EFFECT SETTINGS AND SIGNAL CHAINS - Although Gilmour's 1994 Pink Floyd tour rig seems more complex than his 1987-89 rig used for the previous Pink Floyd tour, the actual setups used seem to be more simplified. The older TC BLD Booster, Ram's Head Big Muff, and Mesa/Boogie used in the Knebworth version of this rig were removed for the 1994 tour. Several new pedals were added, like the Russian made Sovtek Big Muff Pi and the Pete Cornish SS-2 Soft Sustain. This was also the first tour where B.K. Butler Tube Drivers were used extensively for the main overdrive tones and to blend with the high gain effect pedals.
I think his general feeling is that while rack effects tend to cover a lot of areas, they don't cover any of them particularly well. He feels that foot pedals such as a Big Muff tend to have more character - Phil Taylor, David Gilmour's guitar tech, Guitar World Sept 1994
Most of the clean and overdrive solos were from a Boss CS-2 Compressor into a Tube Driver set for low drive. An MXR Dynacomp was also used for some clean tones, and to combine with the Boss CS-2 for some light overdrive rhythm, solos, and the Great Gig slide guitar. Although it looks like a script logo Dunlop/MXR Dynacomp reissue, it is actually a vintage MXR Dynacomp from the 1970s with an LED and DC power jack added (the LED script reissue was not released until 2016).
The heavier overdrive tones were mostly a Boss CS-2 into a Tube Driver set for medium drive. David also combined a Cornish SS-2 with one of the Tube Drivers for a blended overdrive that he used for rhythm and solos in a few songs like Poles Apart and A Great Day for Freedom. David's version of the SS-2 had volume and sustain controls, a dry mix knob, but no tone control (setting the tone knob on the stand alone Cornish SS-2 completely clockwise matches the tone of David's SS-2). He set the sustain very low, but the mix level very high. David's SS-2 also had a built in Boss GE-7 equalizer, but it appears he did not use it.
The primary high gain effects used were the Sovtek Big Muff and a Proco Rat. Most of the high gain lead solo tones were from the combination of a Tube Driver set for light drive running into the Big Muff. The SS-2 was also blended with the Tube Driver and Big Muff for the solos on some performances of Sorrow and Comfortably Numb.
The modulation effects were primarily from a Boss CE-2 chorus going to the left channel and a three custom made Doppola rotary speaker cabinets running in stereo. David used the Doppolas as an effect in his signal chain, as if they were a modulation pedal. Since the CE-2 chorus was only going to the left channel, it was effectively only 50% in the mix. David also had a second CE-2 in his signal on his pedalboard that went to both channels, but it was only used for a few songs.
The stage system I designed and built for David Gilmour included two Boss CE-2 units. A line of mono effects pedals feeds three delays, each with stereo outputs. Those three stereo returns are mixed together into one stereo pair. The left channel passes to a CE-2, then both left and right signals are fed to several identical pairs of amps, to maintain a good stereo balance - Pete Cornish
David used a Uni-vibe for a few songs he used it on for the original Dark Side of the Moon recordings. For the Leslie-style rotary speaker effects needed for a few Dark Side songs David used a modified Dynacord CLS-222 Leslie simulator. It was one of the best Leslie simulations available at the time, with a wide stereo panning effect in addition to the treble horn and bass rotor effects. The Dynacord was modified by Pete Cornish to add independant bass and treble controls for the fast and slow speeds, allowing David to get a more accurate sound.
