Gilmour stated in an interview prior to the auction of his guitar collection that 'The Black Strat' featured in many of Pink Floyd's and his individual albums and was used in “Money”, “Comfortably Numb” and “Shine on You Crazy Diamond”, among many others.

In 1972, Gilmour installed an XLR connector to eliminate the hum coming from his Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face; however, this was quickly removed.

In 1973, a Gibson PAF Humbucker was installed between the bridge and middle positions of the Strat, but he took out the original single coils and put them in the black pickguard later on.

During the post Roger Waters era, David Gilmour switched to several vintage reissue Stratocasters from Fender.

The guitar was returned to Gilmour in the late 1990s, but having not been displayed in a glass case during its time at the Hard Rock Cafe, it sustained significant damage and the theft of many of its parts.

[5][6][7][8] Its record was broken in June 2020, when Kurt Cobain's 1959 Martin D-18E sold at a Beverly Hills auction for US$5,000,000 (US$6,100,000 after buyer's premium and related expenses) to Peter Freedman, co-founder of Røde Microphones.