The thorny subject of the greatest guitar solo of all time has long been a fiercely contested debate, probably because every solo is different. How do you compare, say, “Comfortably Numb” with “Crazy ...

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As David Gilmour talked about his new solo album “Luck and Strange” recently, the Pink Floyd singer-guitarist described the work as his best since he and his Pink Floyd bandmates recorded “Dark Side ...

If you had to guess what David Gilmour’s favorite Pink Floyd solo would be, we wouldn’t fault you for suggesting titles like “Comfortably Numb,” “Another Brick in the Wall, pt. 2,” or “Money.” These ...

The 1970s were the decade of guitar solos. Building on the precedent, the musicians of the decade didn’t just use guitar solos as a colorful fill; they made them into an isolated movement of music ...

Have you ever written an awesome guitar part that, for one reason or another, disappeared into the ether? Well, in David Gilmour's case, it was one of his solos on Dogs, from 1977's Animals. Of course ...

For Luck and Strange, his fifth solo album, Pink Floyd legend David Gilmour leaned on both the familiar and the new, gear-wise. For instance, though he's known primarily as a Fender man – his Black ...