Comfortably numb amp settings — Marshall Code 50
The Pink floyd guitar tone for “Comfortably numb”, dialed in for a Marshall Code 50 with a Ibanez Grg 330 ex-bkf. Studio version, The Wall (1979) — Outro Solo
1969 Fender Stratocaster (DiMarzio FS-1 bridge pickup) -> MXR Dyna Comp -> EHX 'Ram's Head' Big Muff Pi -> 100W Hiwatt DR103 Custom Head -> WEM 4x12 (Fane Crescendo speakers) blended with Yamaha RA-200 rotary speaker and MXR digital delay (~480ms)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 7 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 5 |
| Master | 6 |
01Onboard Compressor Stomp (Code 50)
Placed pre-amp block to add squash and sustain like Gilmour's Dyna Comp
02Onboard Guvnor Stomp (Code 50)
Acts as the Big Muff fuzz/distortion source into the clean amp model
03Onboard Chorus/Rotary Modulation (Code 50)
Emulates the Yamaha RA-200 revolving speaker cabinet
04Onboard Studio Delay (Code 50)
Set to approx 480ms for ambient trailing repeats
The Marshall Code 50 uses a clean British amp model as a neutral pedal platform to mimic Gilmour's headroom-rich Hiwatt DR103. The onboard Guvnor drive block is driven hard to substitute for the Ram's Head Big Muff fuzz, while the bridge humbucker on the Ibanez requires rolling the guitar's tone knob back to 8 and keeping amp treble at 5 to avoid harshness and achieve the smooth, violin-like sustain. Delay and subtle chorus/rotary blocks are enabled onboard to replicate the stereo studio mixing of the Yamaha RA-200.
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