No. 0581973·progressive-rock·5 blocks

Money

David Gilmour's Money solo is really three solos. The clean, double-tracked opening and the spacious middle run on the Black Strat's bridge pickup through a Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face and a Binson Echorec for the repeats; the more aggressive third section brings in his humbucker-loaded Bill Lewis Custom. It was tracked at Abbey Road (1973) with Alan Parsons into a Hiwatt DR103 and/or Fender Twin. The 'recorded direct' story is a myth — it was amp-and-mic. Per Bjorn Riis/gilmourish.com, the overdrive method isn't fully logged, so the Fuzz Face attribution is a reconstruction.

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Settings for
Signal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Fender 'Black Strat' (1969) — Bill Lewis Custom on the third section
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
bridge (Black Strat) for solos 1-2; the humbucker-equipped Bill Lewis Custom handles the more aggressive section
Strings
standard
Deluxe Comp
Arbitrator Fuzz
Kinky Boost
WhoWatt 100
4x12 Greenback 25
Transistor Tape
Plate
Deluxe Comp
← Studio/natural compression
Dynamics
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
3:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
80ms
Release
600ms
Mix
60
Level
0dB
Arbitrator Fuzz
← Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face
Distortion
Drive
8.5
Gain
8.5
Tone
5.5
Level
7
Kinky Boost
← Colorsound Power Boost (rhythm sections, alt)
Distortion
Drive
2.5
Gain
2.5
Tone
5.5
Level
8
WhoWatt 100
← Hiwatt DR103 100W
Amp
Drive
4
Bass
5
Mid
6
Treble
6
Presence
6
ChVol
6
Master
8.5
Bias
5
BiasX
5
Sag
5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Greenback 25
← WEM 4x12 (Fane speakers)
Cab
LowCut90Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Resonance
0.4
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Transistor Tape
← Binson Echorec
Delay
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6000Hz
Time
310ms
Feedback
25
Mix
22
Level
0
Plate
← Abbey Road ambience
Reverb
LowCut200Hz
HighCut7000Hz
Mix
16
Decay
1.2s
Predelay
20ms
Level
0

What we checked

Computed by a program, on this recipe, every time this page is built. How this works

Preset files — 1 of 3 complete
  • Helix builds complete — every block in the recipe is in the file
  • Quad Cortex 5 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Replaced with a stand-in: Studio Comp, Hiwatt 100, 4x12 WEM, Binson Echo, Plate. These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.

  • Katana 1 block missing from the file; 4 blocks replaced with a stand-in model
    Which ones

    Not in the file: Reverb. The recipe calls for this block, but we have no verified model ID for it on this platform, so the preset is written without it. Add it by hand using the settings above.

    Replaced with a stand-in: Clean, Fuzz, Delay, Reverb. These load cleanly but are not the model named above — the file will sound wrong here until we map them. Set these blocks by hand.

Helix DSP
69.5% of one chip — fits
Sources
3 cited, 3 from publications that do original gear reporting
Attribution
Not yet ratedThis recipe predates the attribution-confidence field and hasn't been reviewed for it.
What we didn't check
  • Nobody played this through a real amp. There is no human listening test behind any number on this page.
  • The settings are reasoned from the sources below, not measured off the record.
  • No audio has been rendered for this recipe yet, so you cannot hear it before you load it.
  • 3 platforms on this page (TONEX, Kemper, Fractal) get a model pointer, not a preset file — nothing was built or checked for them.

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