– 1966-67 all stock with a white ash body, white pickguard and a rosewood 4-bolt neck with a large headstock. This was also used on live shows throughout the spring. (right) David playing a Gibson J-45 acoustic steel string. Behind David is the Hiwatt with a Binson II on top and to his right the WEM Starfinder speaker cabinet. This was bought at Manny’s NY only days prior to the show but was lost during the robbery of the band’s equipment in May. (left) David’s playing his first black Stratocaster, a 1969 model with a rosewood neck. The appearance is a great showcase of their equipment at the time. Pink Floyd recorded a studio performance in San Fransisco, USA on Apfor KQED TV.

Note: Throught the tours of 1970, David is seen experimenting with different fuzz pedals – blue and red NKT275 germanium Fuzz Faces and what looks like a Marshall/Solasound SupaFuzz. Pink Floyd tours extensively throughout the year and into early 1971 releasing Atom Heart Mother in October and performs at many festivals including the Bath festival in June where David also uses the Black Strat for the first time.Įffects recording sessions and live performances It’s also around this time that David starts to collect guitars but perhaps more importantly – during the band’s visit to the States in May, he buys the now legendary Black Strat. From having more or less copied Syd’s tones and technique David explores his blues roots and contributes in shaping Pink Floyd’s signature blues oriented classic progressive rock sound.

It makes Meddle, together with the stormy instrumental opener One Of These Days, a high point in the group's oeuvre, even though the classical material was supplemented with four bland, bluesy songs.Atom Heart Mother marks the end of the Barrett era. The melancholic space rock of Echoes, with unctuous beautiful harmony vocals by Wright and David Gilmour, takes up most of the album. You … could say that from this single note - at least as classic and recognizable as the intro to Smoke On The Water or Stairway To Heaven - not only Echoes blossomed, but that it was also the start of the group sound that would make Pink Floyd a beloved one. A piano note by Richard Wright manipulated into a sonar pulse (or ping) eventually revived the atmosphere. In that mood the band started to experiment with sound. People kept getting to a dead end until, according to engineer John Leckie, boredom struck for good.

With hardly a song or idea to hand, the four members of Pink Floyd hung out at Abbey Road Studios in early 1971 recording Meddle.

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