Gilmour's Solo on Another Brick in the Wall | Friday Fretworks

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[@pierredevaughn]

Apart from a Jimi Hendrix or an Eric Clapton solo…I think Gilmour’s solo in this song is the greatest rock guitar solo of all time. It’s bad ass af without being over-the-top; it’s so refined and smooth and perfectly executed without being pretentious. It’s a perfect solo. It’s beautiful 💯

[@humansnotai4912]

Mate, you're spot on there. It's sooooo good. Clapton's tones throughout the years have been my favourite, but hearing this again years later, this is the tone I am trying to find. Namaste x

[@enickma]

... The first Comfortably Numb solo is absolute perfection

[@stefanhamilton8713]

Totally agree. Just perfection. The tone, the phrasing, the feel. Just genius.

[@pierredevaughn]

@stefanhamilton8713 facts bro 💯

[@pierredevaughn]

@@humansnotai4912 amen 🙏🏿

[@RJRonquillo]

Wow! Nailed it, and I can't believe it's Guitar Rig!

[@ZvonimirPalac]

What do you think of my sound, only used AmpliTube kzbin.info/www/bejne/boOvfIqIh8R6jNU

[@ZvonimirPalac]

@Richard Moore thanks

[@customguitarkits6836]

that goldtop tone is bloody fantastic, p90's are so underrated

[@MikeGervasi]

I've got an SG with P90's and the sound is killer.

[@customguitarkits6836]

@@MikeGervasi I've got a set of original 56 p90's and 60's bigsby for a goldtop I'm making, can't wait

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

I got a tele with p90 in the neck. Sounds fab ☺

[@Nnmtes]

I agree. P90’s are exceptional pickups for tone and grunt.

[@TheDunateen77]

customguitarkits that's correct,I've been playing 20 odd years and have just recently come to learn this

[@coolmacatrain9434]

Chris... I'm strongly starting to suspect, that you may be a genius!

[@Opry99er]

Sounds f***in brilliant, mate! Thanks for taking me on this journey!

[@DrewArmstrongMusic]

I love those Yamaha’s with p90s. Such a nice feeling and sounding guitar

[@lifelongfan07]

Quite tasty CB. Glad I own a Mesa. I love their clean sound.

[@barkupatree6871]

Thank you for providing such insight and expanding our horizons. Great video.

[@ARCHDEACONMUSIC]

David Gilmour is the reason I started playing the guitar in the first place and is the reason I bought my Fender Strat Fat Deluxe in 1999. Cool video bro! :)

[@wmhhealth2018]

Gilmore may not be the Goat but he is on the short list.

[@walshy2116]

As usual...nailed it!

[@Vergil9]

spot on! thanks for sharing!

[@4stringkingstf]

Fantastic approximation. Well done 👍🏼

[@TheseusTitan]

Very interesting. Great video - thanx!

[@zackorr421]

Insanely good video mate. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@DenisAhmet]

Well done, you got that sound as close as you can get it. It’s beautiful. I’ve never played p90’.... I’m tempted being that I play mostly clean.

[@Sgoobrmeht]

Denis Ahmet Do it! P90’s got a rep for grit, but they do clean exceptionally well. You’ll never go back.

[@DenisAhmet]

Sgoobrmeht I’m a lefty, what p90 guitar would be reasonably priced as a starter? Harley Bentons seem great value? Second hand will be a challenge to find being a lefty, but I’ll have look. Cheers

[@Sgoobrmeht]

Denis Ahmet I don’t own any Harley Benton’s, but I’ve heard the hype. And I’ve almost pulled the trigger on a few to try. I don’t think you can go wrong with one.

[@hx20303]

Very well done! Excellent deconstruction and recreation

[@lp59pete]

You nailed it. Great job!

[@mikegilchrist3925]

Thank you Chris.... a really great exposition of the background to the sound of the solo. Also your mastery of Logic is exemplary. I will now have a place to go to try to sound a little like Mr DG...once I have mastered the notes !! :-0

[@chesneytube1]

The thing I got from this was how much note selection changed the way you sounded... when you played like him, you sounded like him but when you started playing in your style you sounded nothing like him even with his tone. I think it’s much more in that than in what gear and settings you use, that’s just there to bring it out more.

