Time amp settings — Digitech RP355

The Pink floyd guitar tone for “Time”, dialed in for a Digitech RP355 with a Ibanez GIO GRG131DX. Studio recording, The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), iconic guitar solo

Original rig

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

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

Amp settings — Digitech RP355

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01DigiTech RP355 Screamer (OD Block as clean/mid boost)

Emulating the Colorsound Power Boost used to push mids and tighten the fuzz

Drive 2 · Tone 6 · Level 8

02DigiTech RP355 Big Pi (Distortion Block - Big Muff model)

Primary fuzz gain source

Sustain 7 · Tone 5 · Level 6

03DigiTech RP355 Analog Delay Block

Set delay time to 350ms to emulate the Binson Echorec tape decay

Time 4 · Repeats 5 · Level 4

04DigiTech RP355 Spring Reverb Block

Subtle room ambience behind the delay

Decay 4 · Level 3

Why these settings

The Digitech RP355's Big Pi block supplies the core Ram's Head fuzz into a clean amp model, keeping amp gain low to avoid harsh double-distortion. Because the Ibanez GIO humbuckers are darker and hotter than Gilmour's single-coil Strat, the fuzz tone knob and the Screamer boost are set to push upper mids while trimming amp bass to prevent muddiness. The guitar's bridge humbucker compensates for the natural single-coil bite while rolling the tone knob slightly to 8 smooths out harsh transient spikes.

PRO TIPPick with the side of your thumb brushing the string immediately after the pick stroke to generate subtle pinch harmonics on sustained bends, mimicking Gilmour's heavy, singing vibrato.

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