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Comfortably Numb amp settings — M-Vave Blackbox

The Pink Floyd guitar tone for “Comfortably Numb”, dialed in for a M-Vave Blackbox with a Gibson Les Paul Modern. Studio version, The Wall (1979) — iconic outro solo

Original rig

Fender Black Strat (DiMarzio FS-1 bridge) into 1973 Electro-Harmonix 'Ram's Head' Big Muff Pi, MXR Dyna Comp, Yamaha RA-200 rotating speaker cabinet, and Hiwatt DR103 100W head into WEM 4x12 Fane Crescendo cab

Singing, violin-like fuzz sustain with smooth top end, rich low-mids, rotary modulation, and stereo delay

Amp settings — M-Vave Blackbox

CHANNELClean British / Hiwatt-style Clean Amp Model + 4x12 Cab IRBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Mid	5
Treble	5
Presence	6
Reverb	4
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE9 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Compressor Block (Dynacomp style)

Smooths out initial pick attack and increases sustain into the fuzz

Sustain 4 · Level 7

02Fuzz / Big Muff Block (Pi Fuzz / Muff model)

Primary gain source; Tone dialed back to tame humbucker bite

Drive 6 · Tone 4 · Level 6

03Chorus / Rotary Block (CE-2 style)

Emulates Gilmour's Yamaha RA-200 rotating speaker cabinet

Rate 3 · Depth 5 · Level 5

04Digital Delay Block

Set delay time to ~480ms (or quarter note tap) with moderate repeats

Time 5 · Feedback 4 · Mix 4

Why these settings

Because you are playing a Les Paul Modern with hotter, warmer humbuckers instead of Gilmour's single-coil Strat, keep the Fuzz tone knob slightly under halfway (around 4) to avoid low-mid mud while retaining clarity. The M-Vave Blackbox amp model should stay on a high-headroom clean platform with amp gain low (2-3) so the Muff block delivers the full saturation without clashing. Use the rotary/chorus and delay blocks to recreate the lush studio dimension of the Yamaha RA-200 and studio plate. (First solo switch: toggle the neck pickup and roll tone to 8).

PRO TIPGilmour’s violin-like sustain relies on wide, slow finger vibrato and smooth, deliberate bends using multiple fingers for pitch control rather than aggressive pick attack.

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