David Gilmour's echo tones - the magic of the Pink Floyd sound!

David Gilmour's echo tones
In this video we'll look at David Gilmour's echo and delay tones and setups. It's the magic behind his playing and the Pink Floyd sound. In the late 60s and 70s David Gilmour would use echo machines, while favouring digital rack units in the 80s and 90s and delay pedals in the present era. We'll go through essential settings and how you can set up your delay unit for classic David Gilmour tones.
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Guitar - Fender Stratocaster, with D Allen Voodoo 69 neck and middle pickups and Seymour Duncan SSL5 bridge pickup
Amp - Reeves Custom 50, Laney LT212 cabinet with Celestion V30 speakers
Mic - Sennheiser e906
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:38 David Gilmour's echo and delay setups
1:42 Echo and delay settings
2:14 Binson Echorec
3:37 Run Like Hell
4:55 Another Brick in the Wall
6:15 Coming Back to Life

[@cykology]

The fact that this guy has a dedicated website to getting gilmour’s tone is crazy. This man is a hero.

[@gilmourishofficial]

Ha ha! Thank you!

[@DRAGONGOD008]

Yep. Been using his site since 2008, i think. Incredible resource.

[@darrinwilson8484]

agreed between him and Musty all my bases are covered. I wish i could find the equivalent obsessed person for Steve Hackett lol

[@angelomartino4667]

Run like hell was just perfect

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thanks!

[@ktknoks8718]

Run like hell was soo damn perfect man!!!

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thank you!

[@easye9-21]

@@gilmourishofficial are you using a dotted 8th delay for Run Like Hell and ABITW?

[@samuilshpeller]

!!!!!!!

[@brankoradusinovic6658]

@@gilmourishofficial what are the exact settings on flashback? If you could tell me the settings in "hours" because i dont understand 310ms(im stupid?

[@erictoniaschwab1009]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge Bjorn. I hadn’t figured out Run Like Hell in the 23 years I’ve been playing. I dialed in the delay this past weekend like you suggested and WOOOO! Thank you sir 😊

[@westyavro]

Wow so cool to hear Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun in this demo. Beautiful.

[@ebob3986]

The delay for Run is no longer my holy grail, thank you.

[@gilmourishofficial]

Glad I could help :)

[@PeskyPomPom]

Sorry for the late comment. You could get it with an EHX Grand Canyon.

[@scblds7496]

Thank you so much for this! I am a delay novice. Hearing the repeats separated from the track helps approximate the delay enough to get me by! Right on as always. Again your efforts are much appreciated!

[@spacegoat77]

Best run like hell demo! All the awesome bits from his live version! Perfect!

[@davidhutchins7925]

Thanks Bjorn! You are instrumental in making me play, and sound like David Gilmour. I, for years have used your backing tracks, jammin tracks, tone and equipment tutorials. The green Russian muff, and this delay demo have refined my abilities to a level I never thought I'd be able to achieve. Again thank you, keep up the stellar work, and peace!... fom California

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thanks for your kind words! Glad you enjoy my site and vids!

[@DANCEDWAT]

Coming back to life is one of my very favourites. Fun to play, too.

[@guillermocanalesdeleon159]

Excellent Bjorn, as always a valuable contribution to continue understanding all about Gilmour's tone, thanks

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thanks!

[@fernandobarrera6440]

Amazing how you just cant do any wrong. Id like to see you do a video of a pedal or amp youre not familiar with, and you just spend time dialing it in, uncut. I feel like i could learn alot just watching ans listening to your process. Cheers from Chicago!!

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thanks for the kind words and the tip!

[@ericcarpenter3263]

Your sound and delay on “Set the Controls....” absolutely jaw dropping. His sound on Pompeii is so damn amazing. Binson makes it sound so loose and it’s like he can’t play a bad note with it. I really hope T-Rex gets it right and we get something cool and reliable.

