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Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2 amp settings — Boss Katana 100

The Pink Floyd guitar tone for “Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 100 with a Yamaha pacifica 012. Studio version, The Wall (1979) — solo tone

Original rig

Gibson Les Paul Goldtop (P90s) → Big Muff Pi → MXR Phase 90 → Mesa Boogie Mark I (heavily compressed/gated signal path)

Smooth, singing sustain with compressed attack, thick fuzz, and slow swirling phase — iconic creamy lead tone

Amp settings — Boss Katana 100

CHANNELCrunchBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	5
Presence	5
Reverb	4
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss Katana Onboard Compressor

Critical for the gated/compressed sustain — use BOSS COMP model in Tone Studio

Sustain 7 · Attack 8 · Level 5

02Boss Katana Onboard Muff Fuzz

Use 'Muff Fuzz' in Tone Studio — tone rolled back for smoothness per Gilmour's 30-40% setting

Sustain 7 · Tone 3 · Level 5

03Boss Katana Onboard Phaser

Use 'Phaser' effect — rate very slow (Gilmour ran Phase 90 at 10-11% for subtle swirl)

Rate 2 · Depth 4 · Resonance 3

Why these settings

Your Pacifica's ceramic single coils are brighter and lower output than Gilmour's P90s, so I rolled treble back to 5 (original Hiwatt was 6) and pushed mids to 6 for warmth. The Katana's Crunch channel at low gain provides a clean platform for the onboard Muff Fuzz to be the gain source — amp gain stays at 3 to avoid muddy stacking. The compressor is essential here; Gilmour's signal was heavily gated/compressed before hitting the amp.

PRO TIPPlay with your fingers or a light pick attack near the neck pickup for that vocal, singing sustain — Gilmour's tone on this solo breathes because he lets the compression and fuzz do the work while playing dynamically, not digging in hard.

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