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
Compressor
Muffin
Search Rig Exchange for 'Hiwatt'
Single Delay
Plate Reverb
Compressor
← MXR Dyna Comp
Intensity
5
Volume
0
Muffin
← Big Muff Pi
Sustain
8
Tone
6
Volume
7
Search Rig Exchange for 'Hiwatt'
← Hiwatt DR103
Gain
5
Bass
4
Middle
5
Treble
6
Presence
6
Single Delay
← Binson Echorec
Delay Time
440ms
Feedback
35
Mix
30
Plate Reverb
← Studio plate reverb
Decay
2.5s
Mix
25
Pre Delay
30ms
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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