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.
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.
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.


