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Solo Tone
Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd
Guitarrock1970s
Original Gear
Guitar1969 Fender Stratocaster (alder body) with late-'70s Charvel birdseye maple neck
AmpHiwatt DR103 100-watt head
Amp Settings
gain0
bass6.5
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Notes
Studio recording, The Wall (1979). Clean sections used the Stratocaster with neck and middle pickups, into a Hiwatt DR103, with parallel Yamaha RA-200 rotary speaker for modulation. No fuzz or distortion pedals for clean tone.
Tone Character(10)
warm and glassycrystal-clear articulationlush modulation from rotary speakerdynamic and touch-sensitiveslightly scooped midschorus-like shimmeropen and airysmooth top endsubtle spring reverbstudio double-tracking depth
Difficulty
While technically not fast or complex, the clean section requires excellent control of dynamics, phrasing, and vibrato to match Gilmour's expressive playing and touch sensitivity.
This tone has been researched 2 times by the community
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Original Gear
Guitar1969 Fender Stratocaster (alder body) with late-'70s Charvel birdseye maple neck
AmpHiwatt DR103 100-watt head
Amp Settings
gain0
bass6.5
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Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
This tone has been researched 2 times by the community
Notes
Studio recording, The Wall (1979). Clean sections used the Stratocaster with neck and middle pickups, into a Hiwatt DR103, with parallel Yamaha RA-200 rotary speaker for modulation. No fuzz or distortion pedals for clean tone.
Tone Character(10)
warm and glassycrystal-clear articulationlush modulation from rotary speakerdynamic and touch-sensitiveslightly scooped midschorus-like shimmeropen and airysmooth top endsubtle spring reverbstudio double-tracking depth
Difficulty
While technically not fast or complex, the clean section requires excellent control of dynamics, phrasing, and vibrato to match Gilmour's expressive playing and touch sensitivity.