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Echoes - Part 1 (Live at Pompeii - MCMLXXII - 2025 Mix) Guitar Tone Settings

Pink Floyd · 1970s · rock

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Original Recording

Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (early 1970s, black, maple neck, stock single coils)
Pickups
Fender single-coil pickups (stock 1970s Stratocaster)
Amp
Hiwatt DR103 Custom 100 Head with WEM Super Starfinder 4x12 cabinets
Pickup Position
Neck pickup

Live performance, filmed at Pompeii amphitheatre, 1971 (released 1972, remixed 2025). Gear confirmed by video and multiple sources. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the riff section.

Amp Settings

Mids
7
Bass
6.5
Gain
4
Reverb
2
Treble
6.5
Presence
5.5

Effects Chain

  • Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face · fuzz
  • Binson Echorec 2 · delay
  • Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi (early version, possibly Ram's Head) · fuzz
  • Compressor (likely Colorsound or similar, model not fully confirmed) · compression

Guitar → Compressor → Fuzz Face → Binson Echorec → Hiwatt DR103 head → WEM 4x12 cabinet

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Tone Character

  • violin-like sustain
  • warm and smooth
  • rich echo ambience
  • clear, bell-like highs
  • rounded attack
  • touch-sensitive response
  • mildly overdriven
  • singing sustain
  • ambient, spacey feel
  • not heavily compressed

Notes & Caveats

  • ⚠️No direct amp knob settings found for Live at Pompeii; settings estimated based on typical Hiwatt/Strat/Fuzz Face/Binson setup for this era and genre.
  • ⚠️Pedal order and models based on video evidence and multiple gear rundowns; some settings inferred from genre and era.
  • ⚠️No evidence of amp reverb or built-in modulation; all effects are pedal-based or from Binson Echorec.
  • ⚠️No chorus, flanger, or phaser audible or cited for the riff section; delay/echo is clearly present.
  • ⚠️Pickup choice inferred from tone and video; Gilmour is seen using neck pickup for main riff.
  • ⚠️Settings cross-referenced with genre and era conventions for accuracy. David Gilmour's tone in 'Echoes' (Live at Pompeii) is edge-of-breakup with a warm, mid-forward British character, using a Hiwatt amp with Bass and Mids pushed, Treble slightly restrained to avoid harshness, and moderate reverb for space. These settings reflect his typical amp approach and the song's atmospheric, expressive lead tone.

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