Comfortably Numb amp settings — Borne Vorax 840 Studio
The Pink Floyd guitar tone for “Comfortably Numb”, dialed in for a Borne Vorax 840 Studio with a Cort X100. Studio version outro solo, The Wall (1979)
Fender Stratocaster ('Black Strat' with DiMarzio FS-1 bridge pickup) -> MXR Dyna Comp -> EHX 'Ram's Head' Big Muff Pi -> Hiwatt DR103 100W Head & Yamaha RA-200 rotary cabinet
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 4 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 5 |
| Master | 6 |
01Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi (Ram's Head)
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned
02Analog Delay / Rotary Simulator
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned
The Borne Vorax 840 is an unrecognized solid-state practice amp, so universal controls are dialed with gain at 7 to capture the necessary solo sustain from the amp alone. Bass is pushed to 6 and treble capped at 5 to tame the Cort X100 ceramic bridge humbucker and emulate Gilmour's thick, smooth Hiwatt low-end. Adding a Big Muff fuzz pedal in the future will allow running the amp clean with gain down to 2 for the exact violin sustain.
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