David Gilmour Names His Favourite Guitar Player

[@cds1957]

David Gilmour’s guitar playing has taken me to heaven and back! He is one of the best!

[@coyote520]

Naw, you are wrong, fella. He IS the best.

[@WiliamWolker]

Why did you come back ?

[@Kiwi_Col]

@@WiliamWolker To choose another of his songs.

[@WiliamWolker]

@@Kiwi_Col 🥰 Gorgeous answer !

[@emmar3035]

Beautifully said! That expresses my listening Gilmore experiences perfectly!

[@AliasMark69]

Back in O.C. Calif when I was 30 my wife heard a commercial on the radio about a P.F. show coming up. Knowing I am a Floyd fan she called the radio station (KMET - LA, “The Mighty Met”) to get information on the concert, The DJ on live radio Cynthia Fox…. said...."Congratulations, YOU are caller number 10, YOU just won tickets to the show and the Sound Check Party before the show"... I met David Gilmour back stage. He gave us both a signed album that I have in my music room. We talked for 22 minutes. I called him…“The Master Of The Stratocaster” He smiled. I told him his music will stand the test of time with anything from Beethoven or Mozart. He smiled even bigger. I asked if I could shake both his hands that make such great guitar solos, he smiled bigger and said “Sure” and shook both hands at the same time, making a cross between us, I smiled HUGE. Hard to explain how awesome that moment was in my life. I asked him to describe his technique of playing guitar, he replied… “I strike a note, bend it, shake it and then release it”…. Yes, he does that quite well, better than any other guitarist I know. . I told him in my eyes he’s a “Legend“. He thanked me and said “Enjoy the show”…. during the concert after the song “Money” he looked right at me and said…. “On saxophone, another Legend, Mr. Raphael Ravenscroft” … acknowledging my comment to him. It is my favorite moment in over 300 shows I’ve seen. I asked David…. How do you create those awesome solos?… he said….. I sit on a stool and listen to what Roger, Nick and Rick put down and play along. I listen to what I played and pick out what I like, then I put the pieces together into one piece then learn to play it as one. Our fans are fanatics for our shows to sound like the albums so I must play it correctly each time in a show. I have the concert Brochure and album on the wall with David’s picture centerfold.

[@johngrotegut1048]

That's just awesome

[@erroneousbatch]

Really nice post, mate. Thanks.

[@DonaldMerrit]

Wow!

[@kathyscoppettuolo4203]

What a blessing 🙌 😊

[@robertcaffrey6097]

Thanks for sharing your wonderful recollection with us.

[@alastairmurray3153]

David Gilmour and Gary Moore - My Two Favourute Guitarists!! Pure Emotion!!!

[@geetarman]

Yes two of my faves also i would add carlos santana late 70s through 80s period

[@honus20]

Two of my faves as well.

[@keithmiles917]

Yep. Jeff Beck. Excellent choice, Mr. Gilmour. Technically brilliant. Always inventive. Described as "uncopyable" by Rick Beato. And with good reason. A one-off. R.I.P.

[@bertenqvist7324]

Yes I think Jeff Beck formed him the most.

[@kdee8166]

Steve Morse, Rory Gallagher, Mark Knopfler, SRV, Dave Gilmour, Mike McCready, Alex Lifeson, Snowy White, Angus Young, Michael Schenker - they are some of my favourites. As for who’s the best? Well, I couldn’t choose and it’s not that important or relevant as different styles, genres and mood always play a part.

[@row8017]

Steve Howe was at least 5 time melody maker guitarist of the year

[@markcooper9063]

Jeff Beck

[@thehammer3340]

Ted Nugent

[@sherylbranca9532]

Thank you for mentioning Snowy White--he's often overlooked, and is one of my favorites, as well!😊

[@MrConspark]

Gary Moore (RIP) and Joe Satriani added to that list 😍🎸

[@waynedurning8717]

If you grew up or around the 70s the fact is you were spoiled with great artists. Including guitarists. Of all the many truly unique truly phenomenal guitarists nobody takes you on journey like David Gilmour. If there were only one guitarist to last the next few hundred years it would him because of that. Just listen it is undeniable.

