Fender Stratocaster David Gilmour Signature NOS (2017)

We are delighted to be able to offer you another replica of what is probably the most legendary Strat in the more affordable NOS version. The original, David Gilmour's '69 Black Strat, achieved an auction value of almost $4,000,000 in 2019, the highest price ever achieved for a guitar. This Stratocaster accompanied Gilmour for more than 45 years and was used by him on seminal albums such as “Atom Heart Mother”, “Meddle”, “Obscured by Clouds”, “Dark Side of the Moon”, “Wish You Were Here”, “Animals” and “The Wall”. It was in 1970 that David Gilmour bought the Black Strat from Manny's in New York, a standard model with a characteristic maple neck and a large headstock. Over the years David made numerous modifications. For example, he switched to the legendary black pickguard and installed a mini toggle switch to be able to switch the neck pickup to the middle or bridge pickup, which according to his long-time guitar technician Phil Taylor gave him a certain Jazzmaster sound. He also installed a '57 maple neck and a Seymour Duncan SSL-5 specially wound for him on the bridge. Modeled on the original this NOS replica from 2017 plays super slinky with the characteristic, slightly thinner Gilmour neck profile (1983 Thin-Shouldered C), 7.25'' fingerboard radius and Vintage-Style frets, making it effortless to whizz across the medium-brown maple fingerboard. Typical Gilmour sound of course! The “Fat 50s” on the neck and the custom-wound '69 singlecoil in the middle have a wonderfully bell-like, pearly sound and the fantastic SSL-5 will not only enchant fans of Pink Floyd. “Comfortably Numb”, ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’ or ‘Atom Heart Mother’ just flow out of your fingers. So it is with great enthusiasm that we can offer you this iconic guitar with an unmistakable look in top condition with only minimal traces of picks and with all the case candies such as cables, strings, CD, DVD and, above all, Phil Taylor's “The Black Strat” book.

• Including original case, certificate, “The Black Strat” by Phil Taylor, cables, CD, DVD, strings
• Weight: 3680 grams