The Black Strat is the nickname for a black Fender Stratocaster guitar played by David Gilmour of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It appeared for the first time with Gilmour at the 1970 Bath Festival .

David Gilmour’s black Stratocaster is undoubtedly one of the most iconic guitars in rock history. It’s been featured on some the biggest selling albums of all time, including Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall, and guitarists around the world are making their own replicas, eager to capture the Black Strat look and tone.

2020年9月13日 · Black Strat is synonymous with one of the best guitars in rock history, by David Gilmour and Pink Floyd, but not everything was easy in the life of this iconic guitar. One would expect the history of this great guitar to be very special from the beginning. The perfect guitar that David chose from among several, such as Eric Clapton’s Blackie.

在《Final Cut》的录音开始之前，Black Strat被换上了一支全新定制的Charvel枫木琴颈（22品，Fender LOGO和Kluson弦钮）。 这条琴颈同样被用到《About Face》(专辑和巡演）中。

Heavily modified and experimented on since he first spotted it at Manny's Music in New York City in May 1970, David Gilmour’s black Stratocaster has become the stuff of legend among guitarists and diehard Pink Floyd fans.

Although most Pink Floyd fans know this guitar by its black-on-black look and understand that it’s now heavily customized, it started its life just as a standard 1969 Fender Stratocaster. David playing his 1969 “Black Strat” live at Pompeii, 1971.

“The Black Strat”在Pink Floyd乐队1975年录制的专辑《Wish You Were Here》中继续扮演了极为重要的角色，该专辑是乐队继《The Dark Side Of The Moon》之后的又一力作，也是吉尔摩本人最喜爱的Pink Floyd专辑。

2023年11月29日 · David Gilmour made the Black Strat his primary guitar shortly after purchasing it in 1970. It can be heard across Pink Floyd’s seminal early 1970s albums. Gilmour played the guitar on some of the band’s most memorable tracks.

2019年6月20日 · Of all the instruments in David Gilmour’s considerable collection, it is an off-the-shelf standard model black Stratocaster that has served him the longest as both a performance and a recording tool, appearing on every Pink Floyd album from 1970 to 1983 and all four of his solo albums to date.

The Black Strat 4th edition book tells the official chronological story of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour’s favourite legendary Black Stratocaster from 1970.