David Gilmour

In an interview with Phil Taylor, David's guitar technician. He is quoted in the article as saying : "PT: It think it's just pretty much him. He is obviously using a couple of effects, like a Big Muff and a delay, but it really is just his fingers, his vibrato, his choice of notes and how he sets his effects."

David Gilmour has been known to use the Big Muff on one of the most renowned guitar solos of all time, the solo from Comfortably Numb.

"Additional pedals include a Boss CS-2 Sustainer, MXR Dyna Comp, Iba- nez CP9 Compressor-Limiter, Boss Hyperfuzz, Electro-Harmonix Big Muff, two Chandler Industries Tube Drivers and three Boss Graphic Equalizers. He also operates several master volume pedals: one for his 4x12 cabinets, another one for his rotating speakers, another for his voice box and a speed control for the doppolas." - Phil Taylor, David Gilmour's guitar tech.

Per this page from the meticulously researched database about Gilmour's sound, a triangle Big Muff was added to Gilmour's board for a European leg of his 2006 On An Island tour. The site offers the theory that it was used during the 'funky' part of echoes in conjunction with the T-Rex Replica to get a really aggressive sound with tonnes of space.

David Gilmour used the Analog Man Sun Face RCA during his 2006 tour, as noted on the Analog Man website's Sun Face and Fuzz Face page.

David Gilmour used the Sovtek Civil War Big Muff in the Pulse Tour in combination with the B.K. Tube Overdrive to créate a new distortion sound that still uses in recent records.

Visible on the pedal shelf of Gilmour's studio, Medina.

David Gilmour had two Dallas Arbiter Fuzzes (one blue with silicon transistors and one red with germanium transistors) shown in this photo from the Pompeii concert. As Gilmourish.com points out, these two fuzzes were used alternately on Pink Floyd's early albums, between 1968 and 1983 (https://www.gilmourish.com/?page_id=9919).

David Gilmour used the Univox U-1095 Super-Fuzz during the 1993 recording sessions at Olympic Studios, as documented by Bjorn on Gilmourish, a comprehensive resource on Gilmour's tone.

David Gilmour was seen trying out a Keeley Fuzz Head during rehearsals for his 2006 tour, as detailed by Bjorn on Gilmourish in the article "Royal Albert Hall and GdanskLive 2006."

In late 2012 we got some BC109 silicon transistors by request from people who heard that David Gilmour may have had these put in his Fuzz Face sometime. They are a no cost option, along with the clock graphics, in tribute to his wonderful solo in Time. In late 2015, I brought one of these BC109 Sunfaces to London for David Gilmour's RATTLE THAT LOCK tour, and delivered it to his house boat/studio Astoria.

Analog Man received an Astrotone Fuzz from David in 2005 for repairs.

David Gilmour used a Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face (Germanium) during Pink Floyd's early years, as evidenced by an image available on Equipboard.