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Comfortably Numb Solo Guitar Tone Settings — Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd · 1970s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
1970s Fender Stratocaster (Black, maple neck, stock single-coil pickups, 'Black Strat')
Pickups
Fender single-coil (1970s, stock, likely bridge pickup for solo)
Amp
Hiwatt DR103 100-watt head (custom, linked channels) into WEM Super Starfinder 4x12 with Fane Crescendo speakers, parallel with Yamaha RA-200 rotary speaker
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
Studio recording, 1979, The Wall album. Gilmour's 'Black Strat' into a custom Hiwatt DR103 and Yamaha RA-200 rotary speaker. Alembic F-2B preamp also used. Effects chain includes Big Muff, delay, compression, and modulation. Settings and chain are for the studio solo, not live.
Amp Settings
Mids5.5
Bass6.5
Gain5.5
Reverb3.5
Treble5.5
Presence6
Effects Chain
- MXR Dyna Comp · compression
- Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi (Ram's Head, c. 1974) · fuzz
- Delay (TC Electronic 2290 or Binson Echorec, see notes) · delay
Fender Stratocaster → MXR Dyna Comp → Big Muff Pi → Alembic F-2B preamp → Hiwatt DR103 → Yamaha RA-200 rotary speaker (parallel) → WEM 4x12 cab; delay at end of chain
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Tone Character
- singing sustain
- liquid, violin-like fuzz
- lush, swirling modulation
- long, ambient delay repeats
- rich harmonic overtones
- clear note separation
- airy, three-dimensional space
- expressive bends and vibrato
- smooth, saturated lead tone
- dynamic touch sensitivity