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Riff Tone
Time
Pink Floyd
Guitarrock1970s
Original Gear
Guitar1969 Fender Stratocaster (alder body, late-'70s Charvel birdseye maple neck)
AmpHiwatt DR103 100-watt head (circa 1973-74, custom, linked channel input) with WEM Super Starfinder 200 4x12 cabinet (Fane Crescendo 12A speakers)
Amp Settings
gain5
bass6.5
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Notes
Studio recording, 1972-1973, The Dark Side of the Moon sessions. Settings and gear confirmed for studio use. No evidence of live/touring substitutions for the riff section.
Tone Character(10)
chiming and openslightly overdriven cleanwarm and roundedclear note separationtouch-sensitivedynamic and articulatemodest sustainBritish amp characterairy and spaciousnot compressed
Difficulty
The riff requires tight timing, dynamic control, and clean chord voicings, making it moderately challenging for intermediate players.
This tone has been researched 7 times by the community
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Original Gear
Guitar1969 Fender Stratocaster (alder body, late-'70s Charvel birdseye maple neck)
AmpHiwatt DR103 100-watt head (circa 1973-74, custom, linked channel input) with WEM Super Starfinder 200 4x12 cabinet (Fane Crescendo 12A speakers)
Amp Settings
gain5
bass6.5
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This tone has been researched 7 times by the community
Notes
Studio recording, 1972-1973, The Dark Side of the Moon sessions. Settings and gear confirmed for studio use. No evidence of live/touring substitutions for the riff section.
Tone Character(10)
chiming and openslightly overdriven cleanwarm and roundedclear note separationtouch-sensitivedynamic and articulatemodest sustainBritish amp characterairy and spaciousnot compressed
Difficulty
The riff requires tight timing, dynamic control, and clean chord voicings, making it moderately challenging for intermediate players.