[@rob1tom]

Gary Moore was a legend. Right up there with the greatest guitarists.

[@michaelwakeford2336]

As great as it gets.

[@coyote520]

David Gilmour is my favorite human being on this planet. We are absolutely BLESSED to be graced by his talent.

[@DUGGER1947]

With Gilmour, it's not about how many notes or the speed of the notes. It's the quality and perfection of the notes. His note bending, control of the hand tremolo (vibrato), volume knobs, and foot pedals is superhuman. He can literally tell a story or establish a theme just by playing the guitar. His guitar (whether it be one of a number of types of electric models, acoustic, lap steel, or platform steel) is literally another singing voice, with all the associated emotion and soulfulness.

[@jeffk4930]

…and when note to add in more notes. His work often gives you a chance to follow his last notes, almost reflectively. David gets more out of the notes as a standard that I’ve measured other guitarists.

[@jorgerivero4910]

Perfect description of the genius DG....personally, is like a God to me.

[@2tbos]

How beautiful young Gilmour was

[@Martha-jl6eu]

Jeff Beck. Good answer.

[@chrisgrieves1468]

David Gilmour happens to be my personal favourite guitarist, but then Pink Floyd is my fave band if I had to name one. However there is no such thing as a single 'best' player. We are all fortunate there are so many great ones that all bring something to the table in their own way. One that hardly ever gets a mention but deserves a shout is Roy Buchanan who played Telecaster..

[@rumien1383]

I could have written this word for word.👍👍

[@TheCornishCockney]

How about the two Irish geniuses,Rory Gallagher and Gary Moore? Astonishing technically,but add soul into the mix too. Ritchie Blackmore for nostalgic reasons,Brian May for obvious reasons,Tony Iommi for testosterone reasons and Eric Woolfson (Alan Parsons Project) for personal reasons.

[@rumien1383]

@@TheCornishCockney I’d agree on all the above, particularly Gary Moore. I think when people say “the best” they usually mean their favourite. I mean Carlos Santana has been known to tap out an odd tune, as has Andy Latimer of Camel. The list is infinite. You’d be at it all night.

[@georgegeysen6499]

Very nice ... regardless of detractors and critics and all the other "Fender" players (SRV?) ... Gilmour's tone and melodic sensibilities have resulted in some of the most iconic work ... but I'd take Shine On You Crazy Diamond as maybe his most iconic.

[@arthurdeth7646]

Excellent video. Many thanks for this upload.

[@michaelsmith2723]

Mark Knopfler would like a word! And he is a finger player. Dire Straits. Still playing at 75!

[@maryanngarcia3080]

Love Mark

[@BjørjaBear]

He is one of those guitar players that you'd recognise the sound of, even if he played something that you hadn't heard before. Lovely signature sound.

[@roisingtommy]

Mark Knopflers solos doesn't make people cry.

[@Bluemusic66]

@@roisingtommypffft. Ever seen people react to Brothers in arms?

[@Bluemusic66]

Knopfler is too ‘young’ to be an influence.

[@djeejah]

loved the laid back approach of this clip. Most certainly the personality of Sir David Gilmour shows up in his talent, the fantastic guitar solos he blessed us with and having is black strat raising so much for charity command respect 🙏

[@PFTome]

My humble hero for the past 4 decades.

[@PedroLopez-fe5bf]

Jeff Beck is in almost every favourite guitar player list.

[@Transterra55]

David Gilmour is definitely one of my favorite guitarists of all times, but there are so many great Strat players with distinct sounds like SRV, Rory Gallagher, etc.

[@curtvona4891]

Beck is a favorite of a lot of the best Guitar players. I would add Blackmore as great Stratman.

[@flyingburritobro68]

Tommy Bolin on the Spectrum album was so good the Beck was influenced to go that direction and admired Tommy

[@joebranston6330]

Yeah but Blackmore less original, and also seems to be a douche

[@Retroscoop]

I'm not surprised Harrison is in his list, there is indeed lots of common things between these two.

