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“I expected everybody to be like, ‘Who are you to do this?’” Meet the Pink Floyd tribute band celebrating 50 years of Wish You Were Here by writing three new songs for the classic album

Floyd Nation has offered an alternate ending to the record’s “tragic” narrative. Guitarist Brendon McDonnell explains what compelled them to add to an iconic album – and why he isn’t trying to be David Gilmour

Guitar World · Aug 12

From Hendrix’s pyrotechnics to Cory Wong’s hot-buttered funk, for 72 years the Strat has revolutionized how we play guitar. These are the 25 players who wrote – and burnt – the playbook

The Fender Stratocaster would just be a glorified carpentry project without the players who danced across its neck and gave it life. Here we celebrate 25 of the best

Guitar World · Aug 2

“The only way to keep it in time was to take a piece of tape with the sound on it and measure it with a ruler. You would take the exact length of tape and then splice the next exact length of tape to it”: How Pink Floyd made Money

How this unmistakable Dark Side of the Moon classic, which started life in a garden shed, works

MusicRadar · Jul 25

"Roger immediately said, 'What's that?' Some riffs have a little bit of magic to them, and it's obvious." Watch David Gilmour play Pink Floyd classic Wish You Were Here in his home studio, and talk about the song's creation at Abbey Road

"I remember the moment of creating it quite often"

Louder · Jun 24

Syd Barrett 80th birthday celebrations include tribute concert in Cambridge and tribute album featuring Pink Floyd, David Gilmour and more...

A special tribute concert at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, where Syd Barrett played his last ever live show, will take place in October

Louder · Jun 17

“Clapton in Crossroads, Gilmour in Comfortably Numb and Peter Green in Black Magic Woman… all have their own take on how they approach rhythms in the phrasing”: The secret to great guitar solos isn’t technique – it’s rhythm

All the greats put themselves into their phrasing, and that identity was not only note choice but rhythm. Here are four ways you can add rhythmic interest to great effect

Guitar World · Jun 9

“Just the quirky 7/8 time reminds me of Roger. It’s not a song I would have written. It points itself at Roger”: The classic track from The Dark Side Of The Moon that gave Pink Floyd their first US hit

“We created a 4/4 progression for the guitar solo and made the poor saxophone player play in 7/4”

MusicRadar · May 18

"The whole truck just disappeared, all our gear, gone!" How a $40,000 robbery in New Orleans in 1970 forced Pink Floyd's David Gilmour to purchase what has become the highest-priced guitar in history

"The police hadn't helped us much, but the FBI got to work"

Louder · May 13

The simple trick that adds sparkle to your songs: Nashville Tuning explained

David Gilmour, Keith Richards & Taylor Swift all do this…

Guitar World · May 7

“I like classical, gospel, Bruno Mars, the Killers and the Weeknd. And I always go back to David Gilmour! If it doesn’t suck, I probably listen to it”: Why P-Funk legend Michael Hampton is keeping an open mind in search of his solo sound

The P-Funk veteran takes us inside his latest life stage, a much more mellow place than the frenzied funk days of his past

Guitar World · May 6