Tone library / Pink Floyd / Wish You Were Here

Wish You Were Here amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

The Pink Floyd guitar tone for “Wish You Were Here”, dialed in for a Marshall MG30CFX with a Harley Benton SC-Custom II. Studio version, Wish You Were Here album (1975) — iconic acoustic-intro backing/clean lead riff

Original rig

1970s Black Fender Stratocaster (bridge/middle) into Hiwatt DR103 Custom 100 Head, WEM 4x12 cabinet (Fane Crescendo speakers), Binson Echorec delay, subtle studio compression

Glassy, articulate British clean with open treble, balanced midrange, and subtle ambient reverb/delay

Amp settings — Marshall MG30CFX

CHANNELClean (green LED)BOOSToff

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

Don’t have a Marshall MG30CFX? See this song on other amps → Match your own rig →

Guitar

PICKUPmiddle TONE9 VOLUME10

Why these settings

The MG30CFX Clean channel stays completely headroom-clean like Gilmour's Hiwatt DR103. Because your Harley Benton SC-Custom II has humbuckers instead of Gilmour's Strat single coils, middle pickup position with treble boosted to 7 cuts the lower-mid thickness and restores the necessary top-end chime. Use the amp's onboard Studio Reverb at 4 (or a faint touch of onboard Delay) to mimic the room ambience and Binson Echorec space.

PRO TIPPick firmly with a medium-thin plectrum right over the middle pickup area rather than by the bridge, allowing the open-string chime to ring cleanly against the fretted melody notes.

Get this tone on your amp

These settings are for a Marshall MG30CFX. ToneAdapt matches any song to whatever amp, guitar and pedals you own — first match is free.

Get ToneAdapt on Google Play

More tones for the Marshall MG30CFX

FloodsPantera Lonely DaySystem Of A Down Iron manBlacl Sabbat Cigarettes & Alcohol (Remastered)Oasis Not the american averegeAsking alexandria DetachedErr0rzone

Find your amp

Browse

Marshall MG30CFX settingsALL SONGS FOR THIS AMP Wish You Were Here on other ampsSAME SONG, YOUR AMP Pink Floyd tonesALL SONGS Pink Floyd on the Marshall MG30CFXSAME ARTIST, SAME AMP Harley Benton SC-Custom II tonesSAME GUITAR Tone libraryEVERYTHING

Song, artist and gear names are used to identify the tone being matched; ToneAdapt is not affiliated with or endorsed by the artists or manufacturers mentioned. Settings are AI-generated starting points — trust your ears.