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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
Mids7
Bass6.5
Gain4.5
Reverb3.5
Treble6.5
Presence5.5
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