The Stories Behind David Gilmour's $21.5 Million Guitar Collection | History and Photos of All 126

[@Trog]

This took forever to do - but I hope you find it enjoyable. You can speed up my talking if you don't need as long to view the photos by selecting 1.5x-2x speed on the KZbin Player - or if there is a particular guitar you're interested in - here are the time stamps! (*, **, *** signify the coolest guitars/stories) The background audio is very quiet so you can listed to your favorite Pink Floyd tracks in a separate tab. tidd.ly/4aFiyhC troglysguitarshow.com/2019/06/23/david-gilmours-complete-collection-history-of-each-guitar-2019-christies-auction-results/

[@BongEyedBastard]

Fantastic video. Hope you don't mind but I'm gonna share the hell out of this.

[@scorpio7d]

Thanks for putting the time into this. So much history here.

[@DDE_ADDICT]

nice Austin your masterpiece is complete i enjoyed every second and will show my brother he live where there isn't much internet. thank you so much for doing this.

[@thedanksavatron7782]

Great work! What's the 1 guitar you'd love to own from the collection???

[@ofershragay]

You spent so my time on that so I had to watch it all, great job.

[@Andrew_Whiteford]

Dave Gilmour, for the entire 1970's and 1980's : "... I think I'll buy another Strat this week."

[@mrwootenplays7227]

I wish i had that kind of money

[@natureandphysics403]

@@mrwootenplays7227 To quote Pete Townshend: "the bank owns it." Line of credit.

[@mouloudo]

Well most if his strats were sent by the custom shop without him even asking

[@ryanturner9509]

Dave's tech, "bugger I'm skint again, best sell Dave another guitar 🤔"

[@marcodaoho4441]

December 79 "I think I'll buy that wall of guitars now where's all our roadies? "

[@moonlitknight5393]

I don’t normally comment on youtube, but thanks for this. It’s above and beyond the call of duty

[@fongy200]

Agreed, it's a good video the lad is to be thanked.

[@carltaylor4942]

Aside from the guitars just consider what David Gilmour has done. He has spent his entire life entertaining us all with his mastery of the guitar and now he has sold the tools of his trade to make a better world for his children and their children. A truly noble gesture in a world which is becoming more selfish by the day.

[@strangevisions5162]

he's a socialist

[@patrickfoster4586]

It's a shame as he seems a very kind person but unfortunately is indeed a Marxist and atheist. Which means he believes in the Jewish Bolshevic derived politic which is responsible for tens of millions of Russian and Ukrainian Christian deaths not to mention the millions of others who have died under Marxism in China, Southeast Asia and South America. How he, or anyone else, gets past that is incomprehensible to me.

[@mknewlan67]

It was indeed a noble gesture, I just wish I could of helped his gesture by purchasing a couple of these, I’d of had to sell my house so I’ll drool from afar.

[@TruthSurge]

damn, lots of rich people who probably don't play at all paying crazy prices to get something Gilmore owned. Just crazy when you think that some of those is the average person's yearly salary X 20.

[@multipipi1234]

Going to his homeless charity...then great 👍

[@musicman243]

A lot of these guitars are so old they're becoming museum pieces so it's hard to say what deserves to keep getting played and what deserves to be kept for historic reasons but I dont like the fact that a bunch of football team owners pretty much bought some guitars because they were bored on a Saturday

[@fredherrmann3241]

U grow up whiner.

[@maplebones]

I think they're all doing it. I've heard that Keith Richards has a warehouse full most of which he's never played.

[@Mephilis78]

It's too bad those aren't going to musicians. Imagine someone like Gilmore going around and donating his old guitars to students guitarists.

[@jubei7259]

Dave's got one of the best tones of any guitar player ever. There are very few players whose riffs make the hairs on the back of your neck prickle like some of his can & his riff on Comfortably Numb is still for me the best of all time. When I first wanted to learn how to play, that was the one, along with some of his other's, plus Jimmy Page & maybe Slash's that I most wanted to master. The guy truly merits his legendary status imho. Thanks for putting this together Austin man

[@scottmantooth8785]

if you want to hear an absolutely stunning cover of comfortably numb check out Jamie Dupuis who plays it on a harp guitar: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4O2naqeobmDi6c as well as many, many other covers that are completely transformed by his brilliant and talented transcription ...set aside a few hours to pick through these...you'll need them

[@Daneh97]

You are the, man, Trogly. Who else would go to the trouble of making this, purely out of their love of guitars and information? No one! Keep it up!

[@StrumVogel]

You, sir. Are a gentleman and a scholar.

