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Comfortablyb numb amp settings — Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3

The Pink Floyd guitar tone for “Comfortablyb numb”, dialed in for a Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version outro solo, The Wall (1979)

Original rig

Fender Black Strat (DiMarzio FS-1 bridge pickup) -> MXR Dyna Comp -> EHX 'Ram's Head' Big Muff Pi -> 1973 Hiwatt DR103 100W Head into WEM 4x12 / Yamaha RA-200 Rotary Speaker / MXR Digital Delay

Smooth, singing high-gain fuzz sustain with rotary/chorus dimension and ambient tape-style delay

Amp settings — Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3

CHANNELOD2 voice, ISF at 7 (British side), onboard Tape Delay & Chorus enabled

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Reverb	2
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE9 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Electro-Harmonix Ram's Head Big Muff Pi

RECOMMENDED — not owned. Set amp voice to Clean Warm with gain at 2 if added.

Volume 5 · Tone 4 · Sustain 8

Why these settings

The Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3 uses an ISF filter instead of standard individual Bass/Mid/Treble knobs, so set ISF to 7 to emulate the punchy British Hiwatt response. We use the OD2 voice with gain at 7 to recreate the thick Big Muff saturation directly from the amp since you do not own dirt pedals. Turn on the amp's built-in Chorus and Tape Delay with 3-4 repeats at ~480ms to match the studio track's rotary speaker and studio delay.

PRO TIPGilmour creates his expressive, singing sustain by digging in hard with the pick edge followed immediately by wide, slow finger vibrato kept in the wrist rather than the fingers.

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