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Mother 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 into WEM 4x12 cab, parallel with Yamaha RA-200 rotary speaker
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup (DiMarzio FS-1), possibly with neck pickup engaged via custom switch

Studio recording, 1979, The Wall album. Solo section. Guitar World and multiple forum sources confirm the Black Strat and Hiwatt/Yamaha RA-200 rotary setup. No evidence of Mesa/Boogie or Alembic preamp for this specific track.

Amp Settings

Mids
7
Bass
6.5
Gain
4.5
Reverb
3.5
Treble
6.5
Presence
5.5

Effects Chain

  • Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi (Triangle or Ram's Head variant, likely studio custom) · fuzz
  • Delay pedal (model unknown, likely Binson Echorec or MXR Analog Delay) · delay
  • Flanger pedal (model unknown, likely Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress) · flanger

Guitar → Big Muff Pi → Flanger (Electric Mistress) → Delay → Hiwatt DR103 → Yamaha RA-200 rotary speaker (parallel with cab)

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Tone Character

  • singing sustain
  • smooth lead tone
  • modulated/rotary speaker swirl
  • clear articulation
  • lush ambience
  • slightly compressed
  • warm midrange
  • airy top end
  • touch-sensitive dynamics
  • not high-gain fuzz

Notes & Caveats

  • ⚠️No direct numeric amp settings for 'Mother' solo found; settings estimated based on typical Hiwatt/Strat/Gilmour studio setup for The Wall era.
  • ⚠️No explicit pedal model for delay or flanger found for this track; effect types confirmed by multiple sources and audible in recording.
  • ⚠️Pickup selection inferred from Comfortably Numb solo documentation and Gilmour's known switching; some sources suggest bridge+neck for first solo, bridge only for outro.
  • ⚠️Parallel Yamaha RA-200 rotary speaker confirmed by Guitar World and forums for The Wall solos.
  • ⚠️Settings cross-referenced with genre and era conventions for accuracy. David Gilmour's 'Mother' solo uses a Hiwatt amp set for edge-of-breakup clarity, with pronounced mids and smooth treble for vocal sustain. The tone is warm, mid-forward, and slightly ambient, matching Gilmour's typical settings and the late '70s production style.

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