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comfotably numb amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The pink floyd guitar tone for “comfotably numb”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Gibson Les Paul Studio. Studio version, The Wall (1979) — main solo tone

Original rig

Hiwatt DR103 head into WEM 4x12 cab, Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi (Ram's Head era), ProCo Rat, MXR Dynacomp, TC Electronic 2290 delay, Fender Stratocaster (Black Strat) with neck pickup

Smooth, creamy sustain with singing midrange, violin-like sustain on bends, warm yet articulate with long delay trails

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

CHANNELBrown amp type (Crunch variation)BRIGHToffBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Katana Built-in Compressor

Engage via Tone Studio or panel — emulates the MXR Dynacomp squash that feeds Gilmour's sustain

Sustain 6 · Level 7

02Katana Built-in Muff Fuzz (or DS-1 type as substitute)

RECOMMENDED — Big Muff Pi clone (EHX Big Muff Nano, ~$80) is essential for authentic Gilmour sustain. Katana's onboard Muff model in Tone Studio gets you 70% there

Drive/Dist 7 · Tone 4 · Level 6

03Katana Built-in Digital Delay

Set delay time to ~380-440ms (dotted eighth feel). Gilmour's delay is prominent but sits behind the note

E.Level 5 · F.Back 5 · D.Time 7

Why these settings

Your Les Paul's humbuckers are hotter and warmer than Gilmour's Strat single coils, so I dropped treble from what a Strat player would need and pushed mids +2 to compensate for the Katana's neutral voicing vs the Hiwatt's natural mid-forward compression. The Brown amp type approximates British crunch without the fizz of the Lead channel. Bass is restrained at 4 because humbuckers already deliver low-end thickness that would muddy the Muff-style gain.

PRO TIPGilmour's signature singing sustain comes from his vibrato technique — slow, wide, and from the wrist, not finger wiggle. On sustaining bends, let the note bloom for a full beat before adding vibrato. Your Les Paul's shorter scale length makes wide bends easier; use that to nail the vocal quality of the solo's climactic bends.

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