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.
The WallSignal path · input → output · 5 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (Black Strat)
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Lead
Muff Fuzz
Digital
Plate
Lead
← Hiwatt DR103
Gain
4
Volume
6
Bass
4
Middle
5
Treble
6
Presence
6
Muff Fuzz
← Big Muff Pi
Sustain
8
Tone
6
Level
7
Digital
← Binson Echorec
Time
440ms
Feedback
35
Level
30
Plate
← Studio plate reverb
Level
25
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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