Comfortably numb amp settings — Neural DSP Quad Cortex
The Pink floyd guitar tone for “Comfortably numb”, dialed in for a Neural DSP Quad Cortex with a Schecter Solo ii standard. Studio version, The Wall (1979) — Outro Solo
1969 Black Strat (DiMarzio FS-1 bridge pickup) -> EHX Ram's Head Big Muff Pi -> MXR Dyna Comp -> Pete Cornish ST-2 Boost -> Hiwatt DR103 100W (linked channels) + WEM 4x12 / Yamaha RA-200 rotary
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Mid | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Presence | 4 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 7 |
01Dyna-Compressor block (MXR Dyna Comp model)
Even sustain and smooths transient pick attack before fuzz
02Red Means Distortion block (Big Muff Ram's Head model)
Primary gain source; tone set slightly low to tame humbucker bite
03Digital Delay block
Set tempo to ~375ms (dotted eighth) post-amp in grid
04Chorus / Rotary block
Emulates the Yamaha RA-200 rotating speaker spread
The Schecter Solo-II humbuckers have a thicker midrange and hotter output than Gilmour's FS-1 single coil, so the Big Muff Tone is pulled down to 4 and guitar Tone to 8 to avoid harshness. The Highwatt block is kept low-gain and headroom-rich at Gain 3 to let the Muff block generate all the violin-like sustain cleanly without stacking mud. A subtle rotary/chorus and delay block on the Quad Cortex recreates the multi-tracked studio space and Yamaha RA-200 swirl.
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