Comfortably Numb amp settings — Boss Katana 50
The Pink Floyd guitar tone for “Comfortably Numb”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 with a Ibanez JS240PS CA. Studio version, The Wall (1979) — Outro Solo
1969 Black Strat (DiMarzio FS-1 bridge) -> EHX Ram's Head Big Muff -> MXR Dyna Comp -> Pete Cornish ST-2 Boost -> Hiwatt DR103 (linked channels) + Yamaha RA-200 rotary cabinet
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 6 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 5 |
| Master | 5 |
01Behringer TO800 Vintage Tube Overdrive
Used as a clean boost to tighten low end and add violin-like sustain into the amp's Lead channel
02Delay (Boss Katana onboard effect)
Set to roughly 375ms dotted-eighth/quarter repeat mix on the onboard Katana Delay knob
03Chorus / Flanger (Boss Katana onboard effect)
Emulates the subtle rotary swirl of Gilmour's Yamaha RA-200 cabinet
The Katana 50 lacks an external Big Muff, so we use the high-gain Lead amp type paired with the TO800 set as a low-drive boost to replicate Gilmour's thick, singing sustain. Rolling your guitar tone down slightly to 8 softens the aggressive bite of your bridge humbucker to mirror the smoother, fat DiMarzio single-coil response. Acoustic verse: roll the guitar volume down to 3 or switch to the Clean amp type.
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