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
Studio Comp
Fuzz Pi
Hiwatt DR103
4x12 Greenback
Tape Echo
Plate
Studio Comp
← Studio compressor
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Attack
38s
Release
200s
Mix
50
Level
0dB
Studio Comp
← MXR Dyna Comp
Threshold
-18dB
Ratio
3:1
Attack
5s
Release
200s
Mix
100
Level
7
Fuzz Pi
← Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi (Ram's Head)
Sustain
1.5
Tone
5.5
Level
8
Hiwatt DR103
← Hiwatt DR103 Custom 100
Drive
4.5
Bass
4
Mid
5.5
Treble
6.5
Presence
6.5
Master
7
Tape Echo
← Binson Echorec / MXR Digital Delay
Time
440ms
Feedback
25
Mix
28
Tape Wear
35
Plate
← Studio plate (EMT 140)
Low Cut100
High Cut10000
Decay
2s
Pre Delay
10ms
Mix
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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