[@jonniegibbins]

Can I just say thanks for the work you've put in to this? It's by far the most comprehensive guide to the collection and I enjoyed watching it.

[@marinmodric2546]

My hat goes off to you for this incredible video, your effort is really inspiring! Not surprising how good your channel is when you put in that many hours. Keep up the incredible work!

[@valleywoodstudio7345]

From 1990-94 I played in The Pretty Things with Phil May and Dick Taylor. Phil was loaned the white Steinberger so we could have it as a backup on tour. It sounded great BUT I found it hard not to play a B Barr chord when I thought I was on an A. No headstock was disorientating!It’s worth pointing out that it was used live with Kate Bush for a performance of Running Up That Hill for A Secret Policeman’s Ball show. I was told it was also used for Sorrow on MLOR album.

[@vivlund]

You know it’s a real shame this amazing collection couldn’t be kept together as a set in a museum because it’s not only the story of David Gilmore’s life, it’s the story of the guitar itself. But I hope these guitars will find new lives and new owners who will love them- and who will play them.

[@henrikpetersson3463]

The real shame is that most of these probably won't be played much. A museum would be a shame too. His music tells the story just fine! :)

[@andrewfrench9554]

Your videos are the very few that I’d watch that are over an hour. Much love.

[@elijaht.wreckingball5532]

I watched this entire video the other day at home. Just wanted to thank you for taking the time to put this together and post it.

[@JohnnyReading]

This is an incredibly heroic post! Your passion for guitars is unparalleled, my man....

[@ClemensWennersMusic]

I will wake up screaming 'for studio use' tonight 😂 All jokes aside, very nice job! Thanks!

[@Iheartdgd]

Thanks man, this obviously took a lot of work. Some of these deals are just totally bizarre .. I think it’s safe to say there were a whole lot of generous people there that day.

[@matthewscheiper6973]

Thank you so much for taking the time to create this video! Truly appreciate the effort!!

[@sassycat]

Thank you for this, I can tell that this was a real labor of love for you to make.

[@jjdillon2007]

Wow Austin! This must've been a lot of work to research, compile, and produce this video. Kudos! 👍

[@Scottocaster6668]

Dave must have finally received royalty checks in '78, the guitar buying year!! Hell of a collection, wow.

[@drvijil]

Well done. The descriptions are well delivered and efficiently covered the historical significance of the guitars. So many amazing guitars, it’s a bit overwhelming. The prices fetched for some were astronomical.

[@deplorablewhitemale1087]

My dad met david once at a walmart in woodstock GA when he asked what he was doing here his bodyguard said charity golf and thanked him for not flipping out he then pushed his 2 buggys full of alcoholic beverages to the checkout this story never gets old

[@johnlemon8689]

The coolest guy my dad met at wallmart is my drunk uncle

[@deplorablewhitemale1087]

@@johnlemon8689 😁🤣

[@kempenglish]

Thank you for taking the time to put all this information together and post in 1 very detailed video. You are THE BEST. I've really been learning so much from your videos - which have helped me make some recent buying decisions. When will Gibson learn that guitars ARE NOT automobiles? Don't make so many variations in models from year to year with no real regard to the badges. We don't want the latest and greatest technology as a substitute for what they got right long ago. It's really a challenge to even know what you are buying anymore. A Les Paul Standard should be a Les Paul Standard. You've really helped make some sense out of all the changes over time. Thanks for all that you do!

[@hkguitar1984]

You make a really good point. Gibson should maybe stick to recreating their classic instruments. I agree, it's difficult to know what you're looking at when it's a modern Gibson, too many different models, options and flavors. Keep it simple Gibson, long neck tenon, True ABR-1 Bridge and good woods, then get the quality control up to snuff.

[@cowtowncustoms2110]

Great video! Thanks for this and all you do to get out great info to all of us!

[@timlilly]

Well done, this is "The" definitive guide to the collection. Respect to the effort you put into this.

[@chrislynch9364]

Is this David announcing his retirement ? If so I’m gutted. I 1st saw David and Pink Floyd in London 1973 Dark side of the Moon tour and it was one of the most profound experiences of my life.

[@arn999]

Nah, not retiring, simply selling most of his collection for charity. He still has plenty.