[@BenMoss01]

there are indeed

[@87Rado]

Gilmour and SRV have always been my favorite guitarist, no one else even came close or would make it onto the list in my opinion, until I heard Tommy Emmanuel, he could play note for note along with anyone!

[@andrzej3511]

It is very difficult to say: "this guitarist is the best". Firstly: there are so many styles of playing and in each of them some master is realized. Secondly: there are so many evaluators and each is guided by their own criteria. Thirdly: all rankings, by the number of albums, by the time they have been at the top of various lists. What is the point? Everything is just entertainment for the crowd... For me, Mr. David Gilmour is absolutely unique - there is only one David Gilmour! A very talented, very hard-working guy who reached the heights while remaining a modest, sensible guy. And certainly during his lifetime he permanently inscribed himself in the history of music and guitar as one of the "greatest". Simply as a genius of the guitar. Chapeau bas Mr. Gilmour - one of the millions of your ardent fans bows low to you.

[@PrzemyslawMaj-t3e]

I simply love David Gilmour aura and tunes I was born in 1971 I rural Poland so it was because of my lovely uncle who introduced me to pink floyd on old vinyls and…….until now still on my playlist ❤❤

[@SashanMusArt]

From an interview between David Gilmour & Dale Maplethorpe in FAR OUT Sat 27 April 2024 19:30, UK The Dire Straits album David Gilmour calls one of his all-time favourites: “I’m still influenced by Mark Knopfler”. ……..after so much experience working on albums and having an innate ability to craft them, David Gilmour is an expert in both writing and recommending LPs that you should listen to. One in particular that caught his attention was the self-titled Dire Straits record. The album divided audiences at the time, but in retrospect, there is no escaping the fact that the amount the band managed to accomplish on their debut really is something. The record features ‘Sultans of Swing’, which is still one of their biggest songs to date, and ‘Water of Love’. The album had a particular impact on David Gilmour, who doesn’t only call it their best album but one of the best albums he has ever heard. “Mark Knopfler has a lovely, refreshing guitar style. He brought back something that seemed to have gone astray in guitar playing,” said Gilmour, discussing why he likes the album so much, “These days, I don’t listen to other people with the objective of trying to steal their licks. Although I’ve got no objections to stealing them if that seems like a good idea. I’m sure that I’m still influenced by Mark Knopfler.” This is a massive compliment from Gilmour, as someone who has particular mastery over exciting playing techniques and musical tone. For him to say that Dire Strait’s sound on their debut is not only good but is so good that he has considered stealing it is nothing short of the highest praise within music. I ❤️MK

[@kmack8634]

Gilmore's outro on Poles apart is pure genius and ,to me ,melody brilliant. My all ty favourite song. First time hearing it ,made me cry. Dark Side is my absolute favourite album

[@avalanche9026]

A good player must be open to million things. David is right on. Then you get to form your own.

[@Stechamppn]

Dave gilmores playing Is about big bends... smooth vibrato..... melodic structure... every note in the right place.... I know this tho ...jam on some of the classic floyd solos.... and if your finger tips ain't sore afterwards...your lucky ..I've shredded skin loads of times over the years jamming on floyd solos.... then there is shine on ....that is so slow ..so damn slow that in my eyes is in fact harder to play than fast riffs.. that in its self is art... its the suspense he and floyd could build.... I've seen great cover bands do it....and they don't play it like dave...he's unique and a one off legend ..and a nice guy 👌

[@Allan-et5ig]

I hear you. I seem to have permanent soreness in my left index finger; probably from acoustic.

[@kitrichardson5573]

Mark Knopfler and David Gilmore are my two favorite guitar players. There are other great guitar players certainly like Jimmy Page. I think Joe Walsh should be in the conversation. You could list a bunch of them. But those two at the top of the list, always jump out.

