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Comfortably Numb amp settings — Synergy 20-IR Bogner Überschall

The PINK FLOYD guitar tone for “Comfortably Numb”, dialed in for a Synergy 20-IR Bogner Überschall with a Schecter Sun Valley Super Shredder FR S. 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 (linked channels) + Yamaha RA-200 rotary cabinet

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

Amp settings — Synergy 20-IR Bogner Überschall

CHANNELClean Channel (Channel 1)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Electro-Harmonix Ram's Head Big Muff Pi

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; essential for Gilmour's violin-like fuzz sustain

Volume 7 · Tone 5 · Sustain 9

02EarthQuaker Devices Dispatch Master V3

FX loop — set delay to ~370ms dotted eighth/quarter blend

Time 6 · Repeats 5 · Reverb 4 · Mix 4

03Matthews Effects The Cosmonaut V2

FX loop — Luna mode for subtle modulation mimicking the Yamaha RA-200 rotating speaker

Mix 4 · Predelay 3 · Decay 6 · Mod 5

Why these settings

The Bogner Überschall module is fundamentally an aggressive, modern high-gain monster, so stay on Channel 1 completely clean as a Hiwatt-style platform. Gilmour's tone gets its massive mid-rich sustain from the Ram's Head Big Muff, so keep the Überschall mids pushed to 7 while shaving treble to 5 to tame your hot bridge humbucker. If playing today without the recommended Big Muff, use Channel 2 with Gain at 6, Bass at 4, and Treble rolled off to 4 for singing sustain.

PRO TIPRoll your guitar tone knob down to around 8 to smooth out modern humbucker bite and pick with the soft flesh of your thumb and pick combined to mimic Gilmour's iconic expressive pinch and round attack.

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