Comfortabley numb amp settings — Zoom G6
The Pink Floyd guitar tone for “Comfortabley numb”, dialed in for a Zoom G6 with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, The Wall (1979) — iconic second guitar solo
Fender Stratocaster (Black Strat), Hiwatt DR103 Custom 100, Electro-Harmonix 'Ram's Head' Big Muff Pi, MXR Phase 90 / Yamaha RA-200 rotating speaker, Pete Cornish custom board
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 4 |
| Reverb | 3 |
| Master | 7 |
01Comp (GrayComp / Dyna Comp block)
Even out attack and feed sustained signal into the fuzz block
02NYC Muff (Big Muff Pi block)
Primary gain source; provides the smooth, singing harmonic saturation
03Phaser (or Chorus block set slow for rotary cab emulation)
Emulates the subtle swirl of the Yamaha RA-200 rotating speaker
04Delay (Analog Delay block)
Quarter-note/dotted-eighth ambient trailing echo (~380ms), placed post-gain
The Zoom G6's HW 100 model is kept on low gain as a clean headroom platform, allowing the onboard Big Muff block to act as the primary distortion without muddying up. Single coils on the Affinity Strat naturally lean bright and thin, so tone is pulled back to 7 and the amp's mids are pushed to 7 to replicate the fat, vocal body of Gilmour's custom Strat. The subtle phaser block provides the dimensional spread originally generated by the rotating speaker cabinet.
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