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Where were you amp settings — Headrush Prime

The Pink Floyd guitar tone for “Where were you”, dialed in for a Headrush Prime with a Yamaha Revstar RSS20. Studio version, Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop (1989) — note: 'Where Were You' is by Jeff Beck, not Pink Floyd

Original rig

Fender Stratocaster (bridge pickup) -> ProCo Rat -> Marshall 100W Head / Lexicon reverb

Singing, violin-like sustaining lead with smooth upper harmonics, wide dynamic range, and ambient hall reverb

Amp settings — Headrush Prime

CHANNELJCM800 2203 / Lead 800 block + 4x12 Greenback 25W IRBRIGHToffBOOSToff

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

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE7 VOLUME7

Signal chain

01Black OP Distortion (ProCo Rat model)

Placed before amp block for core violin sustain

Distortion 6 · Filter 6 · Volume 7

02Air Delay / Tape Delay block

FX loop / post-amp

Time 5 · Feedback 3 · Mix 25

03Air Reverb / Large Hall block

FX loop / post-amp; critical for the floating ambient bloom

Decay 7 · Pre-Delay 3 · Mix 35

Why these settings

Jeff Beck recorded this masterpiece with a Stratocaster into a ProCo Rat and a cranked Marshall, using heavy volume swells and whammy pitch-shaping rather than a pick. Your Yamaha Revstar RSS20 has humbuckers, which produce higher output and thicker low-mids than a Strat; rolling the guitar volume down to 6-7 and setting tone around 7 reins in the output and cleans up the transient attack. The Headrush JCM800 model running with moderate gain alongside the Black OP Rat block provides the smooth, endless compression required for the notes to sing.

PRO TIPPluck entirely with the thumb or index finger instead of a plectrum while simultaneously rocking your pinky on the guitar volume knob to eliminate the initial pick attack and let the notes bloom like a bowed violin.

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