Lap Steel Guitar Tuning David Gilmour

Using the guitar tuner tune the sixth string to the note g.

Lap steel guitar tuning david gilmour.

I ll try convert the file so it can be shared. He used some sort of open g tuning and didn t use the pedals for some reason. With what looks to be a p90 pickup. And if you tune the bottom a down to g and the e to d you get a five string open g chord but you ve got a three string e.

In the early days he followed the tradition of syd using different slide techniques to create effects and soundscapes. Fender 1000 pedal steel. Gilmour used a fender 1000 double neck pedal steel guitar on dark side of the moon not a lap steel. David gilmour s slide guitars has always been an important part of the pink floyd sound.

Designed to fit in your guitar case slide rules includes over 70 of the. Interview david gilmour as a lap and pedal steel player are you. It gives a minor triad on top a major triad in the middle a big four note power chord on the bottom and leads feel pretty familiar to a guitarist. By the mid 70s david mainly used lap steels and with them he created some of his most memorable solos.

It has a film interview with david gilmour talking about playing lap steel using a low to high dgdgbe tuning on most of his guitars including a natural finish eh. Andy volk has written an excellent guide to steel guitar tunings. Played by modern guitar legends like jeff buckley john fogerty jerry garcia david gilmour kaki king barbara mandrell and more it has a distinctive twang no matter if you play it acoustic lap steel guitar or electric lap steel guitar and regardless of tuning. Great british guitar heroes.

Gilmour s g6 is indeed pretty versatile for rock work and is a great tuning for someone coming from underarm guitar as it shares some common intervals. Imho you are cheating yourself if you get a lap steel when for a bit more you can get a pedal steel. There are different tunings for the lap steel guitar but three of the most popular are the high g high a and the c6 tuning. All three are relatively easy to achieve and can be applied quickly to your instrument.

Keith cordell member. Posted 17 october 2005 03 21 am profile send email edit. Remove two or four strings and you have your lap steel string gauges.