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THE BLACK STRAT

 guitars David Gilmour has played, none is more famous than the so-called Black Strat. A mongrel of sorts, the instrument made numerous appearances in concert and on Pink Floyd albums, including the solos for ’s “Money,” ’s “Comfortably Numb” and “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” from . Gilmour sold the guitar at auction for a record sum in explored its storied life and many mods at Gilmour’s Medina Studio near Brighton, where Phil Taylor, Gilmour’s guitar tech, took the magazine through his studio setup.

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