The mono effects rack signal was fed into the Alembic F2-B preamp, then to David's on-stage volume pedal, then into three delay units that output in stereo. A mono MXR Delay System II was used for a few solos where David ran two delays at once. A TC Electronics 2290 Dynamic Digital Delay was the primary stereo delay used. A Lexicon PCM 70 stereo delay was also used for the Echorec-like multi-head delays heard in the Time intro and the 'Syd's Theme' section of Shine on You Crazy Diamond. The stereo returns from those delays were sent to a master routing unit where they were mixed together into one stereo pair. The right channel was sent to one Hiwatt AP100 amplifier and the left channel was sent to a CE-2 chorus and another Hiwatt AP100. Other left and right sends sent the stereo signal to two slave Hiwatts that fed the left and right Doppola rotating speakers. The signal also went to another slave Hiwatt connected to a dummy load box for David's Heil voice box, and to a spare Hiwatt.
We have an old MXR DDL digital delay unit built into a rack unit. It has a digital readout, but it's really nowhere close to being accurate. Dave likes it because even though it's a digital unit, it still sounds a little dirty, like a tape unit. A T.C. Electronic 2290 is his primary delay -- it's what he uses for most things. He also uses a Lexicon PCM-70 to store the circular delay sounds you hear in songs like "Shine On" and "Time." Because it has a multi-tap function, it can pretty accurately duplicate the kind of echo Dave used to get from his old Binson echo unit. - Phil Taylor, Guitar World Sept 1994
shown above - Gilmour's 1994 pedalboard effects. Tick marks on the pedals show the actual settings used, but the Tube Driver #2 settings are not typical of the tour.
Pedalboard Effects:
Left Side, Top Row - Boss CS-2 Compressor, ProCo Rat, Pete Cornish P-2 (labeled Big Muff), Boss GE-7 (EQ for RAT)
Left Side, Bottom Row - MXR Dynacomp, Ibanez CP-9 Compressor/Limiter, Boss MZ-2 Digital Metalizer, BK Butler/Chandler Tube Driver #1
Right Side, Top Row - Pete Cornish SS-2 Soft Sustain with built in Boss GE-7 EQ, Sovtek Big Muff Pi (Civil War), BK Butler/Chandler Tube Driver #1
Right Side - Bottom Row - Bos GE-7 Graphic EQ C (treble and bass), Bos GE-7 Graphic EQ A (Bass), Bos GE-7 Graphic EQ B (Mid)
shown above - Gilmour revised his #2 Tube Driver settings for a higher gain sound, shown above. These are likely the overdrive settings heard on most of the tour, including the
Pulse album and concert video. The #2 Tube Driver was used for almost all of the overdrive rhythm guitar and overdrive solos heard in songs like Shine On You Crazy Diamond,
Astronomy Domine, High Hopes, Learning to Fly, Another brick in The Wall II, Poles Apart, and Coming Back to Life.
shown above - Settings for the custom rack mounted Electro Harmonix Electric Mistress, Boss CE-2 Chorus (running to both L and R channels),
Demeter Tremulator, and Boss CE-2 chorus (left channel only). These effects were built into a rack unit dues to limited space on the pedal board.
shown above - Settings for the custom rack mounted Uni-Vibe
shown above - Settings for the Dynacord CLS 222. This unit was modified to add bass/treble controls to both the SLOW and the FAST rotor effects
shown above - Settings for the MXR Digital Delay System II
Shown above are all of Gilmour's effect settings. Note the blue, yellow, and red tick marks by the knobs, indicating Gilmour's actual settings. The tick marks are to ensure the pedal settings are set the same from show to show, something done to his live rigs since the late 1970s. This rig has not been used since 1994, and based on the tic marks shown when it was displayed at the Interstellar Exhibition in 2003, the settings did not change.
Additional pedals include a Boss CS-2 Sustainer, MXR Dyna Comp, Ibanez CP9 Compressor-Limiter, Boss Hyperfuzz, Electro-Harmonix Big Muff, two Chandler Industries Tube Drivers and three Boss Graphic Equalizers. He also operates several master volume pedals: one for his 4x12 cabinets, another one for his rotating speakers, another for his voice box and a speed control for the doppolas. - Phil Taylor, Guitar World Sept 1994
The Cornish routing system mounted in David's effects rack featured labeled LEDs for each effect pedal and rack effect. Fortunately there were audience videos of a several concerts from this tour and some songs in the Pulse concert video that clearly showed the router LEDs for the effects used on most songs. David's complete signal chain was also published in magazines like Guitar Shop and Guitarist. Correlating those and photos of David's pedalboard made it possible for the first time to know David's exact settings, effects used, and signal chain order for each song. Below were the most used signal chains for the tour.