[@maplebones]

That may say more about your life than the concert

[@chrislynch9364]

@@maplebones sure beats trolling KZbin for a living

[@Gilmourfan11]

Back in the mid 2000’s Phil Taylor authored a book chronicling the the mods done to Gilmour’s iconic black Strat. It was appropriately titled, The Black Strat. I believe it was released about the time Fender released its Gilmour signature model. I don’t know if it represents an exhaustive history but, it’s a very detailed one at the least. Besides a literary telling, it’s also full of photos showing the guitar through the ages as well as images of receipts and invoices. According to Taylor, Gilmour thought the book was “a daft idea” but, gave him his blessing to proceed with the project. I’m glad he did. I found it fascinating. Highly recommended for Gilmour fans. I believe however, it’s now out of print and finding an affordable copy might take some patience. The prices I found on Amazon are outrageously high

[@flashbak01]

Nice job! It's great to hear each guitar's history. Thanks for doing this! :)

[@ammoalamo6485]

If your eyes are not crossed by the end of this you are not looking. But good job on Trogly for putting this together. It's a remarkable labor of love.

[@PonziZombieKiller]

Blows one's mind man ...

[@SpaceCattttt]

David bought a new guitar every time he needed new strings...

[@SpaceCattttt]

@@chrishepburn1503 Oh yeah? Where'd you put them all? On your private moon?

[@mattpassos5689]

@@SpaceCattttt if he could afford 21 million in guitars I’m sure he can get a damn display room in this hypothetical scenario you decided to take literally

[@ferox965]

If I could I would haha

[@RebSike]

8:06 That Gretsch Synchromatic is gorgeous, those "horn" shaped sound holes look awesome. such an aggressive yet still stylish look for 1940.

[@hoovestol3610]

Watched the whole thing. You did a great job!

[@michaelcambareri101]

“Mott and the Hoople?” I swear you threw that in to see how far people got in the video… Jokes aside, thanks for this thorough, extremely informative video. A genuine contribution to making musical history accessible to people who don’t have dozens of hours to cruise a clunky website. Thank you for researching and recording this.

[@jameshalbert181]

Did any else one notice the "I" added to the title Wish You Were Here ? I'm thinking he might be a lukewarm Floyd freak.

[@jameshalbert181]

JK by the way I love this vid and your channel

[@hawnyfox3411]

^^^ I thought (as an Englishman) that "Jag-Wiiiiiirrrrrrrrre" was the best bit in the video Trogly says it like "Jag-pause-Uh-Wiiiiiirrrrre" with the smphasis on the prolonged syllable "Wiiiiiiiirrrrre" Whereas, in England, we say it (correctly) as "Jag-You-Are" but really fast, so it's like "Jag-U-Ar" Never understood as to 'Why' the Americans can NEVER pronounce Jaguar properly (but it makes me laugh !

Man this is amazing! I also wanted to save the images but it was a lot of clicking and saving. Can you create a google drive folder with the high resolution images ? Many many people i think would be very thankful!

[@danhundley]

Trogly, thank you for all the work you put into this. This will likely be the definitive guide, to Gilmour's guitars, for years to come.

[@wadeguidry6675]

This is a great collection and I'm sure the money gathered by their sales for charity is a blessing but it makes me sad to realize that Mr. Gilmour has donated these instruments because he realizes his time is rapidly becoming limited.

[@stevemccart9109]

One of the reasons I sold all of my stuff. With no relatives to leave it to I didn't want strangers picking over all of my beloved music stuff

[@wadeguidry6675]

@Kaptain Kid :now you have me intrigued, can I get any clues?

[@kirarittberg5088]

Steve Mccart I need to sell my guitar collection as well. I am afraid my wife will sell them for what she thinks I paid for them!

[@INFIDEL82AA]

But he sold the Black Strat! He could have given that to his son. He should have. But, that was almost $4 million that charity wouldn't have gotten.

[@SgtSteel1]

He has a 2020/2021 tour planned. He's doing ok. I have no idea what guitars he will be playing though!

[@Marceloriighiii]

Wow, one hour video, amazing job, thanks !!

[@squishy312]

Excellent. This video will go viral. I bet the views will eventually outmatch the price of the Black Strat.

[@alanmooney3120]

This is a GREAT video! And thank you for taking the time putting the realized auction prices with pictures of the guitars on your website. Bravo :)

[@mauriciopena3304]

Outstanding work, man. Very interesting. Thank you!

[@bryanmeek9550]

This is one of the best guitar videos on KZbin. Thank you for the time and effort you put into this.

[@ericwarrington6650]

This is truly an incredible piece of research and history...what a BOATLOAD of WORK. I hope everyone appreciates what you've done as this deserves special recognition my Friend...love you his channel and how you carry it homez...great work

[@ericwarrington6650]

Love this channel that should have read.. 😂

[@OneLastHitB4IGo]

Well done, Sir. I'm a 66 year resident of Kalamazoo, MI. where most of his Gibson's were made. Grew up about 3 miles from the factory. My brother-in-law turned me on to Pink Floyd way back in 1969.

