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Comfortably Numb amp settings — Zoom G2X Four

The Pink Floyd guitar tone for “Comfortably Numb”, dialed in for a Zoom G2X Four with a Henry's Bird Jr. Strat style. Studio version, The Wall (1979) — Outro Solo

Original rig

1969 Fender Stratocaster (DiMarzio FS-1 bridge pickup) -> Pete Cornish pedalboard (MXR Dyna Comp, EHX Ram's Head Big Muff Pi, Pete Cornish ST-2 Treble and Bass Boost) -> Hiwatt DR103 100W Head into 4x12 WEM cabinet + Yamaha RA-200 rotary cabinet

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

Amp settings — Zoom G2X Four

CHANNELHIWATT103 (HW 100 model) + 4x12 cab IRBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	3
Bass	6
Mid	7
Treble	5
Presence	4
Reverb	0
Master	7

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01D-Comp (Compressor block)

Placed first to even out pick attack and feed endless sustain into the fuzz

Sense 6 · Volume 7

02NYC Muff (Big Muff fuzz block)

Primary gain source; tone backed off to prevent harshness

Sustain 7 · Tone 4 · Level 6

03RC Boost (Booster block)

Emulates the Pete Cornish ST-2 EQ/clean boost after the Muff to fatten mids

Gain 2 · Bass 6 · Treble 5 · Volume 7

04Delay (Digital Delay block)

Quarter-note delay around 370ms to replicate the studio tape echo space

Time 5 · Feedback 4 · Mix 3

05Hall (Reverb block)

Subtle studio plate/hall wash at the end of the chain

Decay 5 · Tone 4 · Mix 3

Why these settings

The Zoom G2X Four replicates Gilmour's massive studio stack via the clean, headroom-heavy HIWATT103 model, keeping amp gain low at 3 so the NYC Muff block acts as the pure violin-like fuzz source without turning to mush. Because your Strat-style Henry's Bird Jr. has standard vintage single coils rather than Gilmour's overwound DiMarzio FS-1, roll your guitar's bridge tone knob down to 8 and keep the Muff's tone control at 4 to shave off harsh top-end sizzle. The post-fuzz booster block adds the crucial low-mid body that made the original Pete Cornish board sound gigantic through Hiwatts.

PRO TIPPick firmly near the bridge with a medium-heavy pick, but release string tension smoothly into sustained notes using wide, slow finger vibrato across the whole fret to let the compressor and Muff sustain take over without decay.

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