No. 0021979·progressive-rock·7 blocks
Comfortably Numb
Arguably the most famous guitar solo tone ever recorded. Gilmour's tone on the second solo of Comfortably Numb is built on a Big Muff Pi fuzz into a cranked Hiwatt, with delay adding depth and sustain. The Hiwatt provides clean headroom while the Big Muff does the heavy lifting for gain and sustain. The result is a singing, vocal-like lead tone that sustains endlessly.
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Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (Black Strat)
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Studio Comp
PI Fuzz
Hipower
Digital Mono
Plate
4x12 Green 25W
Studio Comp
← Studio compressor
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
38s
Release
200s
Mix
0.5
Level
0dB
PI Fuzz
← Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi
Sustain
7
Tone
5
Level
7
Hipower
← Hiwatt DR103
Drive
5
Bass
5
Mid
5
Treble
6
Presence
5
MV
7
Digital Mono
← TC Electronic 2290
Time
440ms
Feedback
30
Mix
30
Plate
← Studio plate reverb
Mix
3
Decay
4.5s
Engineer's note
File 002
Arguably the most famous guitar solo tone ever recorded. Gilmour's tone on the second solo of Comfortably Numb is built on a Big Muff Pi fuzz into a cranked Hiwatt, with delay adding depth and sustain. The Hiwatt provides clean headroom while the Big Muff does the heavy lifting for gain and sustain. The result is a singing, vocal-like lead tone that sustains endlessly.
— David Gilmour
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