Early 70's David Gilmour

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My favorite era of Floyd is the Atom Heart Mother - Meddle era and I've been playing my guitar and learning some of the solos on these albums, but I just can't achieve Gilmours sound with only a Wah pedal. 
Does anyone have any tips of pedals of other gear I should get to achieve the sound on these albums. The song I'm mainly focusing on is Echoes.

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Scorpius Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 22 2016 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 281	Topic: Early 70's David Gilmour Posted: November 07 2016 at 04:22
	My favorite era of Floyd is the Atom Heart Mother - Meddle era and I've been playing my guitar and learning some of the solos on these albums, but I just can't achieve Gilmours sound with only a Wah pedal. Does anyone have any tips of pedals of other gear I should get to achieve the sound on these albums. The song I'm mainly focusing on is Echoes.

Meltdowner Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 25 2013 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 10215	Posted: November 07 2016 at 04:38
	I use distortion, analogue delay, chorus, vibrato and compressor. The last three mostly on later music though.

Atavachron Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 64352	Posted: November 07 2016 at 04:56
	I'm thinking amp-- Gilmour like Fenders but later he also favored Mesa-Boogie, Seymour Duncan. Pedals are fine but tone starts with the amp. Gilmour knew what he wanted: dense, round, large, brown but blue, and later quite foamy (Meddle, The Wall). You might also look into a vintage fuzz box (MXR Distortion+, RAT, etc.) but there's no substitute for a kick-ass head and speaker (or even a studio amp). G-K used to be good too, and Carvin, but Gilmour had a warmer sound than those brands. Look for a used amp with tubes even.
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Tom Ozric Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15916	Posted: November 07 2016 at 04:56
	I'm curious as to how David achieved those shrill feed-back cries in Echoes ;and live Embryo, Is There Anybody Out There...). I've read somewhere he reversed the input / output flow of the Wah pedal but not sure ??

ALotOfBottle Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: February 17 2016 Location: Lublin, Poland Status: Offline Points: 1990	Posted: November 07 2016 at 09:28
	There is a website called gilmourish.com dealing with everything connected David's gear. The guy who runs it is a Floyd fanatic and he has full guides to every era.
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pitfall Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 22 2012 Location: Essex, England Status: Offline Points: 109	Posted: November 17 2016 at 13:58
	I have a pretty good idea how Gilmour achieved most of the guitar sounds from that era - but the main ingredient is his mind and fingers. He wasn't trying to imitate anyone else, and that is a major factor. People think that just having the right gear makes you sound like so and so - NOT SO! In my opinion, everyone should be attempting so sound as much like themselves as possible.