Richard Mahon's Spare Bricks Archive

A collection of my Spare Bricks articles through the years.
These articles were based on the best information that was available at the time.

Gilmour, Guitars & Gear

Issue #1: #0001 of a Kind (July 1999)

Issue #2: What Kind of Strat is That? (September 1999)

Issue #3: 1957 Re-issues (Winter 1999)

Issue #4: Bricks in The Wall of Sound (Spring 2000)

Issue #5: Gilmour's 1955 Fender Esquire (Summer 2000)

Issue #6: Animals Live: Gilmour's Traveling Power Station (Fall 2000)

Issue #7: Syd Barrett (Winter 2001)

Issue #8: The Recording of A Momentary Lapse of Reason and The Division Bell (Spring 2001)

Issue #9: David Gilmour and Chord Forms (Summer 2001)

Issue #10: Hiwatt Amplifiers (Winter 2002)

Issue #11: Pink Floyd Unplugged (Spring 2002)

Issue #12: David Gilmour Endorsements (Summer 2002)

Issue #13: In The Flesh Tour Equipment (Fall 2002)

Issue #14: Lead Patterns (Winter 2003)

Issue #15: David Gilmour In Concert DVD (Spring 2003)

Issue #16: Compressors (Summer 2003)

Issue #17: Rotating Speaker Sound (Fall 2003)

Issue #18: Guest Session Work 1978-89 (Winter 2004)

Issue #19: Gilmour's Average Guitar Moments (Spring 2004)

Issue #20: What Kind of Strat is That? Recycled (Summer 2004)

Issue #21: Phil Taylor: Unstrung Hero (Fall 2004)

Issue #22: Slide Guitars (Winter 2005)

Issue #23: Nick Mason's Drum Gear (Spring 2005)

Issue #24: David Gilmour: Ladies Man (Summer 2005)

Issue #25: David Gilmour in Print (Fall 2005)

Issue #26: David Gilmour's Blues Influence (Winter 2006)

Issue #27: The Ultimate Floydian Dream – Live 8 (Spring 2006)

Issue #28: David Gilmour: Plugged (Summer 2006)

Issue #29: Bootlegs As a Guide to Guitar Tones (Fall 2006)

Issue #30: David Gilmour Signature Stratocaster Model Announced (Winter 2007)

Issue #31: Treble Boosters (Summer 2007)

Issue #32: Music Class (Fall 2007)

Special to Spare Bricks

Are All These Your Guitars?: A Musician's Perspective on Comfortably Numb-A History of “The Wall” (Fall 2006)