[@kristopherdetar4346]

This video is done well enough to be put on The History Channel or PBS. Just my 2 cents.....

[@timothycollinsguitar9450]

Man this is fantastic!! Thank you so much for making and sharing. DG is so interesting and creative.

[@riffsnreviews]

Nice work, congrats, best video concerning this subject on the internet.

[@jonnybeck6723]

I watched it all, start to finish, and I really do appreciate all the work you put into this most amazing bit of nerdesque histrionics... Thanx very much and cheers

[@EarlofBaltimore]

According to the recent documentary on Terry Kath of Chicago, he also owned one of the Strats with the serial number 0001. Looked very similar to David's.

[@Moreofnothing99]

Thanks so much for taking the time to make and share this video. Amazing work and details, thx again !!!!!!!! AAAAAA++++++

[@DarwinStearns]

Great video! Thanks for putting in all this work. I had to LOL when you said "Mott And The Hoople" though...

[@thekitowl]

Darwin Stearns I thought that’s what he said .

[@Dutchy5150]

Only just found this. Wow... That was outstanding. Thank you so much for putting all that effort into it and sharing it with everybody. It was awesome.

[@michaelmartinez459]

I'm really impressed and thankful for all the time and hard work you put in to this video. Your channel is one of the best guitar channels on youtube.

[@bipbipletucha]

If not THE best

[@Five0Music]

As a decades long DG fan, I appreciate your work on this. It’s a video worthy of the subject matter.

[@jw_au]

Wow, massive thank you for doing that, amazing work!

[@31186dan]

Thanks for taking the time to put this together. Very interesting!

[@danpeabody5687]

Thanks for your efforts. Nicely done i enjoyed it.

[@daviddenison3442]

Trogly’s guitars. One of your finest videos to date. Awesome job. David Gilmore is one of my favorite guitar players of all time. Who inspired me to pick up a guitar in the first place. Early one was chuck Berry. I’ve always had a passion for the Fender guitar Stratocaster. Love Gibson Less Paul’s, and there acoustics. Always loved the Pink Floyd Band. Except for Roger Water’s. Was a total drag. Thanks for your video’s Trogly. Never miss one of your videos. Peace out.

[@LMurphyMusic]

Great job man. This is why you’re the best guitar KZbinr.

[@bipbipletucha]

Amen

[@DE5RUCTO]

Wow! I've never heard of Ovation guitars until today and I was amazed to learn that their factory is only 15 minutes from my house! Crazy to think they have made products for a legend like David Gilmour. Learn something new everyday I guess.

[@TheZooropaBaby]

David is def a man of the culture who appreciated guitarorgan

[@ykdickybill]

Thanks for taking the time. Awseome !!

[@TheCrystalyne]

Thanks for the effort, must have been grueling to make!!

[@dayontapout]

Dude great job! This was a very interesting video. Thanks for taking the time to throw it together!

[@grauer_kater_fin]

you're the man trogly. very good work, thank you

[@gdrugg2006]

This is awesome! Your dedication to the documentation of guitars is appreciated by guitar dorks everywhere.

[@thetreblerebel]

I own a Gretsch Jet guitar. And it is a fun player. It has strat sparkle with les paul humbucker style gear. Or something like that. I love it

[@bipbipletucha]

Great way to put it. Just out of curiosity, does your jet have Filter'tron humbuckers or single coils?

[@Airel17]

Thank you for your time and effort to document this. It speaks to your love for the guitar ! 🎸

[@triplesevensix291]

What is the most famous geet you own or have owned Austin? The Steve Howe? Which is great by the way. Never been a Yes fan bit that is a prime piece of wood right there lad. Cheers man.

[@russell_szabados]

Wow, thank you for going to all the trouble to prepare this video. It really made it much more fun to get through the whole collection!

[@bigfootingermany]

Absolutely great work on this video. So darn near $4mil for the Black Strat... is that the highest ever paid for a Strat at auction? You know Christies is smiling their @$$e$ off this morning ... Bob in Germany

[@BootsORiley]

Kurt Cobain's 1959 Martin D-18E brought in over 6 million dollars

[@connerdiamond5317]

One of the best guitar history videos I’ve ever seen! Absolutely loved it! I actually paused and hit rewind at least 5-10 times just checking out the pictures and the model/year. One of the best if not the best video you’ve done yet Trogly!

[@raphaelmartinez736]

I watched it all, thanks a lot!!

[@floydloonie4880]

Great job of documenting the most famous collection of guitars at the current time. David Gilmoure will be remembered for centuries to come right up there with Bach, Beetoven and the like!!

[@highseasmarinediaz493]

Excellent work man!