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thanks! The Binson had a unique tone and the Boonar does a great job replicating it. The Binson had a fixed time - 310ms on the single head - and it really makes everything sound huge and almost a mix between echo and reverb.

[@ericcarpenter3263]

gilmourish riis yeah the more I hear of the Boonar the more I love it.

[@kjek1]

Excellent stuff as always Bjorn

[@BloodFireDoom]

Fantastic lesson Bjorn. Many thanks from Canada.

[@gilmourishofficial]

Cheers!

[@69drguitar]

You are awesome! Sounds (and playing) just like Gilmour. Very talented

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thank you!

[@sloanchampion85]

Would love to see you do a video showing the pedals and how you set this song up....loved it

[@dapperdanman1956]

Great example Bjorn! Thanks for the explanation of the year to the gear! Cheers to ya great play

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thanks!

[@dioscaresparza]

I've followed Gilmourish from a long time and I just realize it's actually your page :D. Amazing!

[@gilmourishofficial]

Yes it is :)

[@joby1konobi]

Class as always Bjorn, thank you.

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thanks!

[@luisfernandorodrigues609]

Great Explanation. Very useful , Thank you

[@amilcarvalenca3381]

Iven for bass players this is good. ..great video from a legen .

[@gauthereauzarate]

Finally a video with ms explained and showed... thanks! this is very, very helpful, for the delay enthusiastic

[@gilmourishofficial]

Cheers!

[@belo1971]

Love all your job Bjòrn ! Always interesting and awesome ....Regards from France

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thanks!

[@larryh.5229]

I love his "Mother" solo live on the Pink Floyd "Is there anybody out there"! The 1980 Wall tour recording!

[@FreedomIsntFree-gd2hg]

Subscribed! You do excellent work. Thank you making difficult music easy to play and understand.

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thank you!

[@paulcarter9928]

Some of your other demos are 1/8 - 1/16 too quick - but this one you smashed it !! !!

[@clutchfloyd1716]

Bjorn, great job! Love your work.

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thanks!

[@Strat-Kat]

Nice tone and sounds!

[@imgijoe119]

Exactly what I was looking for. Especially useful when there is no digital "ms" display.

[@shaibal6363]

This is a brilliant resource!

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thank you!

[@nicolasbolattieberhardt1127]

Muy groso loco! Un abrazo grande desde Argentina

[@max00d]

Fantastic sounds

[@AlmaAmbientMusic]

Excellent. Thanks for share your tips.💪

[@IbaiKn]

Great video Bjorn, keep up the good work 😊

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thanks!

[@Yahoomediaclub]

Adore the DG to tones....saw them live 75 Knebworth. You have certainly nailed these tones well.

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thank you!

[@nandocorrea4757]

Parabéns! Belos vídeos. Excelente, ótimo estudo. Sucesso!

[@gilsemarbragajunior9359]

Thanks man! Great video.

[@michael_caz_nyc]

Great Job. Bjorn, you really Captured the Essence of D.G. - I can get All of these Delay Sounds from the Boss - DD-500 = fantastic & versatile unit.

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thanks! Yes, that's a very versatile unit.

[@bernardclement6643]

Keep up the Great Works

[@thorpenator9148]

The Boss giga delay is great for these delays, and pretty inexpensive used. Thanks to Bjorn we now have the right milliseconds to program. Thanks Bjorn.

[@Cuardaitheoirfirinne]

Fantastic insight and playing.

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thank you!

[@michelvondenhoff9673]

There are thousands of great guitar players. David Gilmour is my fav so far.

[@PavloKeba]

Sounds just great !!!

[@Gh0stDe]

You made me buy one with this video hahaha! I bought the v2 version modified by @jrmod and it sounds really amazing!

[@johnmichaels5215]

Goosebumps !

[@Luke-kr7cv]

Excelente trabajo bro!! Muchas gracias

[@gilmourishofficial]

Gracias!

[@MarcoPolo-je5ej]

This is so cool.

[@moonshot1999]

TY Bjorn - keep up the great work ;)

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thanks!

