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Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2 amp settings — Fender Twin Reverb

The Pink Floyd guitar tone for “Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2”, dialed in for a Fender Twin Reverb with a Squier Affinity Telecaster. Studio version, The Wall (1979) — the iconic solo

Original rig

1955 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop (P-90s, neck pickup) → mixing desk (gated/compressed) → Mesa Boogie Mark I → mic'd back to desk. Heavy compression and hall reverb added in mix.

Smooth, singing, heavily sustained lead with warm low-mids, rounded top end, and lush hall reverb — no harsh attack, almost vocal-like sustain

Amp settings — Fender Twin Reverb

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Compressor (Boss CS-3 or similar)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Critical for the infinite sustain on this solo. MXR Dynacomp or Keeley Compressor Plus are alternatives.

Level 5 · Tone 5 · Attack 7 · Sustain 7

02Overdrive (Tube Screamer TS9 or similar)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned. Set as a clean-ish boost to push the Twin into smooth saturation. The original used a Mesa's preamp gain; a TS into a clean Twin approximates that smooth compression. Keep Drive LOW — this is not a fuzzy tone.

Drive 3 · Tone 4 · Level 6

Why these settings

The Fender Twin Reverb is a loud, clean, bright amp — the opposite of a Mesa Mark I's warm compressed gain. Without pedals, you cannot achieve this tone; the Twin does not break up at safe volumes. I've set amp gain low (3) because your gain source must be the recommended overdrive pedal. Treble dropped to 4 (vs a Mesa's neutral 5) because the Twin's treble shelf is much higher and your Tele's bridge-adjacent neck pickup is brighter than P-90s. Reverb at 6 replicates the hall verb baked into the original mix — the Twin's spring reverb is darker but usable.

PRO TIPRoll your Tele's tone knob to 6 and pick over the neck pickup itself (not near the bridge) — this softens the attack and mimics the P-90's fatter, rounder transient. Gilmour's vibrato on this solo is slow and wide, from the wrist, not finger wiggle.

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