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.
The Dark Side of the MoonSignal 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
Threshold
-28dB
Ratio
3:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
80s
Release
600s
Mix
60
Level
0dB
Arbitrator Fuzz
← Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face
Drive
8.5
Gain
8.5
Tone
5.5
Level
7
Kinky Boost
← Colorsound Power Boost (rhythm sections, alt)
Drive
2.5
Gain
2.5
Tone
5.5
Level
8
WhoWatt 100
← Hiwatt DR103 100W
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)
LowCut90Hz
HighCut8500Hz
Resonance
0.4
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Transistor Tape
← Binson Echorec
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6000Hz
Time
310ms
Feedback
25
Mix
22
Level
0
Plate
← Abbey Road ambience
LowCut200Hz
HighCut7000Hz
Mix
16
Decay
1.2s
Predelay
20ms
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 058
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.
— David Gilmour
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