[@jujuUK68]

Yep, agreed - I think Gilmour playing a Gretch Country Gentleman through a Marshall stack, would still sound more like Dave Gilmour, than someone else borrowing Dave's guitar and having a go in Dave's recording studio through Dave's effects/mixer. As soon as the opening few bars were over, it just sounded like Chris Buck. It didn't even sound like Chris Buck trying to sound like Gilmour. Still, they both sound good, but not at all like each other.

[@matcoffidis1135]

That sounded amazing! Nicely done....👍

[@GuitarHouseLima]

Great as always!

[@matzac97]

Yesss another great one 👌👍💪👏

[@CraigHollabaugh]

Chris, watched 2 fretworks now, I'm hooked. Love your breakdown. Thanks. Subscribed.

[@LobsterSausage]

That was beautiful!

[@drebatista]

Great as always sir!

[@KelsterVonShredster]

Love your videos, love your playing, love your taste in gear....

[@mosesfrog802]

The best part for me was noticing the grolsch bottle neck washer as guitar strap stopper 👍I use this

[@terryshrk]

Love this! I love it when it turns out that players whove become famous for one particular type of guitar,. from one particular brand ,.have used other brands on some of their iconic pieces of music. I think gear (although a lot of fun to discuss and debate,.) can sometimes overshadow hard work creativity. I love that Jimmy Page recorded most of Led Zeppelin 1 on his Telecaster despite being known for playing a les Paul, and that Gilmore recorded this solo despite being know as a "strat guy".

[@petergraham9267]

terry vick great observations and I totally agree! I love that most people associate the solo/ duet at the end of Hotel California with two Les Paul’s, when in fact it was played on a twin neck SG (Don Felder) and a Tele (Joe Walsh) ! 😎👍

[@llamaman2126]

@@petergraham9267 Crazy Little Think Called Love :-)

[@therapist6328]

Zep's first four albums are the Telecaster. Yes, even Stairway to Heaven solo.

[@Relicsun]

You’re brilliant!

[@briandillon8041]

Brilliant playing by you.

[@haveguitar]

Nicely done, sounds very close to Gilmour to me! 😎👍👍

[@dr_tomK]

Thanks Chris. Not obsessed with obtaining that sound, but it's really cool to learn how to approach that via software.

[@JDODify]

That sounds excellent.

[@AnthonyBurrito1313]

That was really cool!! Thanks

[@chessdude67]

Ver nice! Thank you. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@Splattle101]

Nicely done. Les Pauls with P-90s are fantastic.

[@hydeane]

And so are Mesa amps:-)

[@Steven_SK]

Very nice! Very glad I found your channel.

[@jeanvanbernebeek5617]

I love the Synchronicty album in the back...

[@kevinlittrell3407]

I would just say in terms of ambiance, David Gilmour gravitated more towards delay than reverb. That said, this sounds hella good and really great video!

[@BillLarkinmusic]

Both.

[@dr.stonks9911]

Really cool vid. I just got a POD Go (basically helix but lower dsp) and what I’ve done is used the Cali IV amplifier which I believe is a MK IV Mesa. I’m using the same Yamaha Revstar 502 in bullet green I think. I’ve put the bass at 7, treble and mids at 6. I bumped the sag, hum, and bias to 7 to give it more of a real tube amp feel. I’ve added an LA studio compressor at the end of the signal chain and and LA studio compressor just before that in the limiter setting. I’ve used the standard Cali cabinet, with an 84 condenser mic at 1 inch. It sounds pretty good so far. I’ve not added the spring reverb yet but I will. I’ve noticed that I’m definitely getting that pop and a tone that isn’t far from the original recording. I’ve been listening to the original track over and over again, and while some parts the tone is spot on, I think in others, especially the 2 1/2 step bend there isn’t enough sustain to carry that note if you play it as gilmour originally did only picking once. I’ve also noticed at the end of the solo during the last couple bars that it sounds like it is much more heavily distorted. I don’t know if that’s because he had his gain set higher and was dynamically picking, or he had his volume rolled throughout most of the solo. I suspect it’s the latter, as the raked picking and sharp picked notes on the high e string in the midsection suggest he was picking fairly aggressively. I’ve painstakingly gone through this solo, as it’s one of those that I’ve always thought I’d played close to the original, but there’s always more to learn. When I feel that it’s at least 95% I’ll post a video of the cover. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. Appreciate you cutting out some of the leg work for me.

