Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-5 amp settings — Fender Champion 40
The Pink Floyd guitar tone for “Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-5”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 40 with a Ibanez GIO GRG170DX. Studio version, Wish You Were Here (1975) - Part 1 & 2 intro solo / 4-note motif
Fender 'Black Strat' (neck pickup) -> Colorsound Overdriver / MXR Dyna Comp -> Binson Echorec -> Hiwatt DR103 Custom 100 into WEM Super Starfinder 200 4x12 cab
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 3 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Treble | 5 |
| Reverb | 4 |
| Master | 5 |
01Klone Centaur
Used as a clean boost with mid warmth to emulate the Colorsound Overdriver transparent push
02Analog/Tape Delay
RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (set around 310ms to replicate the Binson Echorec)
The Fender Champion 40 lacks physical middle and presence controls on its faceplate, so mid and presence are set to null. The original tone relies on high-headroom Hiwatt cleans and a Colorsound Overdriver boost; using the Champion's '65 Twin clean voice combined with your Klone set as a low-gain, high-output clean boost recreates that punchy, dynamic response. Because the Ibanez neck humbucker has thicker low-mids than Gilmour's Strat single-coil, the treble on the amp and pedal is kept neutral while the tone knob is rolled slightly down to smooth out top-end pickup harshness.
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