[@AlexandraHorn-t4b]

Oh yeah,Mr Beck 🎸He was soo great! He is my favorite.Terje Rypdahl,Robin Trower,Jimmy Page...✌️

[@paulb9156]

You can copy your favourite players when starting out. Eventually, you’ll break away and develop your own style which you won’t realize right away. I’m a Celtic fiddler and used to copy my favourite players. Then, when I was about 24 (and hadn’t recorded anything yet) I had just played at an event and after the show the sound engineer was quietly playing music over the sound system. I was chatting with him and in my mind couldn’t figure out who was playing in the background (playing very well I thought ). I knew every fiddler and their playing style, and for the life of me I couldn’t pinpoint the player. The tunes sounded very familiar and so I was getting confused. I finally gave up asked him who was playing and he said ”That’s you”. I was blown away, yet at the same time was very happy with myself for finally developing my own style.

[@craigrheberling]

hearing beck's "truth" lp, back in '68- his lead on the cut "blues deluxe"- that was my first clue! raw emotion? 100%!! loved it then, and even more today!

[@sputnik3063]

Very beautiful interview and story of David one of the guitars that admire most what a wonder why is not quoted by author of the video the influence of Barrett that at start was supposed tò mimic and whose influence is imho evident in David solos and unique presence and pauses sometimes an homage to his friend.

[@WiliamWolker]

One of my three kings of guitar - David Gilmour, Jimmy Page and Ritchie Blackmore.

[@hanstilstam7858]

Eric Johnson is one decent strat player

[@mickhegartyhegarty]

Glen Campbell not bad

[@davidvanbrunt4233]

Seen him at Hollywood Bowl 2 weeks ago....incredible !!!

[@JohnSmith-of4vh]

David Gilmour's Strat playing has an unmistakeable signature. While his playing is never fast it is always well measured & usually soulful reaching emotional points that reach out & touch the listener.

[@herbcanter2114]

In an interview with Guitar Classics magazine in 1985, almost one year after he had released his second solo album “About Face”, David Gilmour talked about new guitar players. He mentioned two recent ones that he was being influenced by. One of them was Eddie Van Halen, who already was one of the most influential guitar players in the world. Although his music was really different from what Gilmour used to do, he told the magazine that he was being influenced by Van Halen. “These days I don’t listen to other people with the objective of trying to steal their licks. Although I’ve got no objections to stealing them if that seems like a good idea. I’m sure that I’m still influenced by Mark Knopfler and Eddie Van Halen as well.” “I can’t play like Eddie Van Halen, I wish I could. I sat down to try some of those ideas and I can’t do it. (But) I don’t know if I could ever get any of that stuff together. Sometimes I think I should work at the guitar more. I play every day but I don’t consciously practice scales or anything in particular,” David Gilmour said. Eddie passed away in 2020 at the age of 65 after years battling cancer. Gilmour had the opportunity to meet him a couple of times over the decades. The Pink Floyd musician told Guitar Player magazine in 2009 that he always seemed to be a very nice guy. “I have to confess I don’t listen to an awful lot of Van Halen, but Eddie is fantastic. His moments of sheer, unbridled, joyful playing- as he did on the Michael Jackson track - can’t help but make you want to jump around on a dance floor.” “He was a major influence on a lot of people, wasn’t he? He changed Rock music. (Eddie) made a lot of very average players think they were a lot better than they actually were!” David Gilmour said.

[@luizoswaldoabreu2752]

"I learnt from dozen more". Yes, its true, and it reminds me that he of course learnt from country-rock guitarrists too. I own two or three Unicorn (a really good British country-rock band) albums which he produced and also played wonderful steel guitar. A joy!

[@Thescottishguyreacts]

Mark Knopfler gotta be in the mix

[@KatieReadsKoziesAndMore]

The Beatles have always been my favorite. But the Lennon/McCartney genius overshadowed the beauty of Harrison’s guitar that enhanced the music in the most delightful ways. And someone once said that Ringo wasn’t a powerhouse. But he was a genius at adding the punctuation right where it needed to be.

