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Tone recipes·2026 · OCT
Rock1973

01Pink Floyd

Time

The defining big-amp rock solo tone. Black Strat on the bridge pickup with a Fuzz Face in front of a Hiwatt DR103, plus echo. Notes bloom and sustain forever. The tone is fat in the mids with a slight grain from the fuzz. Gilmour's bends finish on the target pitch — every single time. The lead voice cuts through Pink Floyd's spacious mix because the midrange is locked in around 800Hz, where the band leaves room.

02Signal chain

Guitar to amp, 2 pedals between.

  1. In
    Guitar

    Black 1969 Fender Stratocaster ('Black Strat')

  2. 01
    The lead fuzz on the studio solo, played on the bridge pickup
    Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face
  3. 02
    Echo behind the solo
    Binson Echorec
  4. Out
    Amp

    Hiwatt DR103 Custom 100 + WEM Super Starfinder cabinet

03Field note

The secret sauce

The fuzz is on the floor; the Hiwatt is clean. Reverse-engineer this with a dirty amp and the tone collapses into mud. The fuzz needs a clean platform to make sense.