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Comfortably Numb (Live) Solo Guitar Tone Settings — Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd · 1970s · rock
live
Original Recording
Guitar
1969 Fender Stratocaster (Black, maple neck, custom electronics)
Pickups
DiMarzio FS-1 single coil (bridge), custom switching for bridge+neck combo
Amp
Hiwatt DR103 100-watt head (custom linked channels) into WEM Super Starfinder 200 4x12 with Fane Crescendo 12A speakers; Yamaha RA-200 rotary speaker (parallel to Hiwatt); Alembic F-2B preamp
Pickup Position
Bridge + Neck (custom switch engaged for solo)
Live performance, late 1970s/early 1980s era (The Wall tour); settings and gear confirmed for live solo section; Yamaha RA-200 rotary speaker used for modulation; Big Muff Pi and MXR Dyna Comp in front of amp; Alembic F-2B preamp in signal chain.
Amp Settings
Mids5.5
Bass6.5
Gain6.5
Reverb3
Treble5.5
Presence6.5
Effects Chain
- MXR Dyna Comp · compression
- Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi (c. 1974) · fuzz
- Delay pedal (model unknown) · delay
Guitar → MXR Dyna Comp → Big Muff Pi → Alembic F-2B preamp → Hiwatt DR103 → (parallel) Yamaha RA-200 rotary speaker → WEM 4x12 cab; delay pedal after fuzz, before amp
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Tone Character
- singing sustain
- smooth and saturated
- throaty midrange
- rich harmonic overtones
- subtle modulation
- wide stereo image
- creamy fuzz texture
- clear note separation
- touch-sensitive response
- lush, ambient delay repeats