Progressive1975Wish You Were Here

Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-5 Amp Settings

by Pink Floyd

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Original Recording Settings

partially-sourcedResearched tone data for "Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-5" by Pink Floyd

Original Gear

Guitar: 1969 Fender Stratocaster ("Black Strat") with 1963 rosewood neck and 1971 Fender Stratocaster pickup set
Pickups: 1971 Fender Stratocaster single-coils (neck for the opening clean lines; bridge for later driven sections)
Amplifier: Hiwatt DR103 head with linked Normal and Brilliant inputs into a WEM Super Starfinder 200 4x12; Leslie 147 for rotary texture
Channel: linked Normal + Brilliant inputs
Tuning: standard
Pickup Selector: neck for intro phrases, bridge for crescendo sections
Strings: 0.009-0.042

The cited Guitar World reconstruction specifies a Hiwatt DR103, WEM 4x12 with Fane Crescendo speakers, and Leslie 147 texture for the modulation-heavy sections.

Amp Settings

Gain

6.0

Bass

7.0

Mid

4.0

Treble

7.0

Presence

6.0

Master Volume

6.0

Volume

4.0

Values come from Guitar World's standardized 0-10 reconstruction rather than a verified studio recall sheet, but they are specific enough to serve as a production-grade starting point.

Effects Chain

→

Colorsound Power Boost

boost

→

MXR Phase 90

phaser

→

Leslie 147

rotary

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1.Colorsound Power Boost — Used for the brighter, more driven bridge-pickup crescendo sections in the cited reconstruction.

2.MXR Phase 90 — Provides the defining swirl on the drone notes, solo, and outro passages.

3.Leslie 147 — Adds the wide rotary texture layered into the modulation section.

Playing Technique

Use sustained, vocal-like phrasing with wide vibrato and patient bends. The intro lines should stay smooth and even, then transition into brighter, more forceful bridge-pickup articulation as the arrangement swells.

Sources+

Guitar World - Tonal Recall (Part 2): Shine on You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) gear reconstruction with guitar, amp, effects, and 0-10 settings.
Wikipedia - Shine On You Crazy Diamond metadata and recording context.
Wikipedia - Wish You Were Here album context.