High Gain Lead Setups - in signal chain order
• Boss CS-2 Compressor > Tube Driver #1 (light drive setting) > Sovtek Big Muff > TC 2290 Digital Delay > Boss CE-2 chorus and Doppola rotating speakers
• Boss CS-2 Compressor > Tube Driver #1 (light drive setting) > Proco Rat > TC 2290 Digital Delay > Boss CE-2 chorus and Doppola rotating speakers
Overdrive Lead Setups - in signal chain order
• Boss CS-2 Compressor > Tube Driver #2 (medium drive settings) > TC 2290 Digital Delay >Boss CE-2 chorus and Doppola rotating speakers
• Boss CS-2 Compressor > MXR Dynacomp > Tube Driver #1 (lowdrive settings) > TC 2290 Digital Delay > MXR Digital Delay >Boss CE-2 chorus and Doppola rotating speakers
• Boss CS-2 Compressor > MXR Dynacomp > Pete Cornish SS-2 > Tube Driver #2 (medium drive settings) > TC 2290 Digital Delay > Boss CE-2 chorus and Doppola rotating speakers
............. .... . .
1994 SONG-BY-SONG SIGNAL CHAINS AND DELAY TIMES - The 1994 Pink Floyd tour was one of the best references on how David's signal chains worked and how he used and combined certain effects. Below is my '94 tour song-by-song effects list, with all effects in the correct signal chain order and delay times. How did I get this? To start, David supplied his song-by-song Dark Side of the Moon signal chains to Guitarist magazine for their July 1995 issue. Then back in the mid 2000s The Tone from Heaven website published the first song-by-song effects list for the 1994 tour (thanks to Rafal for putting that together!). It was an eye opener and taught me a lot. Since then I have studied the effects signal router in several '94 bootleg concert videos (Rotterdam, Torino, Prague, Earl's Court, Philidelphia, Tempe Arizona, Oakland Coliseum, and others) and found there were many other signal chains used. I verified or updated the original list, rearranged the effects in correct chain order, added alternate patches David used throughout the tour, added missing patches and missing songs, and delay times for most songs. Many of these signal chains are probably similar to those used in the Pulse concerts, but they changed throughout the tour. The LCDs showing the delay times could not be seen in any of the concert videos, so I listened to the repeats and matched them using a tap tempo on a digital delay to get the exact times, or as close as I could determine. Many of the delay times are simply matched to the song tempo, so the repeats fall on the beats.
I included the SPC control settings from David red Strat for a few songs where I could see it in videos. In general David set it around round 4-5 when playing overdrive and high gain solos and on 10 for some of his big solos like Sorrow and the second Comfortably Numb solo. For clean solos or solos with a light overdrive he did not use the SPC and he never used the EXG control.
I included sound clips from several '94 concerts for reference, but primarily from the Torino soundboard recording. That is closer to David's live sound for most of the tour than the Pulse mix. You can really hear the wet, modulated sound of the Doppolas in that recording. It made some of David's solos have a fluid, gurgly sound, almost like the were played under water.
