i loved the fact he he was having fun ,watched alot of the rehearsal videos and interviews he was enjoying himself the album i listen to once and probably won`t again like the last 2 ,and i totally agree with him writing his own lyrics i wish he would....hope he has a blast on tour

Hi Bjorn! Thanks for the review! I wanted to ask you the following! For reaching the PULSE, sorrow solo sounds, do you think this pedal could work? I am thinking of getting this or the Pink Flow. I find both of them really easy to use, but maybe I have more range of things to do with the Pink Flow. It’s an investment but if you purchase separate pedals it’s the same cost.

This one is out of the ball park, do you have locking tuners on the guitar?

Bjorn have you seen the setlist for Gilmour’s tour? Some gems. Marooned, A Great Day For Freedom, Sorrow again.

He can do whatever he wants. He's a bonified legend.

Not a fan of this as an album, but it’s better than Rattle. Scattered is a bit boring but has a good solo, but I think there is one exceptional track namely Between two points- because of the feel of the solo and his daughter’s beautiful voice. But it is another’s composition !

I have a strat and the BD2 but it doesn't sound so great though my marshall valvestate 2020. It sound dull and mid rangey unlike your demo. Do I need a brighter amp? Like an AC15 or a fender deluxe reverb? Thanks!

@Bjorn: Exactly! As always. Edit: The one I really like: "A Single Spark".

Thanks Bjorn. I love how this one has a tone knob also.

Just from my point of view: RTL album I listen just once for 2-3 yrs. , guess, this one 2x a year in the near future. DG 1978 remains no.1. Btw, DSOTM perhaps every month, make me musically cool & happy. 😊

Best pick ups on the planet ..

Lovely!

Great sound!

There's definitely a more predictable running order that he could've settled on, and that's how I listened to it the first hundred times, but I'm glad he switched it up. A more Floydian flow would slip by too quickly.

I like David Gilmour but I prefer Robin Trower's guitar playing . 🌟🎸⭐️

This is a beautiful album-cover art notwithstanding. It’s not been in high rotation for me, but only rotation for a few days. The first time I heard The Piper’s Call I played it three times in a row! Sorry everyone else-if you released something new in the past week I haven’t heard it!

Frankly, you really got the thing. And it's not quite a Gilmour copy. Your thing.. excellent

I really liked the jam on Obscured by Clouds! Such an underrated album. If you can get your hands on one of the Chase Tone Fuzz Fellas, those are also excellent fuzz face style pedals with a bit of extra tweakability!

Brilliant honest review, as you say he must be proud of his daughter such a beautiful voice, but I don't think you can even begin to compare this with DSOTM, still it's a lovely album

All I can say is, 2 thumbs down, I do realize he has moved on from his earlier style of playing, not sure if this is an age thing, or he has redeveloped a more subtle tone to his guitar playing. I just don't hear any unique melody and creativeness like his earlier tones. His 1978 solo album in my opinion even trumps some of his Floyd era. Listen to Raise my rent, such an awesome highly creative solo. I have never heard him play anything like that since those days. This new album, hopefully will grow on me but it didn't take to me like On an Island did, and certainly nothing like 1978 version. All and all I m happy he is proud of his daughter, for her efforts in this album, very Kate Bush style, and in a way he is passing the torch to his family. He is still the best.

Love these pedal videos. Great job Bjorn

Great review, great playing!

Hey Bjorn, great video. I really love your demos. I have a little request. Can you please do a video on Compressor pedals? I have read your buyer's guide article on Gilmourish a couple of times, and I just don’t get it. I would especially love a shootout between an older-style compressor pedal (like the MXR Script DynaComp) and a newer-style compressor pedal (like the Boss Compressor Sustainer). Is there really that big of a difference in sound?

I love Fuzz Face circuit fuzz’s… I own Germanium and Silicone Fuzz face pedals. I do not own a BC107 silicone Fuzz Face so I was very interested in hearing it. It I did not disappoint. Thanks for the video! 👍

Wow; the Humbucker / Single Coil comparisons differ significantly--I favor the latter. Curious to know more of your thoughts on each. Thanks Bjorn and chapeau for the title of your upcoming release--truest five words ever spoken. Best of luck and thanks again so much.

Thanks for posting the backing track!!!

a solid 0.5 out of 10.

