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Confortably numb amp settings — Vox VT20+

The Pink Floyd guitar tone for “Confortably numb”, dialed in for a Vox VT20+ with a Squier Affinity Telecaster. Studio version outro solo, The Wall (1979)

Original rig

Fender 'Black Strat' (Seymour Duncan SSL-1C bridge pickup) -> EHX 'Ram's Head' Big Muff -> MXR Phase 90 / Electric Mistress -> MXR digital delay -> Hiwatt DR103 & Yamaha RA-200 rotary speaker

Singing, violin-like sustaining fuzz lead with smooth high-end roll-off and spacious delay

Amp settings — Vox VT20+

CHANNELUS HIGAIN amp model (or UK 80s) with onboard FUZZ stomp active

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Onboard Fuzz Stomp Block

Engage the VT20+ onboard Fuzz pedal model before the preamp

Drive 8 · Tone 4 · Level 7

02Onboard Delay Effect Block

Set delay time to roughly 370ms with moderate repeats for space

Time 6 · Feedback 4 · Level 5

Why these settings

The Vox VT20+ is a modeling amp, so we engage its onboard Fuzz model into a clean/warm high-headroom preamp voice to recreate the Ram's Head Big Muff into Hiwatt sound without external pedals. The Telecaster bridge pickup is brighter and thinner than Gilmour's custom overwound SSL-1C Strat pickup, so tone is pulled back to 7 and amp treble is set low at 4 to remove ice-pick harshness and replicate his smooth, violin-like sustain. Mid is pushed to 7 to compensate for the traditional Big Muff scoop and keep the solo cutting through.

PRO TIPPick with the meat of your thumb slightly grazing the string right after the pick strike to coax out smooth, controlled pinch harmonics on bends, and let the sustained notes bloom with wide, wrist-driven vibrato.

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