GuitarCleanRiff
Us and Them Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd · 1970s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (early 1970s, likely black or sunburst, maple neck, stock single-coil pickups)
Pickups
Fender single-coil (stock 1970s Strat pickups)
Amp
Hiwatt DR103 Custom 100 (1970s model, studio recording)
Pickup Position
Neck pickup
Studio recording for 'The Dark Side of the Moon' (1972-1973). David Gilmour used his main Stratocaster into a Hiwatt DR103 head with WEM Super Starfinder 200 cabinets. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the riff section. Settings estimated based on era, genre, and typical Gilmour studio setup.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass6.5
Gain0
Reverb4
Treble6.5
Presence5.5
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Tone Character
- warm and smooth
- glassy and clean
- rounded, gentle attack
- intimate and dynamic
- spacey, atmospheric
- touch-sensitive
- slightly compressed by studio technique
- no audible distortion
- mild studio reverb
- neck pickup fullness