GUITAR WORLD MAGAZINE 584 DEC 24 DAVE GILMOUR Pink Floyd

We all know David Gilmour from his work with Pink Floyd, but he actually has a solo career that dates back to 1978. This month, the living legend discusses his new album — Luck and Strange — which he calls his best guitar album since Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon. Meanwhile, GW explores the ins and outs of Gilmour’s entire solo catalog (including all the guitar highlights along the way), thus shining a spotlight on what we like to call Gilmour’s “alternate discography.”

ALSO INSIDE:
> Everything changed 25 years ago when Slipknot dropped their crushing self-titled debut album. Masked man Mick Thomson tells us how it all went down — and what’s next for the band.
> It might seem strange that a dude known for playing with Madonna is now blowing eardrums with industrial metallers Ministry. But Monte Pittman says he’s right where he belongs.
> Jared James Nichols kicks off his new GW column!
> Personalities pays a visit to Moody Blues legend Justin Hayward.
> How Mike Campbell applies lessons learned from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Fleetwood Mac to his own band, the Dirty Knobs.
> Les Dudek played on the Allman Brothers' "Ramblin' Man" and "Jessica," dated Cher, worked with Steve Miller and was almost a founding member of Journey. But wait, there's more...
> The Gear Hunter checks in with Rusan Guitarworks, aka the luthier who made Prince’s iconic Cloud guitars (and who still makes them today).

ALSO STARRING:
A rare interview with Cocteau Twins legend Robin Guthrie and Marcus King’s guide to the six riffs that stopped him in his tracks — plus Grace Bowers, Richie Kotzen’s pedalboard, Austin’s Ian Moore, Jontavious Willis, Alcest, Wunderhorse and Nile’s Karl Sanders.