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Comfortably Numb amp settings — Fender Mustang lt40s

The Pink Floyd guitar tone for “Comfortably Numb”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang lt40s with a Fender Isfe25000896. 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 Custom 100 & Yamaha RA-200 rotary speaker

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

Amp settings — Fender Mustang lt40s

CHANNELFender Clean (Twin Reverb model)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	6
Treble	5
Reverb	4
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE9 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer

Even out pick dynamics and lengthen sustain into the fuzz

Level 7 · Tone 5 · Attack 4 · Sustain 7

02EHX Big Muff Pi

Primary gain source for smooth violin lead tone

Volume 6 · Tone 4 · Sustain 8

03MXR Phase 90

Set low to emulate the subtle Yamaha RA-200 rotary cabinet movement

Speed 2

Why these settings

The EHX Big Muff provides the core singing fuzz, so the Mustang LT40S is set to a clean, high-headroom Fender Twin voice with low gain to prevent muddy double-gain stacking. The Big Muff tone is rolled back slightly to tame the naturally bright top end of a Strat bridge pickup into a digital Fender model. The Mustang LT40S physical panel features only Gain, Bass, Treble, and Master controls, so Mid and Presence are omitted.

PRO TIPUse heavy, slow, wide vibrato with the flesh of your fretting fingers and pick close to the bridge with a sturdy pick to get Gilmour's signature singing sustain and harmonic blooming.

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