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The greatest guitar albums of the ‘70s: Getting the Led out with Sabbath, the Who, Pink Floyd and more
By Jenna Scaramanga published
Punk was a revolution, disco a global phenomenon, but the guitar music of the '70s was dominated by the giants of rock. Here are the decade's top 10 guitar albums, as chosen by you...
Derek Trucks on the magic of Pink Floyd: “David Gilmour created his own universe on guitar through his tone and approach”
By Amit Sharma last updated
The Tedeschi Trucks Band’s resident slide master on how David Gilmour stamped his musical identity all over Pink Floyd’s earliest recordings, and why no one can replicate it
Sophie Lloyd on learning Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb: “It’s the precision of those bends that always blows me away”
By Total Guitar editors published
Lloyd on Floyd! The shred whizz discusses the nuances of David Gilmour’s masterful performance
10 of the best songs over 10 minutes long
By Josh Hart last updated
Here are some of the greatest - and longest - tracks that clock well into the double digits
How ThorpyFX harnessed Syd Barrett’s signature Selmer tones for the Scarlet Tunic
By Jamie Dickson published
British pedal maker ThorpyFX has teamed up with Lee Harris of Saucerful of Secrets to capture the sound of Syd’s Selmer, but as we find out, there is a lot more to the Scarlet Tunic besides nailing those early Pink Floyd guitar tones
8 David Gilmour techniques that will change your playing style
By Jon Bishop published
This primer in the signature approaches of the Pink Floyd prog legend shows you the rudiments of his playing, from how he grips his pick and bends the strings, to chord fretting and more
Pink Floyd announce release of long-delayed Animals remaster
By Jackson Maxwell published
The remix of the band's 1977 best-seller had been held back over disputes between Roger Waters and David Gilmour regarding its liner notes
David Gilmour's 1985 Gibson J-200 Celebrity has been put up for sale on Reverb.com
By Jackson Maxwell published
The guitar – which was used by the Pink Floyd legend onstage at the band's 2005 Live 8 reunion set, among other high-profile shows – is currently listed at $325,500
ThorpyFX aims to harness Syd Barrett’s early Pink Floyd tones with new Scarlet Tunic amp emulator pedal
By Matt Owen published
The late Pink Floyd co-founder’s Selmer Treble N' Bass 50 amp – as well as an additional Vox AC30 and Hiwatt DR103 – has been crammed into the compact stompbox
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