[@CNCTEMATIC]

Awesome!! Love your work.

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thanks!

[@nicolamontoro]

I love the new format of your videos with the instructional speaking at the beginning followed by you playing. But you can’t leave out the amazing intro music of your past videos. Love the beard.

[@gilmourishofficial]

Cheers!

[@jean-benoitalibert1853]

Always interesting as usual ;-)

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thanks!

[@Sminkionato]

Grande dimostrazione!

[@johno1405]

You rock. Your playing is great

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thank you!

[@boatymcboatface666]

Thank you so much! Subbed!

[@gordrock]

That was great!

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thanks!

[@skeltergaming1643]

Thank you so much for this. I subbed and liked your video. You helped me a lot ;)

[@gilmourishofficial]

Cheers!

[@ricardodearagao7371]

Wooooooooooow ! Congratulations

[@terrygore115]

Awesome!. Thank You.

[@gavinreid8351]

380 reminds me of John Martyn who played acoustic with FX in the 70s.

[@robertramsey3603]

Like the binding on that neck.....unique for fender!

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thanks! It's a Fender CIJ '65 reissue.

[@calogerobuttacavoli78]

Thank you very much!

[@danveneziano565]

Well done

[@ballamiguel]

GORGEOUS TELE

[@etoiledelouest241]

many thanks my friend you do a good job and analyze 👏😎

[@gilmourishofficial]

Cheers!

[@jcameron2937]

another great video

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thanks!

[@wandafischetti1186]

superb!!!

[@kennethcarvalho3684]

Wow...very informative..great video performance and presentation..and my delay is being delivered today...a behringer vd400..

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thanks!

[@kennethcarvalho3684]

Hello Bjorn..the pedal is awesome..love it, but I am trying to get the settings for the song Time...could you please help me?

[@accentontheoff]

Fantastic.

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thank you!

[@newkindofviking6701]

I almost almost can't believe that Disconnected is back in '16! It's been some years!

[@alessiodimarzio6637]

Bellissimi tutti i tuoi video grazie mille amico !!!!!!!!!!

[@gilmourishofficial]

Grazie!

[@tubeyouianzz]

Daym - nailed it!

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thanks!

[@luisgoregonzalez7394]

Excelente!

[@mikkywhalan]

do you think you could get the catlinbread echorec

[@xfiazc07]

man I wish that Strat sounded halfway decent !!!! Dang !!!! Chills !

[@skeltergaming1643]

Can you do a video of how to make a good sound for the Pompeii echoes version ? That would be awesome

[@marijnstam7374]

Skelter Gaming The first example in this video should get you close, maybe with a bit less repeats. I believe they used echorecs on the Pompeii show

[@horsezanthus5040]

@@marijnstam7374 yes they did. I bought a Catalinbread Echorec pedal that gets really authentic Binson Echorec sounds.

[@robertclarkguitar]

God I love DG work.

[@joshuaramos8307]

Set the controls for the heart of the sun

[@wehttam1461]

Wow, you are a really master, I suscribe right now

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thanks!

[@Lander-bo2rq]

im thinking about getting a boonar for the binson stuff. no matter how hard i try, i cant get my delay to get the "Time" song right.

[@hosoiarchives4858]

I liked this video

[@RavenMadd9]

thank you Tak min van Bjorn

[@mangstrum]

What kind of amp u running threw for the clean sounds run like hell and the next one

[@Fred_Melo]

Parabéns! Você é ótimo! Very good! =]

[@bernardobessow1430]

Brasil? Tmj

[@douginny]

Hey, just thought of something. If I put the second delay AFTER the first delay, aren't I going to be delaying the 'delayed (and repeats) ' signal? Do we need to split the signal going into the first delay to parallel the input into the two delays or can we simply place one delay after another?

[@maxwesmont]

Great shit

[@sixbladeknife44]

I always thought David used a Boss DD-2 at times in the 80’s...it certainly nails a lot of his delay tones, digital but still retains some warmth unlike the later DD-3’s etc.

