Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour is revered as one of rock’s finest players. When most people think of a player with taste, poise, immense phrasing and silky of tones, few names will crop up as regularly as his.
Comfortably Numb features two epic solos that define many of the traits with which Gilmour is associated: three-fret string bends, whammy-bar vibrato, memorable melodies, expressive pentatonic phrasing and more. It’s incredible how much mileage he gets out of solos that will often only use a couple of scale shapes. Notice how many of his ideas are
