So, I did a thing I never did before ....
It's a comparison of few commercial presets (by Moke, Francesco Carpentieri, Roby Rocks, Sauro On Guitar and me) for Pink Floyd songs. It's a quick video, not a "scientific" one, as I just wanted to illustrate a few points - the volume levels from preset to preset are not the same, my "Comfortably numb" solo is too loud compared to others etc. etc., but I didn't want to spend too much time on this. I'm also aware that none of the presets (not even mine) were updated to the firmware used, 21.02, which I just installed, but honestly, that shouldn't matter here.
You'll notice that I didn't use the Hiwatt amp model, specially for the lead tones (I have used it on some clean presets, not displayed here). Why is that ? Well, let's say that there are two schools of thought. In the first one, you need to use the same models than Gilmour - the correct fuzz with the right germanium diodes, the Hiwatt amp, Fane speakers etc. And the second one, use what you're comfortable with, get as close as you can, "in the ballpark" as they say - Bobby Harrison did that with Brit Floyd (he uses Friedman amp models for leads), Dave Killminster with Roger Waters (he uses a Brunetti amp), and I do the same.
Because, let's face it, even with the "correct" tools, NO ONE will ever sound the same as Gilmour. There's the player, of course, it's the most important element, by far. Then, the guitar and pickups. But, even with those, and the "correct" drive and amp models, you are missing the microphones used in front of the speakers, their placement, the recording console, the post-processing, the mastering... Just listen you David Gilmour's sound in different recording, you'll recognize his sound of course, but that sound is different from live to live, and different from the studio versions.
That's why I don't pretend to offer authentic presets for Pink Floyd songs. They're MY TAKE on these songs, presets I'm comfortable with, and that feels right for me (I know I use more gain than David etc.,). You can hear how they sound with my live band, the Mauritian Tribute to Pink Floyd, in all the videos I posted. And, in this video, you can compare presets made by others, which I respect a lot (hi Moke !) ; they all use the "correct" tools, and nonetheless, they sound very different from each other... I'm not saying that my way of doing it is the right way, it's just the one that works for me. My Pink Floyd tribute band have met incredible success here in Mauritius but also on youtube, so maybe I did something right... even if I chose to think out of the box !
PS the playing is terrible, with my usual health issues, I didn't play for quite some time before today.
