David Gilmour

TangerinePeel said:
No other guitarist compares in terms of feel, plenty of technically better guitarists but his playing hits you right in the soul.

I'm not downplaying his ability either, for me he sits right in the sweet spot of technical ability and feel.

Comfortably Numb, Time, Have a Cigar, Dogs.. absolutely immense.
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There are supposedly better guitarists & usually the ones that get a mention are Jeff Beck, Steve Vai & Joe Bonamassa to name a few, but it's subjective & not about how many notes & weird wailings can be played at lightening speed. Things like melody are important, to me anyway & DG has bucket loads of ability in that department. One of my all time favourites.
 
Sooty59 said:
There are supposedly better guitarists & usually the ones that get a mention are Jeff Beck, Steve Vai & Joe Bonamassa to name a few, but it's subjective & not about how many notes & weird wailings can be played at lightening speed. Things like melody are important, to me anyway & DG has bucket loads of ability in that department. One of my all time favourites.
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That's exactly it, plenty of guitarists can fly up and down the fret but it does nothing for me. Its arguably harder to do what Gilmour does.

Gilmour is the master of knowing when not to play, rather than fill a solo with as many notes as possible. Give me feel over "technical ability" every day of the week!
 
TangerinePeel said:
That's exactly it, plenty of guitarists can fly up and down the fret but it does nothing for me. Its arguably harder to do what Gilmour does.

Gilmour is the master of knowing when not to play, rather than fill a solo with as many notes as possible. Give me feel over "technical ability" every day of the week!
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Fully agree & the old cliché "less is more" works for me. 😀
 
I’m mainly into 50s Rock n Roll but I do enjoy all sorts of Rock , Blues etc, and Pink Floyd are well up there . My favourite Floyd album is Wish You We’re Here, but I only started listening to them after hearing a cover of Comfortably Numb in a bar in Villamoura in 2000. DG is a legend .
 
TangerinePeel said:
That's exactly it, plenty of guitarists can fly up and down the fret but it does nothing for me. Its arguably harder to do what Gilmour does.

Gilmour is the master of knowing when not to play, rather than fill a solo with as many notes as possible. Give me feel over "technical ability" every day of the week!
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Another of my all time favourite guitarists , is the under rated Tonly Clarkin of Magnum.
Remember reading an interview of his in a magazine , and when questioned about his songwriting ability he said “ why play a handful of notes, when just one will suffice “
 
My Floyd ‘Holy Trinity’ is …..

Dark Side… ( all lyrics by Roger Waters, 5 out of 10 tracks’ music by Waters, with two of those given shared music credit to other members).
The Final Cut ( all lyrics and music by Waters ).
The Wall ( 22 of 26 tracks written solely by Waters, the other 4 Waters/Gilmour or Waters/Ezrin)

I do actually like post-Waters Floyd, and no-one can knock DG’s talent, but you can probably tell I’m more of a RW fan
 
TangerineSeasider said:
Another of my all time favourite guitarists , is the under rated Tonly Clarkin of Magnum.
Remember reading an interview of his in a magazine , and when questioned about his songwriting ability he said “ why play a handful of notes, when just one will suffice “
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I love Magnum, particularly Storyteller’s Night and Vigilante.
👍
 
Royal Tangerine said:
Comfortably Numb, Sorrow (can’t believe it’s not had more mentions, even if it’s ** depressing 😂) and Another Brick
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Comfortably numb - lyrics by Waters.
Another Brick - music and lyrics by Waters.

Sorry to get repetitive! Floyd = Waters!

😎
 
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