Editing David Gilmour (section)

==== The Black Strat ====
{{Main|The Black Strat}}
[[File:Pink Floyd Their Mortal Remains - 2017-10-13 - Andy Mabbett - 43.jpg|thumb|upright|Gilmour's "[[The Black Strat|Black Strat]]" on display at the ''[[Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains]]'' exhibition.<ref name="TMR">''[[Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains]]'' exhibition label</ref>]]

Gilmour used the Black Strat, a [[Fender Stratocaster]], in most Pink Floyd concerts and for every Pink Floyd studio album recorded between 1970 and 1983. Gilmour bought it at [[Manny's Music]] in New York City in 1970, after Pink Floyd's US tour was cancelled due to the theft of their equipment in New Orleans.<ref>{{cite book |last=Taylor |first=Phil |title=Pink Floyd The Black Strat: A history of David Gilmour's black Fender Stratocaster |date=2008 |publisher=Hal Leonard Books |isbn=978-1-4234-4559-3 |edition=2nd |location=New York |page=7}}</ref> It originally had a rosewood fretboard and a white pickguard and underwent a number of modifications, finishing with a black pickguard and maple neck.<ref>{{cite book |last=Taylor |first=Phil |title=Pink Floyd The Black Strat: A history of David Gilmour's black Fender Stratocaster |date=2008 |publisher=Hal Leonard Books |isbn=978-1-4234-4559-3 |edition=2nd |location=New York}}</ref> It was auctioned for charity in 2019 for $3.9 million,<ref name="Rolling Stone 850597">{{cite magazine |last=Grow |first=Kory |date=20 June 2019 |title=David Gilmour's Guitars Sell for Millions at Charity Auction |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-gilmour-guitars-christies-charity-auction-850597/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=17 February 2020 |archive-date=19 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219015517/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-gilmour-guitars-christies-charity-auction-850597/ |url-status=live }}</ref> making it one of the most expensive guitars ever sold at auction.