David Gilmour's Other Gear

David Gilmour uses the LR Baggs M1A Active Soundhole Magnetic Pickup, as demonstrated in a performance of "Wish You Were Here" on YouTube. Additionally, his image is featured on the LR Baggs M1 product page, highlighting his association with this gear.

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According to the website David Gilmour used SSL-1 in bridge position in late 1979. It is still on there today and is the same pickup as the SSL-5.

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In this live performance of "Coming Back to Life" by Pink Floyd, David can be seen, especially at 1:04, with a hand-wired pickguard made by EMG on his candy-apple red strat.

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The SSL-5 was specially designed for David Gilmour's Black Strat...

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Shortened Tremolo Bar with modified bend. Apparently, he feels this gives him greater control and allows him to palm the arm while playing.

Seen a lot on his CAR setup(the one with the EMG SA Pickups)

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Gilmour uses this Strat Presence Control on his Red Strat in conjunction with EMG SA pickups. The SPC boosts the pickup's Midrange and gives the guitar a fatter, almost hum bucker sound.

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David Gilmour is listed as a user of the Mastery Bridge on the Mastery Bridge website.

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Gilmour used EMG SA single coils on his Red Strat during the Division Bell era of Pink Floyd, usually with a EXG and SPC connected to them.

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Gilmour uses the EMG EXG on his Red Strat. Used in conjunction with EMG SA pickups, the EXG creates a "smiling" EQ, boosting the bass and treble and cutting the midrange.

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The black Strat as it looked in 1976 following Gilmour’s substitution of the black DiMarzio FS-1 pickup. He added the neck with rosewood fretboard in June 1972, replacing the original maple neck.

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His signature model has Fender Custom Shop Fat 50s single coil in the neck position

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In 1983, David Gilmour replaced the Fender tremolo system on his guitar with a Kahler Tremolo System, featuring locking tuners. This modification was utilized during the recording and tour for his album "About Face," as documented by Bjorn on Gilmourish under the section "David Gilmour’s Black Strat."

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