Time amp settings — Fender Champion 40

The Pink Floyd guitar tone for “Time”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 40 with a Tube screamer Tube screamer. Studio version, The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), iconic guitar solo

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster (Black Strat) -> EHX Big Muff Pi (Ram's Head) -> Colorsound Power Boost -> Binson Echorec -> Hiwatt DR103 Custom 100 Head into WEM 4x12 cab

Singing, sustained vintage fuzz lead with smooth top end and rhythmic tape delay repeats

Amp settings — Fender Champion 40

CHANNELClean (Channel 1)BOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Signal chain

01EHX Big Muff Pi

Primary gain source; smooth singing sustain

Volume 7 · Tone 5 · Sustain 8

02Ibanez Tube Screamer TS9

Used after fuzz to simulate Colorsound boost and add mid push

Drive 2 · Tone 6 · Level 7

03Boss DM-2W Waza Delay

Standard mode; set to ~350ms rhythmic tape-style repeats

Repeat Rate 6 · Intensity 4 · Echo 5

04Boss RV-6 Reverb

Plate or Hall mode for studio space ambience

E.Level 4 · Tone 5 · Time 5

Why these settings

The Fender Champion 40 is set to its ultra-clean Channel 1 with gain at 2 to emulate the massive, high-headroom Hiwatt DR103 power platform without double-gain mud. Because the Champion 40 faceplate lacks a middle control (bass and treble only), the TS9 is stacked after the Big Muff with drive low and level high to restore the crucial mid-range vocal cut that Gilmour achieved. Treble is kept moderate at 5 to prevent the Big Muff's top end from getting harsh on a solid-state speaker. Clean verse: bypass Big Muff and TS9, engage MXR Phase 90.

PRO TIPRoll your Strat bridge tone knob back to 8 to tame the initial pick chirp, and pick close to the neck with heavy vibrato to let the Big Muff bloom into continuous sustain.

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