“Every set of fingers sounds different – they are what creates the sound”: David Gilmour on why all the gear in the world won’t make you sound like him
David Gilmour has been discussing tone in guitar playing, and says it’s all in your fingers.
The Pink Floyd legend tells Matt Pinfield of 95.5 KLOS, “I hear, in some guitarists, in some guitar playing, what I maybe arrogantly think has been influenced by me. I hope some influence has been brought to bear.”
READ MORE:David Gilmour says it’s his “dream” to sell the Pink Floyd catalogue “to be rid of the decision making and arguments”
He continues, explaining that you’ll still sound like yourself regardless of your influences and your guitar and set-up, “Every set of fingers sounds different. And, believe it or not, the guitars, the amps, the effects pedals – all those things are subsidiary to the fingers. And they do the work, and they do the talking, and they are what creates the sound.”
This applies whether you’re a beginner, an experienced axeman, or even an icon like Gilmour himself. He adds, “I’ve said before. I could walk into any sort of music shop, pick up a guitar, plug it into an amp, and it would sound like me.
“I’m extremely fortunate that way. I’m lucky, I guess, that I just sound like me. And I’m very, very happy that other people like it enough to try and pick a few tips out of it.”
Gilmour’s latest album, Luck and Strange, was released last Friday (6 September), and the 78-year-old has described it as the best work he’s put out since Pink Floyd’s 1973 classic The Dark Side of the Moon.
Meanwhile, he told Rolling Stone last month that he’d be open to making new Pink Floyd music. The last time he was active under the name was in 2022, when he and drummer Nick Mason released Hey, Hey, Rise Up! in support of Ukraine in the country’s ongoing conflict with Russia, alongside Andriy Khlyvnyuk, the frontman of Ukrainian funk rock band BoomBox.
And last night, he left pub goers in Hove in shock when he appeared alongside his daughter Romany to play Pink Floyd’s 1975 track Wish You Were Here from the album of the same name at The Neptune Inn.
The post “Every set of fingers sounds different – they are what creates the sound”: David Gilmour on why all the gear in the world won’t make you sound like him appeared first on Guitar.com | All Things Guitar.
Source: www.guitar-bass.net
