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Comfortably Numb amp settings — Orange Crush 20

The Pink Floyd guitar tone for “Comfortably Numb”, dialed in for a Orange Crush 20 with a Squier Affinity Telecaster. Studio version, The Wall (1979) — Outro Solo

Original rig

1969 Black Stratocaster (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) + Yamaha RA-200 rotary cabinet

Singing, violin-like high-sustain fuzz lead with smooth top-end and lush space

Amp settings — Orange Crush 20

CHANNELDirty

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Mid	6
Treble	5
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9

Used as a pre-amp boost into the amp's Dirty channel to push sustain and round the mids (run direct into amp input)

Drive 3 · Tone 4 · Level 8

02EHX Ram's Head Big Muff Pi

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (place before TS9 on Clean channel for true album fuzz)

Volume 7 · Tone 5 · Sustain 8

03Boss DD-7 Digital Delay

Analog or Standard mode set to ~370ms dotted-eighth/quarter repeats (run direct into amp input)

E.Level 5 · F.Back 5 · D.Time 6 · Mode 4

Why these settings

Since you lack the core Big Muff fuzz, the Orange Crush 20 Dirty channel is set to gain 7 while the TS9 acts as a mid-focused boost to simulate Gilmour's smooth, violin-like sustain. The Telecaster bridge single coil has more top-end bite than Gilmour's fat DiMarzio FS-1, so the amp treble is held at 5 and guitar tone rolled back to 8 to avoid harshness. If you acquire a Big Muff, switch the amp to the Clean channel with gain at 2 and run the Muff into the TS9.

PRO TIPGilmour's singing sustain relies heavily on wide, slow index-finger vibrato and precise pitch bends; picking hard near the bridge with the edge of a heavy plectrum gives that immediate liquid attack before the note blooms into sustain.

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