Fender Stratocaster: David Gilmour Black Strat Project
Tribute Project: David Gilmour’s Black Strat. I built this project in the early 90’s – long before info about the original guitar was readily available. Here’s what I did: I started with a Squire body and began collecting parts over the next several years. When I first put it together, I copied his set-up during the mid to late 70’s: rosewood neck and black bridge pick-up cover. Now it’s more like his current set-up. I added the extra “Bridge On” switch for a total of 7 pick-up combinations …
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Tags: David, ellis, fender, gilmour, Guitar, strat, Stratocaster, wray
Is that an Epiphone …
Is that an Epiphone Valve Jr. in the back?
It looks great! …
It looks great! Nice job!
Don’t worry. It’s …
Don’t worry. It’s only a Behringer pedal.
Be careful! Don’t …
Be careful! Don’t you let your dog eat up your great Strat!
lol i see the …
lol i see the fender stool you bought in the background
If you shield the …
If you shield the cavety properly, it should be extremely quiet. Remember, you hear noise at all volumes. If this Strat was noisy, you’d hear it. I completely shielded the insides with copper tape. It’s not magic but it works like it.
Have you played it …
Have you played it loud with the distortion? I’m starting to make a dg setup, and I kinda want the fs-1 (the wall tone), but its not a stacked single so I dont know how much noise there would be in the sound. So im kinda stuck between this and the duncan ssl-5 like he uses now.
That’s Jasper.
That’s Jasper.
I love the dog …
I love the dog Gnashing on the bone in the background!!
isn’t it missing …
isn’t it missing the whammy bar?
David’s “Black …
David’s “Black Beauty” … and does DAVID ever play it BEAUTIFULLY!
Nice work! I also …
Nice work! I also have replicated the black strat. Mine is a 1993 USA black fender strat, and I added a black pickguard and (white of course) SCN noiseless pickups. All I have left is the switch to keep the neck pickup on.
Awesome.
Awesome.
this will be the …
this will be the next guitar Ill build
Terrific! I had a …
Terrific! I had a 40th anniversary black strat with aged golden maple neck a year ago, but in a moment of weakness I sold it to buy my Martin-D28. I had ordered a black pickguard for it too! I was planning on the pickup switch, shortened tremolo, remove the tremolo plate, and I was going to sand and distress all the areas on the body and neck in accordance to The Black Strat by Phil Taylor as well! Ugh.
At least I still have a Les Paul, but still. I like to think about what could have been.
Sorry to chime in …
Sorry to chime in but yeah, they use aluminum on the back of most pickguards I think a nice thick copper is better however, and you can shield the inside cavities as well. Nice Strat BTW, I can’ t decide if I want to paint mine black or white???
Sorry for your …
Sorry for your comment….
But if you listen to the original “Shine on you crazy diamond”
on the “Wish you were here” album is played on the Black Strat:-))
Hi! Beautiful …
Hi! Beautiful guitar!
My guitar looks the same, but it’s left handed. I changed pickups and now it has Fender Noiseless Pickups on. For extra shielding do you know if I can use aluminium instead copper?
Thank you very much
Bob
really nice man.
really nice man.
Lol at the dog in …
Lol at the dog in the background
Nice guitar btw
jeje, I bought EMG …
jeje, I bought EMG active pick ups, they are a must! He used them at delicate sound of thunder. But, don´t be nervous my friends, I don´t think he worries too much about it. it´s on his fingers! try that and you`ll get great sounds!
i jus got that sort …
i jus got that sort of swich in my strat
awsome job on that …
awsome job on that strat
haha! I am sorry …
haha! I am sorry gonna have to use that one myself
Seriously? Oh sorry …
Seriously? Oh sorry, I’m probably confused because of PULSE and the Royal Albert Hall dvd. So yeah, you’re right. Sorry!