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Originally Posted by Double X
I think Gilmour is a little underwhelming. His singing seems to be a little forced sometimes and other times his voice is too limited to stun you.
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I love his soft vocals, it makes a great contrast to Waters vocals. Gilmour and Wright are my favorite vocalists in the group.
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His guitar playing is technically very sound
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I wouldn't call his style technical, most of his solos are simple pentatonic blues, but like Satana he knows how to hit those really long notes, and he has one of the best ears of any guitarist I've ever heard, his tone is amazing too.
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but he is not very strong at making riffs (Run Like Hell and In The Flesh excluded) even for a progressive rock band.
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Animals has some great riffing, Have a Cigar and Wish You Were Here are pretty sweet riffs too.
It's not that he can't riff. He's just more of a lead player than a rhythm player, everyone else handles rhythm perfectly fine and Pink Floyd just aren't a guitar riff band.
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Roger Waters...ah well, I play bass almost every day and I can tell his lines are often quite simple. Gilmour was a better bassist than him 
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Simple dosen't = bad. It's true he's not that great technically, but he comes up with some pretty good if simple basslines. Money, Have a Cigar. and Let There Be Light all have some pretty damn good basslines.
Gilmour is a better bassist though, and he did play most of the bass on Animals and The Wall.
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However, he had oodles of songwriting skills and essentially wrote the majority of the songs in their successful 70s catalog. His voice was distinct and on albums like The Wall (not a fan of the album though) and Animals it sounds amazing.
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Waters is my favorite lyricist.
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I know I consider talent as making catchy and well made music, which would probably put Syd Barrett as the most 'talented' artist but from a technical skill standpoint, I pick Roger Waters.
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IMO Pink Floyd have been way better song crafters post Syd, I can't stress that enough.
But Waters the most skilled? Nah, that would be Gilmour, then Wright.
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Syd Barrett is still my favorite though. 
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My preference goes like so.
Gilmour... The best musician overall, and my favorite singer in the group. His solo stuff is actually pretty good. And he may very well be my favorite guitarist.
Waters... IMO the best songwriter, and his concepts have been a big part of the bands success.
Wright... One of my favorite rock keyboardists, and I actually like his voice more than Waters. His songwriting is underrated too, poor lyricist but great melodist.
Barrett... Pipers and Madcap are both excellent, but I still think he is very overrated as a songwriter.
Mason... ONE OF THESE DAYS I'M GOING TO CUT YOU INTO LITTLE PIECES.