Sophie Lloyd reveals her instrumental guitar cover of Pink Floyd's classic Comfortably Numb

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After a triumphant take on Randy Rhoads / Ozzy Osbourne masterpiece Crazy Train, UK guitarist Sophie Lloyd has now set her sights on the mother of all David Gilmour guitar solos; Comfortably Numb. 

She's reworked the whole of Pink Floyd's classic from The Wall as an instrumental guitar piece with her Kiesel Artist Edition model, commenting that it "really pushed me outside my box to really focus on melody and feeling". 

Find out more about Sophie's covers and original compositions at sophieguitar.com

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Rob Laing
Rob Laing
Reviews Editor, GuitarWorld.com and MusicRadar guitars

Rob is the Reviews Editor for GuitarWorld.com and MusicRadar guitars, so spends most of his waking hours (and beyond) thinking about and trying the latest gear while making sure our reviews team is giving you thorough and honest tests of it. He's worked for guitar mags and sites as a writer and editor for nearly 20 years but still winces at the thought of restringing anything with a Floyd Rose.

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