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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