No. 0491975·progressive-rock·4 blocks
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
The four-note opening motif of Shine On You Crazy Diamond is one of the most recognizable guitar phrases ever played. Gilmour's Stratocaster through a Hiwatt with a compressor and delay produces a tone of infinite sustain and crystalline clarity. The notes ring out with an almost vocal quality, each one sustaining until the next is played. The tone relies on precise gain staging: enough sustain to carry each note but not so much distortion that clarity is lost.
Wish You Were HereSignal path · input → output · 11 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (Black Strat)
Pickups
SSS
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Volume Pedal
Deluxe Comp
Heir Apparent
Triangle Fuzz
Scream 808
WhoWatt 100
4x12 Greenback 25
Transistor Tape
Dynamic Plate
Tilt
Volume Pedal
← Volume pedal
Pedal
100%
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compressor
Threshold
-32dB
Ratio
3:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
38s
Release
200s
Mix
60
Level
5dB
Heir Apparent
← Colorsound Power Boost
Gain
4.5
Tone
5.5
Level
7
Presence
5
Clipping
0
GainMod
1
Triangle Fuzz
← Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi
Tone
6
Level
7.5
Sustain
5.5
Scream 808
← TS808 (transparent boost stand-in)
Gain
2
Tone
5.5
Level
6.5
WhoWatt 100
← Hiwatt DR103 Custom 100
Drive
4
Bass
5
Mid
5.5
Treble
5.5
Presence
5.5
ChVol
7
Master
10
Bias
5.5
BiasX
5
Sag
6.5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
4x12 Greenback 25
← WEM 4x12 with Fane Crescendo
LowCut19.9Hz
HighCut20100Hz
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Transistor Tape
← Binson Echorec
Time
500ms
Feedback
45
Mix
32
WowFlutter
0.4
Headroom
0.2
Spread
0.3
Scale
1
SyncSelect1
0
Level
0
Dynamic Plate
← Studio plate (EMT 140)
LowCut100Hz
HighCut9000Hz
Mix
30
Decay
3s
Level
0
PreDelay
50ms
BassFreq
100
BassBoost
0
VarDelayAmpl
0.7
Damping
3500
MatrFreq
0.3
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 049
The four-note opening motif of Shine On You Crazy Diamond is one of the most recognizable guitar phrases ever played. Gilmour's Stratocaster through a Hiwatt with a compressor and delay produces a tone of infinite sustain and crystalline clarity. The notes ring out with an almost vocal quality, each one sustaining until the next is played. The tone relies on precise gain staging: enough sustain to carry each note but not so much distortion that clarity is lost.
— David Gilmour
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