[@gilmourishofficial]

Yes he did. Especially during the About Face era. But his main delays in the 80s was the MXR and TC.

[@JoeyLevenson]

Love the DD2 and 3J. They are really lovely.

[@Ramongrassi1927]

Quantos pedais o David usa? Ou ele usa só um tap tempo?

[@ronfrey5327]

Hello sounds great I have some mxr 1000 ms delays now id almost have to match them by ear and kick the repeats up but they are digital units. The 1500 delay has a different modulation sound too it. Makes me want to tape round the time and mark it with correct times and know exactly where each delay setting is.. I know it will do all those mentioned but wont sound like echo rec exactly also other knobs will need to be marked as well.. notated. Old gear still has its merits.. Makes me want to dial these inside axe fx 2 now though see if you can dial them in should be able too.. Some efx just have a specific sound nothing else does.. The modulation sound on those mxrs are interesting. nothing else really sounded like that though dated now that is THAT sound for then.. Almost needs a paint pen in fine line to be able to pen the time rates in round the dial... as they are not listed on mxr you gotta figure them out against one with digital read out to know what the actual time is then mark it. vs just punch in 310 or 380 or 440 700 ect and 7 repeats ... But I do know the modulation sound on the 1500 is richer then the 1000ms its just different perhaps an upgrade there as well the time of 500 more seconds of delay was the big deal then. I spied Ej using both of those. stocked up on the 1000ms units.. those had hold feature soulful terrain is the hold feature and if you had two of them you set one to that hold feature time and its mix was hotter then the other mxr unit which was another delay time but when you turned the hold feature off entirely all you hear would be the other delay as its out of chain.. just an intro or segway or ending feature.. those had bypass and then hold....

[@GNeuman]

Brilliant

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thank you!

[@lucasmendoncaoficial]

muito bom. parabens

[@jik5165]

best dude

[@bluesrocker6l6gc8]

This is a great video - I've never seen this much detail on this aspect of Gilmour's sound! I happened across your video, since I recently posted on my channel two Floyd covers (Brain Damage/Eclipse and Comfortably Numb), on both of which I used a Maestro Echoplex tape delay, and threw in some slide guitar to emulate that early Floyd style echo, including the violin effect. Have you ever known Gilmour to use a tape delay? Thanks for posting!

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thanks! He did use the old Binson for years and although the sound is similar to tape, it's designed based on a steel drum. I've never seen him use tape machines although I'm sure they had some Copycats and Space Echos lying around.

[@fatoldsunprd]

I just do not know what is 700 ms on the knob of my tc Flashback... any suggestion?

[@gilmourishofficial]

Around 1-2 o'clock. Use the reference from my clip (when I'm hitting the strings and you can hear the repeats) and try to match it.

[@michelamar-khodja8591]

Super!

[@AnishKumar-pf5mz]

What are the settings of Flashback 2 Mini to play Another brick in the wall intro?

[@gilmourishofficial]

I don't have the exact knob settings in my head right now but the settings are explained in this video. Use the Tone Print feature to dial in and store the right preset. For Wall it's 440ms, with aprox 7 repeats and high volume.

[@richardschwarz7907]

Can you remake this video showing us how to set the tc flashback delay?

[@emmanuelz8351]

marvellous

[@gilmourishofficial]

Thank you!

[@emmanuelz8351]

@@gilmourishofficial You're welcome. I really love what you do

[@LysanderLH]

How do you set a Boonar to anything in ms. It's one of the shortcomings of that pedal that it's down to guesswork or nearly/too much of the right amount.

[@gilmourishofficial]

I'm addressing this in part 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIu6d6mJeLOYgZo&frags=pl%2Cwn

[@jables3377]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="323">5:23</a> Are you playing straight eighth notes here and the delay is what is making it sound like "1 +a 2 +a 3 +a 4 +a"?