Time amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

The Pink Floyd guitar tone for “Time”, dialed in for a Boss Katana 50 MkII with a Harley benton Ex-84. Studio recording, The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), iconic solo

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster (Black Strat) bridge pickup → Colorsound Power Boost → Electro-Harmonix 'Ram's Head' Big Muff Pi → Binson Echorec → Hiwatt DR103 Custom 100 into WEM 4x12 cab with Fane Crescendo speakers

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

Amp settings — Boss Katana 50 MkII

CHANNELLead amp typeBOOSTon

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE9 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01Katana Built-in Booster (Muff Fuzz / Guv DS)

Engage the onboard red/orange Booster set to Muff Fuzz

Drive 7 · Tone 5 · Level 6

02Katana Built-in Tape Echo / Digital Delay

Set delay time to ~350ms with 4-5 repeats to emulate the Binson Echorec

Time 5 · Feedback 5 · Effect Level 4

03Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi (Ram's Head)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned

Volume 7 · Tone 5 · Sustain 8

Why these settings

The EX-84 humbuckers provide more natural midrange and output than Gilmour's single-coil Strat, so mids are set to 7 on the Katana's Lead channel with treble kept at 5 to avoid harshness. Because you own no external pedals, the Katana's onboard Booster block in Muff Fuzz mode provides the thick sustain, paired with the onboard delay for the Binson Echorec repeats. Katana 50 MkII has no physical presence knob, so presence is null.

PRO TIPUse aggressive, wide vibrato and full two-step bends with the meat of your picking hand's thumb grazing the string slightly on attack to emulate Gilmour's signature singing pinch harmonics.

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