hurts either tho lol.
hey man! 👋🏻 it's still annoying but I guess for group chat, it's better than web. and web is better than mobile for content :D
congratulations on rt-20, it's really hard to find but definitely worth the trouble.
You Gotta Be Crazy at Wembley is the greatest guitar sound I've ever heard. Apart from the verses being too rushed, that version beats Dogs every time for me.
10/10 Guitar playing from the best guitarist to ever live!
Could you make a tutorial or at least a cover on shine on you crazy diamond parts 6-9?
I need a lap steel. I will get it and do it
Live in Pompeii 2016 are his best tones imo, and across the entire concert every song is the best version I have ever heard. Gilmour has a way of making his live performances often sounding better than the studio version. Not many can do that!!
Hmmm, how about Sorrow PULSE DVD Version? I think it's better than Pompeii Sorrow, Money is better on DSoT, Coming Back To Life is better on 2006 RAH concert, Comfortably Numb PULSE is a bit better in my head but tone is muuuch better on Pompeii. Also, Fat Old Sun Gdansk is muuuch better. Shine On 1977 or studio version is muuch better.
Don't get me wrong, I love Pompeii concert but there are better versions of those songs. I guess it depends on ones taste. Respect!
my favourite slide tone of his is one of these days live in hanover
fun fact aabout one of these days, it's basically a pink floyd cover of the doctor who theme, in later performances of the song (like hanover and delicate sound of thunder) when the tremolo bass line kicks in, the guitar plays the doctor who themes main melody literally note for note
th-cam.com/video/rzDzfsEwFr8/w-d-xo.html
2:20 on live in hanover
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0:10 seconds in on doctor who theme
Great video!
Thank you
On the turning away (as well as his solo on Paul Young's "Heaven Can Wait", it's spot on the same sound) is one of my all time favourite tones, but I don't think it's a big muff. It just doesn't have quite the same character. Sounds more like an HM-2 or maybe a Rat through a small amp cranked really loud. I tried 2 different muffs, if you use the right EQ it kind of gets close, but it's still different.
You might be right. I gotta say, I'm %99.9 sure he used HM-2 for the live version of it, DSoT version, maybe he used HM-2 for studio tone too. I'm going to get HM-2 one of these days and do a video about it for sure.
hello!
BossHM2, MesaMark, Fender Twin Amp ...may be?...those are parts of That tour's gear.
I ve Been close with HM2 and Fender Amp Twin reverb but i am still missing something....Boss HM2 has los of Low Fi but i also listen some MIDS ..(The artificial harmónics)....maybe something More...
Boss HM2 AND Muffs....both are Scoop....less midss...
@@PerdonGilmour you need a bit rotary. actually, the 2019 remixed version has a lot more rotary than the old version.
@@mustyguitar yes! And it sounds great with Rotary! I ve noticed you added some Rotary in your version.
Altough The Rotary can make "softer" the distortion i doesnt seem add the mids i hear.
I ve récord an attemp ok my chanell like this. Cómp/boost/HM2/eq/FenderTwinAmp/chorus/ delays/ Rotary simulator/left chorus/CABs on Line6 ( i know...simulators arent the same ) may be ir you listen to ir you can tell what I m missing. I ll be thakfull!!!.
The lead guitar on mudmen is apparently the colorsound powerboost into the fuzz face
yaiks!
On An Island - I think the clean tone on Where You Start is very jazzy.
I also used to dislike About Face, but my opinion changed on that pretty strongly around when Luck and Strange came out.
Murder, Cruise, Near the End. It’s a great album.
changed towards? I've been looping the title track on Luck and Strange for a few months now. I really like the song, it became a classic for me and the tone is even better!
Last pictrure put in class S - what is this? I can't search
it was my way of seeing if you guys skip the video. yes you did, booooooo.
it's actually was supposed to be luck and strange TOUR.
His experience seeing the Luck and Strange tour in Rome from the first row 😅
Agree with the top! I was there at the Hollywood Bowl in OCT and was, BLOWN AWAY! by all!
this could be because we were there, we'll see how the tone really is if they release a live album, I think it's going to be a bit less compressed than live at pompeii and there'll be rotary involved. I guess tones will be very close to his studio tones on division bell / endless river / luck and strange
Atom Heart Mother has nice clean tone with Clapton inspired blues licks
Not that clean actually, I love it. Gritty is the right word maybe?
