Want To Nail Gilmour's Tone? Before Effects Pedals & Amps, Understand His **Phrasing**

If you really want to nail the legendary guitar tones of David Gilmour, or any of your six-string heroes, first you need to understand their phrasing

Life too short for long YouTube videos? Please see the ‘Interesting bits and go-to sections’ information below.

Welcome! Dan here. This started as a vlog idea. Sat here in YouTube Gearvideoland, we are constantly bombarded with questions about the equipment our favourite players used to get certain tones. And we find ourselves constantly replying that focussing only on the gear is never going to get you there.
The next old chestnut to come out is that 'tone is all in the hands'. We LOVE this one – hold those hands up next to your ears. Can you hear that tone? No, of course you can't because the gear clearly plays a part too. It all matters.
The thing that links a player's hands with the gear is their approach and technique. And more than anything else, what marks a specific player out is their phrasing. That's why it's often said that you can plug David Gilmour into anything… and he'll sound like David Gilmour. In fact it was probably him who said it in the first place!
We think it's worth some time. Looking closely at a player's phrasing will get you closer to their sound than any boutique pedal. Not only that, but it's absolutely free to take and there's no three-year wait list!
Let's do this…

Gear in this episode
Dan
• 1965 Fender Telecaster

• Hook Amps Little Lenny II
https://hookamps.com/lenny/

• Matchless HC30
https://www.matchlessamplifiers.com/amplifiers-and-cabinets/c-30

• Grossman SG-FatBox Iso Cab with Greenback 20 Watt Celestion Speaker
https://grossmann-audio.de/en/shop-2/

• Kingsley Peasant Preamp
http://kingsleyamplifiers.com/products/pedals/72/

• Kingsley Page Boost
http://kingsleyamplifiers.com/products/pedals/7/

• Empress Compressor MkII
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/3atbpUn
Australia: http://bit.ly/2OS1TCd

• Yamaha L1-01 Limiter
No longer made

• TheGigRig G3
https://www.thegigrig.com/g3

• UAD Apollo Twin Duo MkII
UK & Europe: http://bit.ly/3s7U0GK
USA: https://imp.i114863.net/yRgbyB

• UAD Pure Plate Reverb
https://www.uaudio.com/uad-plugins/reverbs/pure-plate-reverb.html

• UAD EP-34 Delay Plug-In
https://www.uaudio.com/uad-plugins/delay-modulation/ep-34.html

• UAD Neve 1073 Preamp & EQ Plugin
https://www.uaudio.com/uad-plugins/channel-strips/neve-1073-collection.html


Mick
• 2017 Gibson Memphis 1958 ES-335
No longer made

• Kingsley Maiden D
http://kingsleyamplifiers.com/products/pedals/65/

• Kingsley Page DS
http://kingsleyamplifiers.com/products/pedals/63/

• Chase Bliss Audio CXM1978
UK & Europe: https://bit.ly/31U6LKu
Australia: https://bit.ly/37R8McD

• Two-Rock Classic Reverb Signature and Two-Rock 112 / WGS12L speaker
https://www.two-rock.com/classic-reverb/

• Hughes & Kettner Puretone and Zilla Custom 112 / WGS12L speaker
No longer made

Interesting bits and go-to sections
- Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 solo cover first section: 00:00
- What are we doing today?: 00:40
- Emulating your inspiration: 01:15
- The problem with chasing a ‘sound’: 01:50
- How important is the gear?: 02:10
- The importance of phrasing: 03:02
- Rockloe - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkxf3y2_39JQuu2Zupxo8ZA : 03:35
- TheSwiety - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_LO3vVm09IQssceS6IptfQ : 03:40
- Gleyfy Brauly - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT4qYa8O1CZNSf3V6y4KXmg : 03:46
- Same solo on the drums?: 04:20
- Different solo, same phrasing: 05:07
- Mick here, hello!: 06:05
- Unpicking the opening phrase: 06:45
- Rake and bends: 07:15
- 1 Learn The Rhythm: 07:45
- 2 Change Position: 08:10
- 3 Change Direction Of Travel: 08:45
- The MASSIVE Major 3rd Bend: 09:50
- Using this concept with other instruments: 11:40
- Gilmourish.com: 12:30
- How Dan Gets The Tone: 12:45
- It's not the right guitar…: 13:50
- …or amp, Hook Little Lenny II: 14:13
- The Speaker Cab – Grossman SG FatBox Iso Cab: 14:34
- UA Apollo Twin interface: 14:50
- Working with the direct tone EQ: 15:00
- The Pedalboard: 15:35
- Kingsley Peasant: 15:50
- Empress Compressor MkII: 16:05
- Adding a limiter after the compressor: 17:05
- Turning off the reverb in the amp: 17:30
- Cone Cry?: 18:05
- Direct tone in the mix, adding plugins: 18:25
- UAD Pure Plate and Neve 1073 Preamp plugins: 19:15
- Closing thoughts: 20:15
- Jamming with Gleyfy: 21:15

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