[@stevenfreeman7798]

Dave has never been the fastest or most technical it's his feel and tone that makes him great. He gets more out of simple notes

[@MartinSage]

Why do we only need one favorite? Silly, each has its own strengths

[@krakatoa1200]

I think Hank Marvin, influenced most kids in the 60's. my favourites include Paul kossoff, Allen Collins and Rory Gallagher.

[@muleface1066]

You can't be a great musician without deep humility. We all learn from those that came before us and from those that we play with now. 'A wise man learns more from the fool than a fool learns from a wise man.' The same is true of musicians. There is also a sort of ego, but it's usually ego based on the music. If I'm playing a Lennon song, for example, or Duke Ellington, I owe that song a certain level of confidence and intention.

[@ikkenhisatsu7170]

His auctioning of guitars for charity is touching. Great player.

[@steelhead197]

Yep..the employees and the ceo of the charity thank him, for the exorbitantly affluent lifestyles they can continue….🤦‍♂️

[@hendrikdebruin4012]

@@steelhead197 YUP if 5% ends up helping anyone it is a lot.

[@kdee8166]

@dkelban Rory is my absolute favourite. And you’re spot on about his Irish Tour ‘74 album - superb. You know your stuff my friend.

[@wispa1a]

Those meddle licks he's playing are used to dub the live in Pompeii.

[@parandersson6541]

One of his most known solos were performed on a Gibson Les Paul, the solo on Another brick in the wall part2.

[@simply_psi]

It's about time a guitarist formally recognised the much underrated Hank Marvin as an influence, I remeber whatching the recoding of a charity version of Smoke on The Water and it showed Brian May, David Gilmour and Tony Iommi all laughing and getting on famously and the interviewer whent over and said you all seem to be getting on well but are all so different what have you found in common to bond over and they all laughed and said we all love Hank Marvin and we have all been playing his riffs and solos together, and apparently since that day they have remained friends and still play Hanks musoc whenever they get together.

[@jerrylanglois7892]

So, much for the great cord\melody, fingerstyle players...

[@garystevens1129]

Alvin Lee, Gary Moore and Bubby Guy are a few of my favorites

[@torbjrnlund903]

David Gilmour is the creme de la creme de la creme de la creme de la creme. Hats off.

[@malcolmherbert5127]

Maybe not often thought of as a Fender player (although he really is, even though his Strats are heavily modified), but possibly my favourite guitarist has to be Ry Cooder. You say Gilmour is a thoughtful, restrained, melodic, and rather emotional player, and I wouldn’t disagree with those descriptions at all, but compared to Ry virtually all other electric guitarists pale into insignificance when emotion comes into the picture. Just give a listen to the guitar break in Across The Borderline for example, or the instrumental I Think It’s Going To Turn Out Fine off his Bop Till You Drop album

[@cuda426hemi]

He's not really a Fender player. A few of his guitars might be but his bottle neck and slide sound ain't Fender. He used a million other brands from Guyatone to Gretsch to Teisco and a boatload of acoustics and semis. He's in the "Club" of decent players fo sho. David Lindley, Dave Hole, Derek T and of course Sonny Landreth are also in the slide Club. I like his soundtrack to Southern Comfort - a pretty good film nobody saw about National Guard troops on exercise in the Bayou - but things go wrong. His tremelo'd to death trademark slide is all over it. Bayou spooky - which is what Ry rends to "do". 🎸

[@scaredypicker]

I hope the person who bought the black strat didn’t expect to sound like David when they played it. He could make a £120 Squier Affinity sound incredible

[@ChristopherChamberlain-fw2iy]

I have to be honest . Ive always been a Rock music fan . Love players like Lindsey Buckingham, David Gilmour , ect . But now theres a kid named Marcin and youve all seen and heard him play. I think hes the best ive ever seen by far .

[@TyBrando]

Well done!

[@TheCornishCockney]

A music God in not just rock,but music as an art from any era. 200 years from now,there will be huge orchestras in massive venues playing Pink Floyds entire work and they will be considered classical masterpieces. Probably AI with all the PF members up there on stage playing to billions around the world. I saw the real thing. 3 times including Pulse in London in ‘94. Still the best concert I’ve ever been to.