I disagree about live at pompeii, I think the tones sound really big and massive. they aren't punchy maybe, but they sound like they are engulfing the stadium
gilmour apparently doesn't use the humbuckers on his bill lewis and has a coil splitter. I think I saw a quote where he said he doesn't like humbuckers, something about single coils having moire dynamics and more personality
I disagree, I think he's never tried a good PAF, but still
I didn't know that. Thank you for this info man, you always have something up your sleeve!
Soundtrack from the film More from 1969 is missing. "More Blues" from that album has a great tone.
it's just "okay" for me. Nothing special. I really almost never listen to More album so I forgot about it. It's my bad.
Ummagumma: 💀
What about More and Ummagumma?
Comfortably Numb 2nd solo tier list when? 🔥🔥
Whenever I'm swamped with work again xD
Agreed on Pompeii > Pulse
Pulse not being in S is dirty
Pulse was heavily edited before being released. The raw show sounds much better than the cut up and autotuned slop which was officially released
Where is more ,live at Venice and Knebworth 1990
You haven't watched the video, have you? I know I skipped More but I'm talking about Venice and Knebworth in the video.
Faces of Stone Pompeii 2nd solo is the greatest tone I've ever heard
Not greatest, but one of the greatest for sure. I love it. Been chasing it for years and I think I finally understood it, watch my SSL-5 video and Pedalboard video.
Also, you gotta take into account that "the mix" is important too for that sound. His tube driver is filling the empty parts of the whole mix. You could get the exact same tone but it might sound bad in other situations.
@@mustyguitar saw that video, loved it!
Come on dude! Pompeii tone may not be my favourite but it's ok imo. It's not WOW what a tone! but it's okay.
I like compressed sounds. They are very "in your face". And 2016 Pompeii has this angry yet heartbroken vibe on the tone. Maybe it's me but I really like it.
@@mustyguitar 2016 Pompeii it's a really great tone, I was talking about 1972 one, it may not be the best Gilmour's tone, but it's ok imo.
@@NicolasCastro1307 ooooh, I misunderstood. yeah I really don't like it :D
@@mustyguitar I think we agree 1972 Pompeii may not be Gilmour's best tone, however I'm a big fan of PULSE tone, and the concert too, it's just magnificent.
I know about a guy in a research group who would be really REALLY pissed off about this list 💀
I can't say I'd be surprised. I'm pretty sure not only him, a lot of people are pissed off :D
@@mustyguitar I mean i gotta say. The wall-Final cut is my favorite tone by far. But i totally get this list
I can’t stand "Sorrow” studio version it sounds like the tone knob is set to zero and the strings are 15 yeas old…
Live is a whole other story.
I don't like it on it's own too but that intro tone fits the ambient. Main solo tone is great though. I really like it.
awesome vid
thanks Justin!
Gilmour’s guitar on “Is There Anybody Out There” (the Wall live) is truly horrendous. That it’s not the lowest ranked thing here makes me question this entire ranking. If you’re that wrong about ITAOT, what else did you get dead wrong?
that is a very aggressive way to express a feeling my man :) It's not his best sound but I don't think it's horrendous.
@@mustyguitar When the tone itself isn't horrendous, the way the live album was edited very much is. It's brimming with autotune, pitch correction and butchered solos glued together from 5-6 dates at a time.
It really doesn't represent the shows very well, and hearing it really annoys me (i listened to every single wall show at least a couple of times and these things get easy to spot after a bit of time)
Oof 12:51 my guy what's happened to your file
youtube (and now sony) is not happy with me sharing even 5 second of music sometimes :) So I had to change it a bit.
i love cymbaline guitar tone 😆
Bro forgot about “More”😭
FRRRR 😭😭
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Enjoy the soundboard recording of that Marooned from 28 september in Rome:
th-cam.com/video/PJR73ViuZ_o/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Dski4yXR8tATh_i_
I’m definitely enjoying. I was right there that day at the front row. Is there a way I can get this video?
@mustyguitar would you do a tutorial for that version? :D The video is not mine but there are few more soundboard recordings on that channel. If you want I can send you the full soundboard audio from that show
@@michal151994 I'm waiting for an official release, can't wait for the best version they did and release.
I love your shameless plug
I don't, but I need to inform that awesome platform to good people like yourself :)
Where are MORE and UMMAGUMMA?...
I believe they're not that bad to be completely forgotten)
A nice overview though.
thank you, I forgot about More, that's my bad. But Ummagumma is terrible in my opinion.
@mustyguitar agree with you, guitar tones on Ummagumma are such a flimsy screechy-scratchy stuff. But nonetheless... I can't help loving this album😂
Rattle that lock must be on the top.
was it?
First??!!