Pink Floyd - The Black Strat: A History of David Gilmour's Black Fender Stratocaster - Revised and Updated 3rd Edition [Paperback]

Phil Taylor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 15, 2010

Catch a rare inside glimpse of one of the world's most revered guitarists, David Gilmour, and his iconic Black Stratocaster. Written by David's personal guitar technician and the band's chief backline tech since 1974 - the only man to know Pink Floyd's equipment better than the band - this expanded edition contains new information as well as many unpublished photographs, recently come to light, that further chart the Black Strat's illustrious history. Amending and elaborating on the previous edition, it also continues the story where the last one left off with all the latest live appearances, information, and photographs - including David testing the Fender Black Strat replica models; performances with David Bowie, Jeff Beck, and others; and much more.

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About the Author

Phil Taylor (London) is David Gilmour's personal guitar technician and Pink Floyd's chief backline tech. First employed by the band in 1974 as their only full-time backline crew member, he was responsible for all of the band's equipment both on tour and in the studio. Phil has worked on every Pink Floyd and David Gilmour project for over three decades. He is David's production and studio manager as well as maintaining his instruments, equipment, and warehouse.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Hal Leonard; 3 edition (September 15, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1423492706
• ISBN-13: 978-1423492702
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #434,341 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, November 28, 2010

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This review is from: Pink Floyd - The Black Strat: A History of David Gilmour's Black Fender Stratocaster - Revised and Updated 3rd Edition (Paperback)

The book really shows the history of the black strat from the begining when David Gilmour purchased the guitar at Manny's NYC. There are a lot of rare pictures and on the last updated version there is a detailed review on making the Fender replicas. I really enjoyed reading it and, for my opinion it delivers the goods. a must for all Pink Floyd fans and David gilmour fans. that's a great book for a fair price.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Black strat book, August 31, 2011

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This review is from: Pink Floyd - The Black Strat: A History of David Gilmour's Black Fender Stratocaster - Revised and Updated 3rd Edition (Paperback)

The book itself is a great information source, but as soon as I open the book I found out a lot of loose pages, that was a big surprise because Halleonard is a big and serious company but the quality on my book was terrible day after day mores pages get loose from the book and now is almost imposible to read it!! I am very disapointed with Amazon they send to me a very bad quality book.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book for guitar lovers, January 16, 2011

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This review is from: Pink Floyd - The Black Strat: A History of David Gilmour's Black Fender Stratocaster - Revised and Updated 3rd Edition (Paperback)

I purchased this book as a gift for my boyfriend for Christmas. He absolutely loves the book. I don't know too much about the subject area but he says it is full of great pictures and information about David Gilmour and his guitars.

Awesome gift idea!