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Comfortably Numb amp settings — Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3

The Pink Floyd guitar tone for “Comfortably Numb”, dialed in for a Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3 with a Harley Benton SC-Custom II. Studio version outro solo, The Wall (1979)

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster (Black Strat, DiMarzio FS-1 bridge pickup) -> MXR Dyna Comp -> EHX Ram's Head Big Muff Pi -> Hiwatt DR103 100W Head into WEM 4x12 and Yamaha RA-200 rotary cabinet

Smooth, singing violin-like fuzz sustain with slight rotary swirl and long ambient decay

Amp settings — Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3

CHANNELOD2 voice (ISF set fully clockwise to 10 for British response)

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Reverb	6
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Electro-Harmonix Ram's Head Big Muff Pi

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (run into Clean Warm channel with gain at 2)

Volume 7 · Tone 5 · Sustain 8

Why these settings

The Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3 lacks traditional 3-band EQ knobs and presence, using an ISF control instead; set ISF fully clockwise to 10 to mimic David Gilmour's Hiwatt British response. To approximate the Ram's Head Big Muff sustain without pedals, run the onboard OD2 voice with gain at 7 and the built-in delay/reverb active. Your Harley Benton humbuckers have more low-mid thickness than Gilmour's Strat, so rolling the guitar tone knob down slightly to 8 smooths out any harsh top end while retaining singing sustain. Clean intro/verse: switch voice to Clean Warm with ISF at 7.

PRO TIPGilmour relies heavily on wide, exceptionally slow vibrato executed from the wrist and precise full-step bends that are sustained against the amp's compression to achieve that violin-like sustain.

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