Comfortably Numb amp settings — Line 6 Helix Floor
The Pink Floyd guitar tone for “Comfortably Numb”, dialed in for a Line 6 Helix Floor with a Fender American Professional II Stratocaster. 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 | 3 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 4 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 8 |
01Red Squeeze (MXR Dyna Comp block)
Placed first in chain to level dynamics and extend sustain into the fuzz
02Triangle Fuzz (EHX Big Muff Pi block)
Main gain source; keep tone low to prevent high-end harshness
03145 Rotary (Yamaha RA-200 rotary cabinet block)
Post-amp block set to slow speed with low mix to add Gilmour's subtle dimensional swirl
04Simple Delay (Digital Delay block)
Quarter/dotted eighth style ~370ms delay in post-amp path
05Plate Reverb block
Adds spacious studio ambience
The WhoWatt 100 amp model is set cleanly with low drive so the Triangle Fuzz block acts as the primary gain stage without collapsing into mud. Because standard Strat single-coils are slightly thinner than Gilmour's overwound DiMarzio FS-1 bridge pickup, the guitar tone knob is rolled back to 8 and the fuzz tone is kept warm at 4. The low-mix Rotary and Delay blocks placed after the amp recreate the blended Yamaha RA-200 rotary cabinet and studio tape delay heard on the record.
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