Sorrow amp settings — Rocktron R120dsp

The Pink floyd guitar tone for “Sorrow”, dialed in for a Rocktron R120dsp with a Sterling by Music Man JP60. Studio version, A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)

Original rig

Steinberger GL with single-coil Strat pickups → Big Muff (intro) / Boss HM-2 + GE-7 (main) → Fender Concert amp / Gallien-Krueger 250ML + Fender Super Champ (split signal)

Massive, cavernous sustain with scooped mids, thick low-end, and singing upper harmonics — drenched in long delay and arena-scale reverb

Amp settings — Rocktron R120dsp

CHANNELClean channel with chorus/delay effects activeBRIGHToffBOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Mid	3
Treble	5
Presence	4
Reverb	7
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Donner Arena 2000 — Big Muff / Fuzz voice

Select the Muff or Fuzz algorithm — this is your primary gain source. The HM-2 Gilmour used has a similar mid-scoop character. Amp stays clean.

Level/Volume 6 · Tone 4 · Gain/Sustain 7

02Donner Arena 2000 — Delay

Set delay time to approximately 500-540ms. Gilmour used long, atmospheric repeats. This is critical to the Sorrow sound.

Time 7 · Feedback/Repeats 5 · Mix/Level 6

03Donner Arena 2000 — Chorus (if available)

Gilmour used a Boss CE-2 on one side of his stereo rig. Subtle chorus adds width and shimmer. If your unit lacks chorus, skip this.

Rate 3 · Depth 4 · Mix 5

Why these settings

Your JP60 has hot humbuckers vs Gilmour's single-coil Steinberger — roll tone to 6 and use the neck pickup to tame the brightness and approximate that singing sustain. The Rocktron's gain stays at 2 because ALL drive comes from the Arena 2000's fuzz/muff setting; stacking amp gain would mud up the iconic open, sustaining tone. Mids scooped to 3 mimics the HM-2/Big Muff character.

PRO TIPPlay with extremely slow, deliberate vibrato and let notes sustain into feedback — Gilmour's Sorrow tone is as much about touch and silence between notes as it is about gear. If you can, stand closer to your amp to encourage controlled feedback on the long held notes.

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