[@Michel-r6m]

A gentleman 👍

[@Louis76-z3i]

Mark Knopfler

[@flankerjr]

Terry Kath!

[@beelzebubairways]

Hank Marvin is obviously an important impact for Gilmour. Maybe Jeff Beck too. 2.00 - Cymbaline live versions of 1970 his solos were already good! Listen to ALL LOVERS ARE DERANGED - Chuck Berry!

[@richgonzalez5057]

Steve Howe of yes

[@ctuna2011]

Jeff Beck is my favorite but I put Dave right up there though his style is different but fantastic in it's own way . The is an new Generation of extreme shredders but they are not quite the same . Mateo Mancuso and Guthrie Govan come to mind. Dave Music is usually Mental and ethereal every note counts .

[@davidshaw-nu1bz]

❤

[@stevencrossley1590]

Albert Lee ,Roy Buchanan, Dwayne Allman not ones that comes to mind though certainly up there ,

[@jimconlon7491]

David Gilmour and Rory Gallagher, my two best ever

[@Allan-et5ig]

What guitarists say at their peak is what is most meaningful, not what they say decades later. I have a '77 guitar magazine in which just as this (A-I narrated? don't know) video pointed out, Gilmour lamented his limitations. "Poor left and right hand coordination" lack of speed, and several more self-criticisms, I can't recall. Many or most of his most famous solos were - not that others don't do it too, comped together from various takes. I like his all-around ability, mainly. Writing, singing and playing. I see him as a all-rounder, rather than a virtuosic soloist - though some of his solos are virtuosic.

[@אילןמזרחי-ב6נ]

steve hackett

[@crosebore3781]

SH on another level

[@אילןמזרחי-ב6נ]

@@crosebore3781 upper level

[@crosebore3781]

All by himself. Firth of Fifth

[@Jan-pw4po]

IMHO David Gilmore is the absolute best

[@Mike-oj1tm]

AWESOME ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@petermacmillan6756]

Rory Gallagher, Paul Kossof, Richard Thompson, all underrated. But the best Strat man? NIGEL TUFNEL!

[@brianpoole4369]

MARK KNOFFLER...by a country mile!!!

[@klyter21]

Gilmour is definitely one of my top five favorites. If going with my favorite, it would be Eddie Van Halen.

[@JedBlake-g2r]

Joe bonamasa, blackmore , gary moore, what a great time it was

[@dankelly7712]

“The wild technical flair of Clapton”😂😂

[@vir2ul1]

Totally agree with the laugh. There wasn't much wild at all about Clapton. More a master of going through the motions with repetitive licks that are easily replicated. Not to mention what he lifted from JJ Cale. Notice how little Clapton is mentioned in these comments about the guitar greats. The test of time has left him far in the rearview mirror regarding innovation.

[@JoelRussell-e7m]

Rory Gallagher

[@billd9667]

I'll counter with someone whose name I haven't seen in the comments - Roy Buchanan. And he did it with a "just a Telecaster."

[@JoelRussell-e7m]

@ I’m a fan

[@DonaldMerrit]

I concur with David's choice. I mean, when was the last time you seen a Jeff Beck tribute band..

[@1956tojo]

SRV and EVH, with Gilmore, Hendrix, Trower, Marino, and Malmsteen as side dishes.

[@jts2398]

Marino? His main axe is an SG.

[@nicholasprotz4297]

@@jts2398EVH is a trickster.

[@donaldbyrd8084]

Love marino,funny how nobody says his name

[@herbcanter2114]

@@nicholasprotz4297 Go listen to what famous guitarists said about EVH BEFORE he started tapping , he was even more incredible .

[@CelticGal57]

Beck is great and so was Stevie Ray Vaughan. Unfortunately, Stevie was taken too soon. 😢 7:44

[@ygrbooks]

Greatest Fender player of all time? Somebody must have got something wrong. It is as always: Jimi. Gilmour is a nice guy, though - so hats off to him.

