Riff Tone

Time (Live)

Pink Floyd

Guitarrock1970s

Original Gear

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

AmpHiwatt DR103 100-watt head with WEM 4x12 cabinet (live setup, early 1970s)

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

Amp Settings

gain3.5

bass6.5

mid7

treble6.5

reverb4.5

presence6

Effects & Signal Chain

delayBinson Binson Echorec

compressionMXR MXR Dyna Comp

Notes

Live performance, early 1970s (Dark Side of the Moon era). Clean sections typically used the Black Strat with neck or neck+middle pickup, Hiwatt DR103 head, and WEM 4x12 cab. Effects included Binson Echorec delay and plate reverb. No evidence of distortion/fuzz for clean riff section.

Tone Character(10)

crystal-clear Stratocaster chimelush, ambient delay repeatswarm, rounded highsfull-bodied low enddynamic, touch-sensitive responseopen, airy reverbarticulate note separationsmooth, glassy attacksubtle modulation from tape delayclean, uncompressed sustain

Difficulty

The clean riff requires intermediate skill due to its syncopated rhythm, dynamic control for clarity, and the need to mute strings cleanly while managing delay repeats for a spacious, articulate sound.