[@TheArdentDefender]

Holy fuck!! Old P90s or not, I’d say you nailed it.

[@caleshtcincredibles]

Dude your Revstar is a beautiful looking and sounding guitar! Wow I always thought he used a Strat with out of phase pickups ( neck + bridge wired together ) I did have the heavy compression part right but could never get it right with my strat(s)......great video !!

[@askarjuna]

Brilliant

[@Joe_whatuknow]

Great stuff Chris! before I clicked, I thought I could give you a little grief for releasing a Gilmour video today after your earlier announcement today, Then I saw you playing your p90 revstar and was stoked. That's my favorite revstar and I didn't know you played one until you replied to my IG comment earlier this week saying its your most used revstar, Then I watched the video and learned tons of new stuff.... You, my friend, are firing on all cylinders.

[@attyfrancisco3162]

Beautiful explanation...

[@Atttuner]

Sounds awesome well dialed.....I've just replicated it myself using the DBX160 and 2 x 1176 compressor plugins although I also added a very short slap delay which helped thicken the verb trails going to grab another comp pedal and see if this can be done live .

[@Manuproductionsz]

Thx Chris I didn’t know he used lespsul and your chain was nice trick to me.

[@GingerLeftyGuitar]

Really close. Thanks for the inspiration

[@GordonZoot]

The important point is that it is a Les Paul with the P90 pick ups, not the humbucking typical Les Paul sound but the P90s - these are single coil and hence the confusion with the Strat single coils. But a Les Paul with single coils is a bit like a fuller Strat sound due to the better sustain from these guitars.

[@jessel1217]

I have a Fat 50s in the neck of my strat and I can get the tone pretty close as well. Either way Gilmour tones are just fantastic.

[@dentacozitv]

Nicely done

[@BillLarkinmusic]

You have my sub. Well done !

[@steveg219]

Cool exercise!

[@okboomahfromblackrod2939]

I love the analysis.I would say what your hearing in the desk doesn't account for "Roomverb..Ingvie Malmsteen put lagre stacks in a small room to make it 'breathe'..And played outside the room with the door open..With (of all people) BobEzrin..That tone is just awesome for jazzy licks in a rock format..Well done ....The future of music is as bright as your good self....Kudos ..I subbed.

[@Spidouz]

From an audio engineering point of view, it’s very likely they actually used a 1176LN and a LA2A (or maybe LA3A) before the amp. If you want to try to reproduce it with an analog path only, you can always try with some pedals that emulate those compressor such the Cali76 and Effectrode PC-2A.

[@santibanks]

If I understand things correctly, then the notion that David was recorded "direct" as many sources claim is not really the case in the sense audio engineers would use this terminology. He just used two pieces of studio outboard instead of pedals to run straight into a Mesa amp with maybe the guitar going via the desk into those compressors but basically as an expensive patchbay. But the end result is still hearing just the sound of the Mesa with super fancy processing in front of it.

[@FranciscoAndrepg]

Tomorrow, I'm going to order a Revstar! :D

[@AwesomeBeatles]

Very nice.

[@williampayne7678]

David Gilmour is a Awesome Guitarist. His Solo On Another Brick in The Wall part 2 Is Awesome Killer Solo.

[@CristiNeagu]

People who research David Gilmour's tone invariably end up on gilmourish. That site is a treasure. I like to believe that even David himself sometimes visits the site, when he's trying to remember what gear he used way back when.

[@oclot7177]

Fun fact, Dave also used a custom double cutaway dual humbucker (Les Paul clone) on the solo for Money as legend has it, his Strats only had 21 frets at the time.

[@brentonkelly3780]

Well done, thanks

[@ianwood4910]

Thankyou.

[@pierremystique5335]

Nice one, fella

[@hazelaze7184]

Never knew outside juventus, Dybala also teaches us guitar solos and is a grand Pink Floyd fan.

