Posted by Peter Baldwin on June 24, 2006 at 08:49:37:
In Reply to: Re: what kind of guitar? posted by Si Martin on May 31, 2006 at 16:38:27:
: He will be using a Martyn 6 string accoustic guitar I suspect, at least that's what it looked like last week at Manchester ! The guitar will be mic'd with a piezo pickup at the soundhole to give an authetic sound. I suspect there is some reverb in the final mix ...
: There are actually 2 guitars playing with the the lead / fill played by by Gilmour. I have seen a twelve string play the strum part before but the last time I saw him play I think there were two 6's. If you want to play this solo try using some chorus and play the fills between beats - sounds really nice. Would recomend a digital recorder for such tunes, you can record the basic strum then sing and play the fill over it - again, most enjoyable !
The guitar he uses was a special edition version of the gibson J200, there where only 100 (from what i remember) made though, its fully acoustic though as has been mentioned theres a soundhole mounted pezio, rather than it being miked up, thouhg he also uses CF Martin D35's and Taylor 714ce's amongst others