“When I joined Pink Floyd I was trying to play some ... But of course it’s with a six-string — usually a Fender Stratocaster — that Gilmour has given his most memorable performance.

I vividly recall my heart pounding as I stood in the famous Big Pink basement and watched him slowly descend the staircase and soak in a room he hadn’t occupied in nearly five decades.

Visibility isn’t an issue when it comes to the Fender Music Instruments ... a signature Tash Sultana Stratocaster in 2024. Picture: Alysse Gafkjen David Gilmour of Pink Floyd on stage in 2004.