[@goldenultra]

I did not know that, I always try to watch out for him. He can probably afford a good P90 guitar and Messi I mean Messa IV, which maybe the Boogie amp.

[@robcarter6599]

I love YOUR playing Chris! More on what that Yamaha is?

[@DarthEcoli]

You can still manage it with a Strat, especially with neck neck/mid pickups, and a Electro Harmonix Ram's head big muff. I do pretty well tone wise with my Strat Plus lace sensors. Again, the Ram's head big muff helps a lot too. I've only been noodling with it and might get a bit more serious with it soon. Such a cool solo and deserves to be done proper. Gonna give it a go with my Jazzmaster/P 90s when I get it back from the shop.

[@robertklausch4487]

Nice cover in the back!

[@meshplates]

As I understood it the sound was an early example of re-amping as well. In other words the solo was already laid down on tape. It was recorded through a D.I. box on if whose functions is to impedance match the high output impedance of a guitar pick up to the low impedance inputs of a mic preamp. After recording, Gilmour thought the tone sounded too thin and the solo was subsequently played back from the tape through the console and out to the guitar amp rig in the studio. I'd therefore say that another element you haven't taken into account is the warmth of tape, its bass bump, as well as the effect of tape compression. Also what we don't really know is there was probably a blend of several tracks in the mix DI, reverb and re-amp to achieve a difficult to analyze and replicate blend. Gilmour discusses what I relate here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5-qZ4V3j5V-jdU

[@ciddax754]

Thanks man! I would not have come up with the idea putting a limiter BEFORE the compressor chain! But it really nails the tone quite well.

[@goldenultra]

Every music score version of this solo is different. It can take some time going through them. Some have a reverse bend and some don't, one may have more string muting or a different kind of muting. Basically it is a pick and choose, but do not be afraid to make your own changes to it. Even ones perception of the solo will be different, but there is that one version that even Gilmour himself would not be able to reproduce simply because it was a different version of him playing. But the first 7 notes played by Chris are really 4 notes, plus a triplet groove or swing. There is detail within detail in the wall solo... But I would not try too hard get the sound so... right. Some versions of the solo sound perfect, but lack the feeling. So u need to inject oneself into it, basically to inject oneself into oneself. Ultimately it is about the feel of the solo rather the neediness of getting it right, or in other words to desire to impress for essentially we are alone in the world, maybe another brick in some institution that we are not conscious of invisible walls. Though it does work in its own unique way even with an acoustic guitar, which the P90 was a juxtaposition of in the same way that tele was a juxtaposition of the P90. Uhhh.. Huh..

[@dvd11811]

David Jon Gilmour = Guitar God ...

[@ARCHDEACONMUSIC]

AGREED!

[@peichmen]

Great video and... a big hard drive in your computer... more than one hour mainly of nothing to play few licks. Thanks Chris !!!

[@bluwng]

Nice. I wonder what those same settings would sound through a strat they are single coils after all.

[@mikeaaron2819]

I had a Yamaha Revstar 520 with P90’s and it was £525 I think and it was my favourite sounding rock/blues guitar. I sold it when I was broke if anyone is curious.

[@stuartmenziesfarrant]

Why was Dave Gilmour always play that solo on a strat neck pickup live?

[@b-music9329]

Excellent! I also read that Ezrin actually mixed the dry and overdriven sound which preserves the "twang" which otherwise gets a bit quashed through distortion/overdrive. I wish I'd known this before I did my version (check my channel or search for "Wall Solo Goldtop 1954" - since I did it on a 54 Goldtop) where I used limiter/compressor/od but no mixing.

[@HeySenatorArnold]

I hate when youtuber's say "I'll never really get the sound because..." when they absolutely nail it.

[@ChrisBuckGuitar]

Ha! I’ll take that as a compliment...!

[@TheDunateen77]

Wow I always thought that this solo was recorded with that white strat Gilmour has,I heard the odd rumour it was a Les Paul but this is great stuff to learn about,hearing that brick in the wall album on cd for the first time was me hooked on electric guitar for life,thats a very hard sound to emulate.

