Originally posted by Christoph

You sure about that?? Because on the "Pulse" live video Gilmour plays through everything almost exactly like they sound on the CDs, and he even adds some stuff.

I am sure, I read it in an interveiw from a Classic Guitar magazine (which was reprinted from guitar world or something). Of course, I can't find the issue right now, but I am sure of it's contents.
Of course, Gilmour is an awesome guitarist, but he does record solos 3, 4, 5 at a time and splice them. That doesn't mean they can't be played.