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Originally posted by clementunes:
Okay- this is something that has always bugged me. Anyone familiar with this tune knows that the solo licks are mostly in B minor pentatonic. Gilmour plays some high register passages where he's obviously in the B minor pentatonic box at the 19th fret and doing what sounds like some whole step bends on the 22nd fret on both the 1st and 2nd string.
Gilmour's a Strat player right? Normal Strats only have 21 frets. I suppose if you had really thin strings you could do the bends from the 21st fret and make them minor 3rd bends to get up to the same pitch. They sound like whole step bends though.
Could he have used a Gibson to record the solo? As far as I know you couldn't get a 22 fret Strat at the time "Dark Side of the Moon" was recorded. Anyone out there have any ideas?
Gilmour's just bending the heck outta the notes.He bends 2 whole steps in some parts.In one part he bends A up to C#.He's not playing a 22 fret guitar.Cool solo huh? |
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Gilmour did not use a Strat for that solo, he used a custom guitar made by a Canadian luthier by the name Lewis, if I recall correctly. That's all acording to a 1993 interview with David Gilmour published in a Guitar Legends issue dedicated to Pink Floyd. Apparently he got it so he could play on higher frets. That particular guitar can be seen on the Live at Pompeii movie, where there is footage of the DSOTM recording sessions, on the part where Dave is recording fills for "Brain Damage".
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Right on Shakkal...you took the words right out of my mouth...
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