[@wompus6570]

The rhythm parts were recorded with the white strat

[@TheDunateen77]

Sir Cube thanks for the info,it just goes to show that all these so called boutique guitars,amps and pedals are a waste of money,most of the best sounds ever made were with standard fender and Gibson guitars

[@BigSh00tsie]

Damn I need to dig out my 502 and play it.

[@ChrisBuckGuitar]

Yeah! They're incredible guitars 👌🏻

[@BigSh00tsie]

Buck And Evans my only issue with mine is the finish on the neck but I think I’m gonna steel wool it

[@billducas]

And all this time I though that solo was cut on a Strats neck pickup. But my ears are shot.

[@maximusindicusoblivious180]

Bill Ducas It just goes to show again, it's not about the filters it's about the fingers.

[@giloro85]

@@Michael-mm3fm if that amazes you, check out carlos Santana making a fender Strat sound like a super fat les Paul on "She's not There". You will see how he created the "Smooth" sound in 1978 with a Strat!

[@GordonZoot]

It's the P90 pick ups that lead to confusion. (- these are single coil not humbuckers)

[@MisterTMH]

@@GordonZoot it is easier to bend a note 2 and 1/2 tones, release the bend and raise the note back up one tone with one pick stroke..... and sustain & vibrato the notes using a Gibson Les Paul.

[@KYCDK]

that sounded great, I do a very similar thing but add a bit of a clean boost, I think it sounds more like the solo, just enough so you can kind of here a little bit of the boost and that for me gets very close

[@rodin3872]

of course

[@SVFresh2Salty]

There is also another clip on you tube that he is showing an interviewer how he played it and the instrument he used . It was an aha moment for me

[@ruudhorst]

Chris Thank you very much for demo. super

[@honey10music]

Very nice video. Could you do this with the Helix as well ? How? Thank you

[@g1raz1]

How do you get the amazing sound of comfortably numb amazing solos?

[@cneddy22]

That’s Sir David Gilmour to you!

[@konstantinsalafountidis5966]

great

[@Alrukitaf]

Nice.

[@Garrett1974]

I'm no audiophile or guitar specialist, not at all, but to me it sounds spot on :D

[@valueofnothing2487]

That's a great sound by itself. A lot of people use delays, but if you listen closely, it's not delay. I think you need to have more gain, reverb, and more high end eq.

[@bluetv6386]

Very convincing explanation and excellent playing Chris, thanks a lot. May I suggest that perhaps the missing ingredient could be Gilmour's fingers?

[@LennyJohnson5]

I have it on very good authority that Chris managed to hire Dave Gilmour's actual fingers from his local 'HSS Hire' depot, just for the purpose of this video, and even got them returned within 24 hours, so there was no penalty to pay. Gilmour will do anything to raise money for charity......

[@jordanriddell7920]

Damn I had no idea that it was recorded on a Les Paul. The more you know

[@joaquins90]

Nicely done... Sounds quite nice, the only thing that bothers me a bit is the cranked output in the chain (the compressor output level for instance) which might produce internal clipping, depending on the processing, and it doesn't make sense to do so and then lower the volume or gain in the next stage. With digital you need to be careful of that, working optimizing the levels in 24 bits gives better quality than floating, not huge difference, huge in resources, so never good for 32 bits floating chain. Then, being careful with that is kind of important. Extra resources in modern computation can still be put in good use in bigger peojects with modern software. Keep it up, nice content!

[@alexandergennaro8596]

When Gilmore wrote this, what ever he was hearing in his head he really nailed it! Just like some his other works!

[@JacobGorban]

Another video with sound building for solo, using plugins and hardware (with a Stratocaster) is at kzbin.info/www/bejne/iX3Hq5KenNukhrM

[@spiritzweispirit1st638]

Lord With That Tone! I'de Be Jamming By Calendar Date's! 📆🎸🔊🎼

[@martymcmannis9121]

Now you sound like someone else. Great job. Thanks for the video.

[@atlharp1]

That tone can be dialed in on a strat and a Twin Reverb as well.

[@ajpeagle]

It had a Bigsby on it which as you know changes the tone quite a lot.