[Drew68]

Which licks on "Layla" were Allman? I know he played slide guitar, but I thought a good number of the electric parts were Clapton.

As a rule of thumb (but by no means definite) Allman preferred a Gibson Les Paul which has a "fat" sound with increased sustain. Clapton preferred (and still preferres) a Fender Stratocaster, which has a thin, liquidy sound.

Each guitar has a very distinctive sound.

In case you are not familiar with these guitars:

This is a Gibson Les Paul:

This is a Fender Stratocaster:

FYI, Gilmore preferred a Stratocaster as well.

[TheKost]

I think I read somewhere that Gilmore collects Stratocaster's. I think he owns serial #1 though he believed it probably wasn't the first one made.

I loved Gilmore's solo stuff but found the first Floyd albums after Waters left seemed to me to be very monotone.

Gilmore was never above singing about politics though; His Song Cruise on "About Face" was lyrically a great little satire piece on nuclear war. It is well written where he sings to the cruise missile as if it’s a person.

[MikeD]

Depends on the song -- Dave used a Telecaster on a number of tunes (Run Like Hell comes to mind) and played plenty of Gibsons in the studio (see the footage from the Pompeii video).

Clapton switched to the Strat in 1970 (at least, I don't think he was playing it with Delaney and Bonnie), but I wouldn't put it past him to pick up the Les Paul if he wanted the sound. My question was more "Can you separate the two players by tone, or is there more to it than that?"

Speaking of tone, I love the solo on "Nobody Knows You." I'm not even sure Clapton used an amp on that one...

MD