Riff Tone
Echoes
Pink Floyd
Guitarrock1970s
Original Gear
GuitarFender Stratocaster (early 1970s, likely 1969 black Strat with maple neck)
AmpHiwatt DR103 Custom 100 Head with WEM Super Starfinder 200 4x12 cabinet
PickupsFender single-coil pickups (original vintage spec, likely stock 1969-1971)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass6.5
mid7
treble6.5
reverb4.5
presence6
Effects & Signal Chain
delayBinson Binson Echorec (delay/echo unit)
Notes
Studio recording, 1971. Clean riff section. No evidence of fuzz or heavy gain in this section. Typical for Gilmour's clean tones of the Meddle era. No evidence of chorus, flanger, or phaser in the clean riff section. Delay and reverb are present, likely from Binson Echorec and plate reverb.
Tone Character(10)
warm and smoothlush and ambientglassy highsrounded attackbell-like clarityspacious and atmosphericsoft dynamic responseno audible distortionclassic progressive rock cleanslightly compressed
Difficulty
The clean riff is not technically complex but requires careful control of picking dynamics, clean articulation, and timing with delay repeats to achieve the iconic atmospheric sound.
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Original Gear
GuitarFender Stratocaster (early 1970s, likely 1969 black Strat with maple neck)
AmpHiwatt DR103 Custom 100 Head with WEM Super Starfinder 200 4x12 cabinet
PickupsFender single-coil pickups (original vintage spec, likely stock 1969-1971)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass6.5
mid7
treble6.5
reverb4.5
presence6
Effects & Signal Chain
delayBinson Binson Echorec (delay/echo unit)
Notes
Studio recording, 1971. Clean riff section. No evidence of fuzz or heavy gain in this section. Typical for Gilmour's clean tones of the Meddle era. No evidence of chorus, flanger, or phaser in the clean riff section. Delay and reverb are present, likely from Binson Echorec and plate reverb.
Tone Character(10)
warm and smoothlush and ambientglassy highsrounded attackbell-like clarityspacious and atmosphericsoft dynamic responseno audible distortionclassic progressive rock cleanslightly compressed
Difficulty
The clean riff is not technically complex but requires careful control of picking dynamics, clean articulation, and timing with delay repeats to achieve the iconic atmospheric sound.
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