GuitarCleanSolo
Comfortably Numb Solo Guitar Tone Settings — Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd · 1970s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
1969 Fender Stratocaster (alder body) with late-'70s Charvel birdseye maple neck
Pickups
DiMarzio FS-1 single-coil (bridge), 1971 Fender Stratocaster single-coils (middle and neck)
Amp
Hiwatt DR103 100-watt head
Pickup Position
Position 4 (neck + middle)
Studio recording, The Wall (1979). Clean sections used the Stratocaster with neck and middle pickups, into a Hiwatt DR103, with parallel Yamaha RA-200 rotary speaker for modulation. No fuzz or distortion pedals for clean tone.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass6.5
Gain0
Reverb3.5
Treble6.5
Presence6
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Tone Character
- warm and glassy
- crystal-clear articulation
- lush modulation from rotary speaker
- dynamic and touch-sensitive
- slightly scooped mids
- chorus-like shimmer
- open and airy
- smooth top end
- subtle spring reverb
- studio double-tracking depth