[@mrbumble2986]

Had to be Jeff Beck, nobody else comes close to that level of melodic fluid sounding perfection. Well said Dave.

[@maryanngarcia3080]

David Gilmore can make that guitar touch my soul. Love his voice, too.

[@cityslacker6221]

don’t see how, since this gentleman is named Gilmour

[@sonnyboy5566]

Beck number one! Incredibly unique

[@pjtheory]

It appears that being a contrarian is the new normal for KZbin mouth breathers. Breaking news...Gilmour didn't anoint himself as the greatest Fender player, but he is one of the greatest dual threats (e.g., vocalist/musician) in rock history. The 78-year-old guitar god continues to create new music that adds to his prodigious back catalogue with Pink Floyd, his solo albums, and his work with numerous artists (e.g., Paul Mccartney, Pete Townsend, Brian Ferry, Kate Bush, Roy Harper, The Orb) in the past 56 years.

[@nilsgroters2494]

Rory Gallagher?

[@davebowman6497]

I am a big Gimour fan. The whole concept of GOAT is meaningless, tribal, counter-productive, and just plain stupid.

[@jefra6]

Don't forget to include Nils Lofgren, George Kooymans and Jan Akkerman in this list.

[@stoneysdead689]

Gilmour is an amazing musician period, not just an amazing guitarist. That said, he has always seemed to understand that no matter how good you are at playing an instrument, singing, whatever- that doesn't make you the important, godlike figure that some ppl seem to want to make you out to be. You're still just a person and in the grand scheme of things, your contribution simply isn't as important as many other ppl's- like teachers, scientists, surgeons, engineers, etc. The west has this really backward- we pay our entertainers the most money and treat them like royalty, like Gods- while we ignore the ppl who make the real, practical contributions and pay them peanuts relative to what celebrities make. This makes it very easy for these ppl, celebrities I mean, to get a false sense of importance and start seeing themselves as perfect, infallible, god like beings. Then we get mad at them- which is ridiculous because we did it- it's not their fault- if you treat a man like a dog, he'll be a dog- if you treat him like a God, he'll get up and slap Chris Rock on national television for making a joke about his wife. Makes sense. Anyway- hats off to David for always understanding who and what he is- and for being an amazing musician.

[@daveboryszewski130]

Rory Gallagher is awesome also!!

[@zappa3837]

Hank Marvin 👍

[@GodfreyTempleton]

Hendrix. When you work out Hey Joe, Gilmour comes out as Mister Thumbs.

[@Guesswho-x4o]

Well said

[@anachronistofer]

Given how expressive and lyrical Gilmour's playing is, along with how meh his lyrics tend to be (along with his wife's), I continue to be baffled as to why he never produced an all-instrumental album or two.

[@Iceman-xx1kh]

The fabulous players from yesteryear inspire the next generation and that's pretty much it. Different styles make the guitar the best instrument in expression. That's my take. Guitar 🎸 is beautiful ❤️

[@barrygreenstein8383]

Why are there so many negative comments about Gilmour. He may not be the greatest of all time but he was great!

[@doscwolny2221]

Absolutely and I'm a Waters fan👍

[@doscwolny2221]

Absolutely and I'm a Waters fan.👍

[@alisonanthony1228]

Was? He still is! I saw him a couple of weeks ago and he was stunning.

[@renesaenz5463]

He's a legend - WYKYK

[@donaldcoffey800]

Eric Johnson seem s to almost always never be mentioned, should be near or at the top, his playing much more interesting than the other Eric.

[@eversut1]

Anyway, there is only 1 David Gilmour and we, firm believers, worship him.

[@geetarman]

Al Kahuber from the crotchy rivers band is tops also

[@wohltemper]

Anyone know where that clip of DG playing the Wall solo on the goldtop les paul at 6.55 comes from?

[@darkpitcher5242]

People always overlook Hank Marvin who more than holds his own at the Fender anniversary gig and everyone overlooks Rory Gallagher which is a crying shame