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Comfortably Numb amp settings — fender frontman 10g

The Pink Floyd guitar tone for “Comfortably Numb”, dialed in for a fender frontman 10g with a Squier Classic Vibe 60s Stratocaster. Studio version outro solo, The Wall (1979)

Original rig

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

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

Amp settings — fender frontman 10g

CHANNELOD / Overdrive Channel (Button In)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Treble	4
Master	4

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Electro-Harmonix Ram's Head Big Muff Pi

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

Volume 7 · Tone 5 · Sustain 8

02Digital Delay / Analog Delay

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (set to ~380ms dotted 8th / quarter blend)

Time 5 · Feedback 4 · Level 4

Why these settings

The Frontman 10G has only Gain, Bass, and Treble controls (no mid, presence, or built-in reverb). To emulate Gilmour's massive Big Muff sustain without pedals, we engage the amp's OD channel at gain 7 while rolling the treble down to 4 to prevent the 6-inch speaker from sounding harsh and fizzy. Adding an actual Big Muff fuzz and delay into the clean channel will get you significantly closer to the studio record.

PRO TIPRoll your Strat's bridge tone knob down to 8 to shave off the spiky top-end transient, and use wide, slow finger vibrato with steady left-hand pressure to keep the small practice speaker singing through note sustains.

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