Analogman SunFace BC183 for me. I do find it seems to work better with amps with beefier OTs and power amp sections. Bit of a mess with smaller amps but through my old Twin it’s absolutely phenomenal.

Fantastic video. Thank you Bjorn! This is a very intriguing pedal. I’ve got 9 drive pedals and now you got me considering a 10th lol. Cheers!

For me, the Luck and Strange album sounds like being between two points, a kind of transition from where Gimout was to something new. There are some very good songs, while other ones are more bob bob. Scattered is definitely the greatest track, while Between two points is the biggest surprise. It's so emotional, and out of the blue appears suddenly Romany Gilmour. His talented daughter takes naturally place on the stage. What I am wondering is if David will let Romany take more of his place on the next album as part of building up her career as a musician and next generation Gilmour. Yes, we are looking forward to watching and listening to David Gilmour live in Rome in October. After that, if they do not change the setlist, I would become a member of the very exclusive group of fans who have seen and heard two times David Gilmour playing Marrooned live. The song is only played two times before, at Valle Hovin in Oslo 1994 and one another special occasion before this tour...

Beautiful tones Bjorn 👍

Thoroughly enjoyable. Great tones.

Great review, however these are ridiculously overpriced. It’s a really easy pedal to build.

Another cracking review Bjorn. Thank you. Have a great day. 👍🏼

Wonderful tones as usual Bjorn! Thanks for the BT too. 👍

Are you THE Bjorn Rjis of Airbag, if so; I'm a huge fan.

I can’t believe dude just put out a song with Ice-T, and he sounded more inspired on that than a lot of this album. Scattered is a gem, though. And I love Romany’s voice.

Tried this and it sounded fairly fuzzy , maybe that is what his sound was like ..

He didn’t say it was better than dark side of the moon, he said it is his best work since then, not quite the same thing.

Hey Bjorn, you pretty much described my overall feeling of the album as I would put it. Although the more I play it, the more it grows on me, and also as a statement as one of one rock’s elders it has relevance. While dwelling on being in the twilight years of life might be depressing for some, it’d be nice to see Jagger do it even once on the latest Stones album, but it’s never going to happen. Also, even if I find Polly’s lyrics rather irritating at times too, simply because it feels like throwing someone a poem and telling them to write a cohesive song about it (a position I’ve been in myself), I get the sense that they both discuss David’s feelings for the song very thoroughly and that her words and his thoughts are very symbiotic. That said, give me Fat Old Sun anyday! Overall though, it is quite an amazing artistic statement for anyone to make at nearly 80. And Scattered is simply sublime. PS I’m putting together a playlist “best of” of David’s 5 solo albums, and I challenge anyone after hearing it to tell me he’s an average songwriter without Roger. Although, clearly infinitely better WITH Roger. But that fine example of Yin and Yang ended many decades ago. Peace and keep up the good work mate!

I don’t like this album as much as “On an Island”.

I'm afraid Gilmour lost all of his marbles. That rap cover of Comf Numb with Ice-T and Body Count was the last straw that broke the camel's back. Absolute piece of rubbish. I won't buy the album and won't go to Rome gigs, since he refuses to perform any Floyd material this time around. He still doesn't understand his solo albums are not nearly as great. At least Roger doesn't push only solo material on his listeners.

Once they asked David why won't he revive Pink Floyd and he replied: "I don't want to work that much anymore". That sentence sums up why this album is such a lackluster from many points of view. He just doesn't care all that much anymore. It's probably both artistic burnout and the age. He floats in reckless abandon. Reputation, expectations, all that pressure and stress, he's tired of it all. He's letting it all go.

Hello Bjorn, do you have any info what treble bleed option David has? Keep up the videos!

A single spark ? the best track for me on the album and maybe on the last 30+ years of David

Great review as always! With the demo of the patriarch, what other effects were you running there? Electric mistress there as well?

Would have liked to hear it back to back with the Tube Driver. Also, I assume the “clone” is not tube based?

I had my first listen last night, my wife and I had a 1 hour drive and took advantage of that to listen straight through. We were both very impressed. Mostly, I was impressed with how different it is. Impressive to reinvent yourself at the age of 78.

What if you have a players series with humbuker single single. Will this still replace as easy??