![]() His cleverly angular minimalist and chromatic guitar style remains an influence on psychedelic, post-punk and avant-garde rock music. He reverted back to his birth name in his later years.īarrett, considered by many a pioneer of psychedelic music, wrote most of Pink Floyd’s early singles and most of the group’s first album, 1967’s The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. ![]() And finally, don’t forget a zippo…or at least a good metal slide!īorn Roger Keith Barrett in 1946, he adopted the nickname “Syd” during his teens and founded the Pink Floyd Sound, later shortened to Pink Floyd, in 1965 with Cambridge schoolmates Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Richard Wright. The best options are:įor cheaper options, just go for any good and cheaper delay pedal, the Ibanez DE-7 is excellent, and the Boss DD-3 would do the job, even though it has that clear digital sound.Īmp-wise…we’d suggest just go for any Vox amp, purely for the 60’s rock vibes…Īnd get a simple, meaty fuzz like the Jimi Hendrix Fuzz Face or the Double Muff, and that should be fine. To get a Syd sound, then, you should look for other alternatives…but tape echo fx sound is definitely a must. The Binson Echorec, if not impossible to find, is also VERY expensive. Gibson has recently published an article about the classic Pink Floyd album which was the last to feature Syd Barrett. An example of these unique effect combinations can be heard at the end of “See Emily Play” where, in the studio, he used a bottleneck through an echo for the Hawaiian slide effect at the end of the song. He can be seen experimenting with the devise during the Sound Techniques, January 11-12, 1967 sessions.īarrett also owned a home made fuzz box and used various slide techniques with everything from a conventional bottleneck slide to a Zippo lighter and ball bearings. His use of sound effects began with a Binson Echorec (see below) that he used in Pink Floyd from 1965-67. Which is quite affordable, too!īelow – Syd with his white Strat (click to enlarge).īarrett’s amplifiers included a Selmer Piggyback amplifier and a 100-watt Selmer stereo amplifier. ![]() That’s the guitar he also used for their second Top Of The Pops appearance, promoting “See Emily Play” on July 6, 1967.įor Syd Barrett, wannabes, the best choice is a Fender ’60s Telecaster. On a Novemappearance on US television’s American Bandstand Barrett is miming to “Apples And Oranges” with a white Fender Telecaster with a rosewood fretboard. In a photograph taken at Alexandria Palace in 1967 Barrett is playing a white Fender Stratocaster. The film “London 66-67” shows Syd using the Dano and the Esquire.Īpart from those guitars, Syd has also been seen using Telecasters (rosewood and maple) and a white Stratocaster. In a televised appearance on BBC-TV’s Look Of The Week on May 14, 1967, Barrett is playing a Fender Esquire guitar with plastic sheeting with mirrored silver discs. The main difference between the Fender Esquire and a Telecaster is that the Esquire only has one pickup, at the bridge. Syd’s second choice of guitar, almost as photographed as the Dano, is the Fender Squire (Rosewood Fretboard). The guitar is also appears in a televised performance of “Interstellar Overdrive” from the UFO Club on January 21, 1967. There are filmed appearances of Barrett with the guitar on the Pink Floyd video London 1966-67: at the UFO Club in 1966 and the band’s first recording session at Sound Techniques Studios, London on January 11-12, 1967. The guitar was black with a white pickguard and a rosewood fretboard. Barrett was constantly changing the guitar: experimenting with pickup combinations and alternate tunings. This guitar was used through his time in Pink Floyd and afterwards, during his solo career. A cool, cheapo guitar with a great, bright single coil tone. Syd Barrett’s first choice for guitar was the black Danelectro 59. ![]() His guitar-playing style inspired many, putting creativity before technical hability. The brilliant, eccentric and highly influential singer/songwriter/guitarist founded Pink Floyd in the mid-1960s. He was the genius behind Pink Floyd in their early years, and wrote most of their debut album, “The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn”. All this talk about the Danelectro DC ’59 prompted us to (finally) write something about Syd Barrett, who died July 7th 2006, aged 60. ![]()
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