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Wish You Were Here amp settings — Harley Benton HB-20R

The Pink Floyd guitar tone for “Wish You Were Here”, dialed in for a Harley Benton HB-20R with a Harley Benton ST-62MN BK. Studio version, Wish You Were Here album (1975) — electric guitar parts

Original rig

1969 Fender Stratocaster (Black Strat) with 1971 pickups, Hiwatt DR103 100W head into WEM 4x12 with Fane Crescendo speakers, Colorsound Power Boost (mild OD setting), Binson Echorec II delay (300ms)

Warm, singing clean-to-edge-of-breakup tone with soft compression, subtle midrange bloom, and spacious delay — intimate and vocal-like

Amp settings — Harley Benton HB-20R

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

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME8

Why these settings

The Hiwatt is famously clean and mid-forward with tight bass — your HB-20R is a small solid-state practice amp that will be brighter and looser. I pushed mids to 6 to approximate Hiwatt's natural voice, pulled bass to 4 to avoid flub, and kept gain at 3 for just a hint of warmth without breakup. Rolling your guitar volume to 8 and tone to 7 mimics Gilmour's touch-sensitive dynamic control since you lack the Colorsound boost.

PRO TIPGilmour's secret weapon on this track is pick attack variation — use the fleshy part of your thumb or pick at an angle near the neck for that vocal, singing sustain on the solo phrases, then dig in harder on the chord strums for contrast.

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