Real AmpTuning: E StandardPickup: BridgeMost AccurateBlues
Dry Fuzz-Face Strat — Cash-Register Solo
The first two solo sections use a Strat with the era's silicon Fuzz Face sound, feeding loud clean Hiwatt or Fender amplification with restrained Binson echo. A mild Colorsound boost is included because it appears in documented contemporary setups, although its use on the studio recording is not conclusively established; control positions are representative. Source: Gilmourish Dark Side of the Moon Setups and Kit Rae Tone Building.
Signal Chain
Fender Stratocaster→Dallas-Arbiter Silicon Fuzz Face→Colorsound Power Boost→Hiwatt DR103→WEM Super Starfinder 4x12→Binson Echorec→Output
GuitarFender Stratocaster
Tone
8
PickupBridge
TuningE Standard
Volume
10
PedalDallas-Arbiter Silicon Fuzz Face
Fuzz8.5
Volume
7
PedalColorsound Power Boost
Bass
5
Treble
6
Volume
5.5
AmpHiwatt DR103
Bass
5
Gain
4
Mids
5
Master
8
Treble
5.5
Presence
5
Cab / IRWEM Super Starfinder 4x12
MicDynamic
SpeakersFane
Mic PositionSlightly off-axis
EffectBinson Echorec
Mix
2
Time300 ms
Feedback
2
Notes
Keep the sound drier than a stereotypical modern Gilmour preset. The solo's authority comes from attack, wide bends and the switch into straight 4/4 time.
Don't have this gear?
See the same signal chain mapped to another platform. Knob values carry over as starting points — gain ranges differ between platforms.