Hey You Solo Guitar Tone Settings — Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd · 1970s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Studio recording, 1979. Gilmour used his Black Strat with custom switching for pickup combinations. The solo is believed to use the bridge pickup, possibly with neck pickup blended. Effects include Big Muff, Electric Mistress flanger, and delay. No evidence of wah or chorus for this solo. Settings and effects inferred from Comfortably Numb/Wall-era sources and audible cues. No direct pedalboard photo for 'Hey You' solo, but effects are clearly audible and match era-typical Gilmour setup.
Amp Settings
Effects Chain
- Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi (Ram's Head) · fuzz
- Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress · flanger
- Delay pedal (likely Binson Echorec or MXR Analog Delay) · delay
Guitar → Big Muff Pi → Electric Mistress Flanger → Delay → Hiwatt DR103 → WEM 4x12 cab / Yamaha RA-200 rotary speaker (parallel)
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Tone Character
- singing sustain
- smooth fuzz
- modulated/flanged texture
- clear delay repeats
- ambient spaciousness
- articulate attack
- slightly scooped mids
- liquid lead tone
- warm yet cutting
- classic Gilmour Wall-era solo sound
Notes & Caveats
- No direct source for 'Hey You' solo pedalboard/settings; all effects and settings inferred from era-typical Gilmour rig, Comfortably Numb/Wall session details, and clear audio evidence.
- Amp settings estimated based on Hiwatt DR103 typical Wall-era usage and classic Gilmour tones.
- Pickup position inferred from Gilmour's known use of bridge or bridge+neck for solos in this era.
- Pedal settings (Big Muff, Electric Mistress, delay) based on Comfortably Numb/Wall-era sources and audible cues.
- No evidence of wah, chorus, or phaser in 'Hey You' solo.
- Settings cross-referenced with genre and era conventions for accuracy. David Gilmour's 'Hey You' solo tone is classic late-70s/early-80s Floyd: edge-of-breakup to light crunch, with prominent mids and smooth highs from a Hiwatt amp, likely boosted with a mild overdrive (like a Big Muff or Power Boost). Bass is full but not boomy, mids are forward for vocal sustain, treble is present but not harsh, and reverb is subtle, mostly from the studio plate.