Time amp settings — Boss GT-1

The Pink Floyd guitar tone for “Time”, dialed in for a Boss GT-1 with a Jackson JS22 Dinky. Studio version, The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) - main guitar solo

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster ('Black Strat') → Colorsound Power Boost → EHX Ram's Head Big Muff → Binson Echorec → Hiwatt DR103 Custom 100 Head & WEM 4x12 Cab (Fane Crescendo speakers)

Singing, massive sustained fuzz lead with smooth top-end roll-off and warm rhythmic tape echo

Amp settings — Boss GT-1

CHANNELCLEAN TWIN (Hiwatt clean platform substitute) + 2x12 CabBRIGHToffBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01FX1/COMP (Compressor Block)

Placed first to even out pick dynamics and extend sustain into the fuzz

Sustain 6 · Attack 4 · Level 5

02OD/DS (MUFF FUZZ Block)

Primary gain source; Tone rolled back to tame high-end harshness

Drive 7 · Tone 4 · Level 6

03FX2/MOD (WARM OD / Booster Block)

Colorsound Power Boost emulation to add mid punch and push the Big Muff

Drive 2 · Tone 6 · Level 7

04DELAY (TAPE ECHO Block)

Binson Echorec emulation set to ~350ms rhythmic repeats

Time 5 · Feedback 5 · E.Level 4

Why these settings

The Jackson JS22 ceramic humbuckers have higher output and darker, stiffer attack than Gilmour's vintage single coils, so roll the guitar tone knob to 7 and set the Muff Fuzz Tone to 4 to prevent fizzy clipping. Keep the CLEAN TWIN amp gain down at 2 so the multi-FX fuzz and boost blocks provide all saturation cleanly without preamp mud.

PRO TIPPick with the side of your thumb brushing the string just after the pick strike (semi-pinch harmonic technique) to draw out Gilmour's signature vocal-like upper harmonics during extended string bends.

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