Riff Tone

Time

Pink Floyd

Guitarrock1970s

Original Gear

Guitar1969 Fender Stratocaster (alder body, late-'70s Charvel birdseye maple neck)

AmpHiwatt DR103 100-watt head (circa 1973-74, custom, linked channel input) with WEM Super Starfinder 200 4x12 cabinet (Fane Crescendo 12A speakers)

PickupsDiMarzio FS-1 single-coil (bridge), 1971 Fender Stratocaster single-coils (middle and neck)

Amp Settings

gain5

bass6.5

mid5.5

treble5.5

reverb3

presence6

Effects & Signal Chain

compressionMXR MXR Dyna Comp

Notes

Studio recording, 1972-1973, The Dark Side of the Moon sessions. Settings and gear confirmed for studio use. No evidence of live/touring substitutions for the riff section.

Tone Character(10)

chiming and openslightly overdriven cleanwarm and roundedclear note separationtouch-sensitivedynamic and articulatemodest sustainBritish amp characterairy and spaciousnot compressed

Difficulty

The riff requires tight timing, dynamic control, and clean chord voicings, making it moderately challenging for intermediate players.

Sources

David Gilmour's guitar tone on Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb: how he got his sound | Guitar World Australian Pink Floyd Show guitarist on how to nail David Gilmour's tone | Guitar World Any pointers for creating the tone for the rhythm guitar in 'Time' by ...

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