Members ILikeGuitar Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 Never really listened to much Floyd but the Comfortably Numb solo has amazing tone.. how does Gilmour get that tone? Is it just really hot pickups, reverb, and delay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DenverDave Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 Tons and tons of studio processing.... Chorus, analog delay, compression, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members axepilot Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 Tons and tons of studio processing.... Chorus, analog delay, compression, etc. And Hi Watt amps dimed out and on the verge of blowing up............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 Ya lots of stuff.David Gilmour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sk8centilli Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 Talent that is beyond me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metallica_00 Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 I have been told I have a very "Gilmourish" tone. Yes, you can go into the extreme details of his rig - but you don't need the exact Hiwatts to get a satisfactory approximation provided you have the licks and vibrato. I think the keys are a Strat (preferably with maple board, which I think offers an upper clarity that is important in his sound), a clean tube amp, a smooth and full sounding overdrive pedal, and a delay. He's known for using clean amps and overdrive pedals...something like a blackface Fender, Hiwatt is ideal. I've been having great results with a Barber Direct Drive which is a great smooth OD/distortion, but there are a bunch of other options out there. He's known for the Big Muffs. And the delay is crucial...it's definitely a "wet" sound, won't sound right at all without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fabstrat Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 theres many misconceptions about gilmour's tones in the studio. Yea, he uses hi watts live, but ive heard from people that a lot of his recorded stuff was marshall's and fender twin's (the tweed twin) and this could also be the case for CN. Live, hiwatts are a very clean amp throughout the volume spectrum, being that they are 100watts but ive heard recently he uses two types of tubscreamers, 1 set for pure volume (SRV) and 1 set for distortion. He only uses both at the same time a couple of times in the set and CN is one of them EDIT. throw delay on top of that, along with the ultimate patience and the greatest mastery of note placement along with a large amount of use of the hexatonic scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wulver Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 http://www.gilmourish.com/?p=268#more-268 All you need to know. Really, though, Comfortably Numb is a song you don't need the exact tone on. As long as it's sufficiently "epic", and your playing style is close to Gilmour, it all works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 Tons and tons of studio processing....Chorus, analog delay, compression, etc.Ya, and check out his pedalboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MichaelSaulnier Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 Funny how he could do it with the EMG based pickups, and then still sound great without them. It shows a bit that it's Gilmore... not the pickups. Great solo though! M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wulver Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 Hey, that's nothing. In one of the videos on that page I linked to, he does it with a Steinberger. He's also used a vintage Gretsch Duo Jet in recent years for the solo.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ILikeGuitar Posted September 3, 2008 Author Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 Haha itd probably be hard to get all his gear... maybe for the CN outro tone a modeling amp would be a good idea. Great outro at the end btw and I'm not even a big Floyd fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 The Duo Jet sounds amazing on the Meltdown DVD. I think that there are two versions on that DVD and a super close up feature of the guitar solo (click on the "Digits" menu selection). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members inkblot Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 Maybe something like Muff -> OD pedal (I believe Gilmour used the fuzz into OD combo alot) with delay. Even if it's not what he used on that recording, fuzz into OD is a great way to get epic solo tones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members docjeffrey Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 I thought that tone was all in the fingers? So why does Gilmour use so much processing? I mean, he has fingers, doesn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members omg_otters Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 think I could come close to that tone with a Barber Direct Drive and a Traynor YGL 3 mark III? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members _pete_ Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 I got fairly close plugged straight into my H&K zenTera. The guitar used is warriorpoet's fabulous HCEG Thinline Tele.I just played the solos with a backing track spliced in. The rest of the song is the original studio track http://h1.ripway.com/pete2112/ComfortablyNumb.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faber Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 There's a load of theories about that solo and how he got that sound. For years it was common "knowledge" that it was a strat and a Muff - then it was common "knowledge" that it was aHB equipped LP goldtop like the one he used in the stage production/concerts of The Wall- Now it's common "knowledge" that it was a P90 equipped LP. AFAIK you can get close with a strat, a fuzz, some reverb and delay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted September 3, 2008 Moderators Share Posted September 3, 2008 There's a load of theories about that solo and how he got that sound. For years it was common "knowledge" that it was a strat and a Muff - then it was common "knowledge" that it was aHB equipped LP goldtop like the one he used in the stage production/concerts of The Wall- Now it's common "knowledge" that it was a P90 equipped LP. AFAIK you can get close with a strat, a fuzz, some reverb and delay. pah, it's common knowledge that it was a Duo Jet:confused: Or was it a Squier Tele through a marshall MG....I never can remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blackscot Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 I much prefer the sound of the live version on the P.U.L.S.E album to the original studio version, which sounds thin and abbreviated by comparison. If you like Pink Floyd at all, you need the P.U.L.S.E album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 Ya, and check out his pedalboard. It's mind boggling really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NEWYORK Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 It's mind boggling really. Yes indeed !It truly is blog mindling ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stingxnj Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 I think the tone can be achieved quite nicely with a PodXT, X3, etc... Here's a clip of me playing the first solo on Comfortably Numb using a Strat and a PodXT direct into Cubase: Comfortably Numb Solo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GilmourD Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 Funny how he could do it with the EMG based pickups, and then still sound great without them.It shows a bit that it's Gilmore... not the pickups.Great solo though!M He didn't use EMGs until after his solo album About Face came out. The Strat (THE Black Strat) that he used on The Wall was loaded with a Duncan SSL-1 in the bridge and two older Fender pickups in the middle and neck at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marc G Posted September 3, 2008 Members Share Posted September 3, 2008 I remember reading somewhere that he said he plugged right into the sound board then they re-ampped it after through a fender twin I think..... it was the only solo he said he did that way.... wish I could remember where I saw that though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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