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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

Mids
7
Bass
6.5
Gain
0
Reverb
3.5
Treble
6.5
Presence
6

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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

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