Gilmour claims that his upcoming solo album is his best work since The Dark Side of the Moon, and its latest single validates the Pink Floyd legend’s newfound affection for the semi-hollow classic.
David Gilmour will always be associated with a Fender Stratocaster, but on his current single, he has a new love affair with a Gibson ES-335.
The British prog legend will release Luck and Strange, his first new solo album in nine years, on September 6 – a record he says is his best since The Dark Side of the Moon, which is regarded as one of the greatest guitar albums of all time.
Much of Luck and Strange’s enchantment, aside from working with a producer who had a “wonderful lack of respect” for Gilmour’s illustrious past, stems from the multiplicity of guitars used by the Pink Floyd icon over its ten new tracks.
“This is a very, very different sort of guitar than what I’m used to,” he says, and he’s not wrong. The original Gilmour sound is strongly reliant on the snappy bite of a Strat, particularly his renowned black Strat, which broke records when sold at auction in 2019 and later played by Kenny Wayne Shepherd.