[@jim_e_g]

Thanks for putting all the time and effort in on this video. You did an awesome job, extremely enjoyable!!

[@marksguitars5617]

great job, you must be exhausted!

[@bluelouie2704]

Stellar video. You obviously spend an enormous amount of time on it. Thank you for posting this.

[@PierceThirlen2]

If there is ever an argument that a person can have too many guitars this may be a good example.

[@PierceThirlen2]

@@GoIdenApple To also be fair, Gilmour would have done just as well with a half a dozen guitars.

[@tomseadon9965]

This was a really great video! All the hard work made it quite entertaining. Must’ve been relieved when it was finished!

[@jmtn67]

WOW that was a freakin’ epic video Totally fascinating I’ve guess I’ve even seen a few of them played live 👍

[@MonsterDog5150]

This is without a doubt the best video you’ve ever made! I really enjoyed watching this! Well done sir.

[@HarrisonGMN]

Great video!

[@doggy7210]

Truly an awesome video. I can tell you did a ton of work. I watched it from begining to end.

[@avgmaster1]

Thanks A lot for making this truly Awesome video!! Keep Rockin !!

[@chaz2120]

He had a boatload of Strats, that’s for sure. I watched the whole video. Good job. Now I’m going to go to my iTunes to listen to “Goodbye Blue Sky” to listen to the nylon strings, and to “Run Like Hell” to hear the Bass lines.

[@alexwilkie1642]

Great job Austin 🎸😀

[@gabebarber5813]

Thanks for putting the time and effort into making this video! It was really interesting to watch and hats off to you, you did a great job!

[@a64tbird]

A wonderful video by a wonderful guy thank you

[@TheChanceklippstein]

Thanks for making this video Austin. I had to put it at 1.5x speed but still great video bro!

[@TruthSurge]

12:05 otherwise known as "theft".

[@roinerov9348]

The story does not tell...but maybe Mr Green was informed and choosed to accept the other guitar.

[@BootsORiley]

@@roinerov9348 that's quite the naive thought!

[@ipuya]

Rolling stone Magazine- "Are you selling the 1955 Fender Esquire, on the cover of About Face, that you’ve dubbed “The Workmate”? David Gilmour - "The Workmate isn’t going. I’m afraid I couldn’t do it."

[@seanclodfelter4242]

But he got rid of the Black Strat. How? Why? I'm just sitting here with my mouth hanging open.

[@steveosborne6005]

I hope the guy who did the valuations got fired. He got them all slightly wrong

[@iamjackalope]

Yea one of the guitars at the beginning sold for over a million dollars but was valued at about a hundred thousand.

[@weehudyy]

I imagine most of them would have been based on actual market values , the star power is always the unknown part

[@thinkerthe.6034]

Right????

[@zuke-ci4vd]

@@weehudyy You are absolutely right! The same thing happened with the Eric Clapton Guitar auction in 1999.

[@DAAN_MUSIC]

@@iamjackalope The second one sold for 1million+ and was estimated 10k-20k. 🤦‍♂️

[@TheAlanSaunders]

Unfortunately I missed your rapid rundown of the 126 guitars at the time of the sale. David Gilmour had a serious case of 'GAS' even if many guitars were donated to him. Kudos to him for auctioning them for charity and achieving such a stunning sum. Some of the value of these instruments is due to the excellent work of his technician, Phil Taylor, but just because they were touched, played or owned by David Gilmour does not imbue them with superior ability. I could have justified the expense of up to $5K against some estimates of $2K (if they had minimal wear) but they sold for tens of thousands. Unfortunately, these instruments will be locked away as an investment and never played again.

[@triplesevensix291]

Holy f$%K Batman!! I was just about to get my head down as its 5:36 in the am here in the UK but this I have to watch. Nice one Austin lad. Yes!! Lol. ;) Might have to watch this either a few times or slowed down to soak it all up.

[@jubei7259]

I spent the whole episode drooling lol. I tried sneaking out of bed after I got the notification on my phone but my missus caught me & gave me 'the look' so I had to get back in bed & wit till now to watch it. I've spent the morning playing Floyd riffs on my old '69 Strat since. Dave's one of the main reasons I learned to play in the first place

[@triplesevensix291]

This is super guitar porn!! Lol.@@jubei7259

[@Arnd2it]

Wheeew, that was long and well worth watching. Thank you for your time and effort!

[@EdDanaGuitar]

Loved it!

[@azzuro195]

Really appreciate the effort. Lots of interesting info inside. Keep up the good work.

[@scottyd2262]

Well done !

[@daveharris2001]

Thank you - that was what I've been waiting for since the auction! Excellent work!