![]() ![]() That was a similar setup as David's 1984-86 rigs, but in that rig he used a Mesa Boogie in place of the GK amp.ġ982-85 Fender Super Champ Deluxe. Note the GK amp was used as an overdrive and EQ in the signal chain, not powering a speaker cabinet. Another setup seems to be the Boss HM-2 going into the 250ML(used in the signal chain as an overdrive effect) then into a Super Champ. The primary setup for most of the tracks seems to be a split signal with one feed going to a Boss HM-2 running into a Fender Super Champ amp set for a clean tone and the other feed going into the gain channel of a Gallien Krueger 250ML. He was still using some of his pre 1986 gear - a Big Muff, a Boss HM-2, Boss GE-7 equalizers, a Boss compressor, along with chorus and delay. Looking at the rigs we know David used just prior to and just after AMLOR, we can get an idea about some of the setups used for the album. ![]() Promotional photos of David Gilmour, Nick mason, and Rick Wright during mixing sessions for A Momentary Lapse of Reason, and the white Steinberger G元T with TransTrem used on much of the record In February 1987 the recording sessions moved to Los Angeles and the Sorrow intro was replayed through the PA system of the LA Memorial Sports Arena and rerecorded with multiple mics to get the huge arena sound. The Sorrow solo was recorded the day the song was written. He stayed on board the Astoria for one weekend in late 1986 and wrote the Sorrow lyrics, the music, and played and recorded all the instruments himself. David said in the October 1988 issue of Guitar magazine that the guitar solos for On the Turning Away and Sorrow were the first takes for each song. It is also confirmed that David used the red Strat on the songs Signs of Life and Learning to Fly. For electric guitars, David used his 57V red Strat and a Steinberger G元T, each equipped with EMG-SA pickups and the SPC EQ.īelow are extractions of David's lead guitars, for tone and learning reference.Īlthough we do not know which guitars were used for each song, David has said the Steinberger was used prominently on the album, particularly for the Sorrow intro and the solos. Among the effects David used were a Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal pedal, an Electro-Harmonix Big Muff, a Boss GE-7 graphic equalizer, a Boss CE-2 chorus pedal, a stereo Ernie Ball volume pedal, two Boss DD-2 Digital Delay pedals, and an MXR Digital Delay System II rack unit. For the AMLOR sessions David used two small Fender Super Champ combos in stereo and a Gallien Krueger 250ML combo amplifier. That was recorded in 1986 for Berlin's Count Three & Pray album sessions, which Bob Ezrin also produced. Recording and mixing stretched from November 1986 - March 1987.ĭavid Gilmour solos from the Berlin song Pink And Velvetĭavid's high gain lead guitar tone sounded like a continuation of the tone he used on the Berlin song Pink & Velvet. Bob Ezrin, who produced Pink Floyd's The Wall and David's About Face album, was the producer. Most of the demos and studio recordings were done in the cramped recording rooms of the Astoria, David's floating recording studio anchored on the River Thames. There is very little information about the original AMLOR recording sessions, but some facts are known. Other than the On the Turning Away solo, most of David's guitar tones sound better in the remix. Rick Wright keyboards, taken from the 1987-88 tour recordings, were also mixed into some of the songs to "restore the creative balance between the three Pink Floyd members". David Gilmour and Andy Jackson updated and remixed the whole album, removing some of the gated 1980s drum sounds and replacing them with newly recorded drum tracks from Nick Mason. In December 2019 it was remixed and released as part of the Later Years box set, with a stand alone release following in 2021. The 1980s sound is all over it, especially the gated drum sounds. It featured very little playing from Floyd members Nick Mason and Rick Wright, but it was still very successful in relaunching Pink Floyd and featured some fantastic guitar work from Gilmour.ĪMLOR is one of the few Floyd albums that sounds very dated to the period. 1987 and A Momentary Lapse of Reason Lead TonesĪ Momentary Lapse of Reason 1987 cover art and the cover art for the 2019 remixġ986-87 - THE MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON LEAD TONES - This first Gilmour-led Pink Floyd album, released in 1987, spawned several radio hits like Learning to Fly, On the Turning Away, and Sorrow.
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