Well, being the resident Gilmour expert (if I may be so bold ), I would give you advice... Except that I take a pretty literal approach to emulating Gilmour's tone, perhaps too literal for anyone not specializing in the Floyd: I'm using basically the same gear. A Gilmour strat, various Big Muffs and Tube Drivers, a Yamaha leslie unit and a Hiwatt. So... That won't really do you any good.

However - I can say that the key is a lot of power into a clean tube amp. Really any strat into a Big Muff into a clean loud tube amp will do the trick. If you're looking to cop sounds from the Wall, you'll want a digital delay and a flanger as well. Earlier sounds use fuzz, an overdrive, and vintage delay. Compressor is surprisingly key for squashing attack.

In my personal opinion, the gear and settings you're using are only half the battle. I can take any Fender guitar and make it sound like either Clapton or Gilmour (my two key influences) no matter what other gear is plugged in - the trick is emulating the _way_ they play, not necessarily _what_ they play. If that makes sense. Once you get the feel down, the sound will come. You can PM me with any questions you may have about Gilmour's sound, of course

Santana, on the other hand, I'm not so sure of. I've always copped his stuff with a lot of gain and P90s... But I obviously haven't put the same amount of time and effort in to his stuff at all.

As far as describing sound using regular old english words, Ryszard, I say go for it. Guitarists will know what you mean, and I don't think you can get it across any other way. I hate to disagree with Mac, but when someone tells me they want a "warm" guitar sound, I know pretty much exactly what they mean - sure, they might need to clarify a bit, but I know how to get in the ballpark. If you've been playing guitar for 40 years, you probably know too

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