Time amp settings — Blackstar HT5R MkII

The Pink floyd guitar tone for “Time”, dialed in for a Blackstar HT5R MkII with a Epiphone ES-335. Studio recording, The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), main guitar solo

Original rig

1969 Fender Stratocaster (bridge pickup) → Colorsound Power Boost → EHX 'Ram's Head' Big Muff Pi → Binson Echorec → Hiwatt DR103 → WEM 4x12 cab (Fane Crescendo speakers)

Singing, sustained fuzz lead with vocal-like midrange, smooth attack, and rhythmic tape echo decay

Amp settings — Blackstar HT5R MkII

CHANNELOverdrive (Voice switch: classic British crunch)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	8
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	5
Reverb	3
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Electro-Harmonix Ram's Head Big Muff Pi

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; with this pedal, switch amp to Clean channel, gain to 2

Volume 6 · Tone 5 · Sustain 8

02Analog/Tape Delay (e.g. Echorec clone / Carbon Copy)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (FX loop, set to ~350ms multi-tap delay)

Time 5 · Mix 4 · Repeats 5

Why these settings

The HT5R MkII lacks a presence knob and you own no pedals, so the amp's Overdrive channel carries the fuzz sustain by pushing gain to 8. Set the ISF knob clockwise to around 7 to capture the British Hiwatt mid-grunt, bumping mid to 7 to replicate the violin-like sustain. Your semi-hollow ES-335 humbuckers provide more low-mid thickness than Gilmour's Strat, so tone is rolled back to 8 to tame peak fizz while keeping bass moderate at 5. Clean verse: switch to the Clean channel and roll guitar volume to 7.

PRO TIPPick firmly with heavy string vibrato using the flesh of the thumb and pick simultaneously near the bridge to induce harmonic overtones and mimic the slow, singing sustain of a cranked Fane cab.

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