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
solos - Torino, Italy, Sept 13, 1994 isolated guitar - Torino, Italy, Sept 13, 1994
....Intro - Boss CS-2 > MXR Dynacomp > Boss GE-7 A > Volume pedal > CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Intro Alternate (Oakland) - Boss CS-2 > MXR Dynacomp > Boss GE-7 C > Volume pedal > CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Syd's Theme - Boss CS-2 > Boss GE-7 B > Volume pedal > Boss CE-2 (mono) > PCM 70 Delay (375ms and 500ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Solos and Verse - Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver#2 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (500ms on 2nd solo) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Outro Arpeggio Riff - Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver#2 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (310ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
Astronomy Domine
solo - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994
....Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > TC2290 Digital Delay (460ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Solo – CS-2 > Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > MXR Digital Delay II (345ms) > TC 2290 Digital Delay (460ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
Learning To Fly
solo - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994
....Verse, Chorus, Middle Break –Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay > Boss CE-2 (left)
....Solo - This was Tim Renwick, not Gilmour – Tim used David's '79 Cornish The Wall studio pedal board. Tim said he used an "overdrive" for the solo, so I think it was:
....MXR Dynacomp > Cornish ST-2 (gain on maximum) > delay (520ms) > chorus (a chorus was in another Cornish board he used)
Keep Talking
solos - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994 isolated guitar - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994
....Intro Delay Time – 450ms/360ms
....Verse – Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > RAT / GE-7 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (450ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Solo – Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > RAT / GE-7 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (450ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Talk Box Solo – Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > RAT / GE-7 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay > Boss CE-2 (left) > Heil Talk Box > Doppolas
High Hopes
solo - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994 isolated solo - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994
....Verse Acoustic - Boss CS-2 > MXR Dynacomp > Volume pedal > Boss CE-2 (left)
....Verse Acoustic Alternate (Oakland, Tempe Arizona) - Boss CS-2 > MXR Dynacomp > Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Verse Acoustic Alternate (Torino) - Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Solo - Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (420ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Alternate Solo (Tempe Arizona) – Boss CS-2 > MXR Dynacomp > Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (420ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
Take It Back
solo - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994 isolated guitar - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994
....Rhythm -Boss CS-2 > MXR Dynacomp > Tube Driver #1 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (410ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Rhythm (Tempe) -Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (410ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Alternate Rhythm (Philidelpia) - Boss CS-2 > Boss MZ-2 > Tube Driver #1 ?(not clear) > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (410ms) > Boss CE-2 (left)? > Doppolas
....Solo - Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (410ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Solo (Tempe) - Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal >MXR Digital Delay II > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
Poles Apart solo isolated - Paris 1994
....Solo – Boss CS-2 > MXR Dynacomp > Pete Cornish SS-2 > Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (400ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
What Do you Want From Me? Television broadcast Soundboard from Bordeaux, France, August 11, 1994
solo - Torino, Italy, Sept 13, 1994 solo isolated - Torino, Italy, Sept 13, 1994
....Solo - Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > RAT / GE-7 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (540ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
Coming Back To Life
Intro - Pittsburgh, PA, May 31, 1994
solos - Earls Court, October 20, 1994
isolated intro solo - Earls Court, October 20, 1994
isolated overdrive solos - Earls Court, October 20, 1994
isolated solo - New Orleans 1994
....Intro – Boss CS-2 > MXR Dynacomp > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (650ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolass
....Verse – Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Solos – SPC=4-5 > Boss CS-2 > MXR Dynacomp > Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > MXR Digital Delay II (360ms?) >
................TC 2290 Digital Delay (650ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Solo Alternate – MXR Dynacomp > Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > MXR Digital Delay II (360ms?) > TC 2290 Digital Delay (650ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
On The Turning Away
solo - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994 solo isolated - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994 solo isolated - Paris 1994
solo - Chantilly, France, July 1994
....Verse – Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Verse (Tempe) – Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Middle Break (Torino) – Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Solo Patches – Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (540ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Solo (alternate) – Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (540ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Solo (alternate 2) – MXR Dynacomp > Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (540ms) (dry defeat LED lit) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
Sorrow
intro and solos - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994 intro guitar isolated - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994 solos isolated - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994
intro and solos - Earl's Court, October 20th 1994 - this is mostly the WEM and Marshall speaker cabinet mix from the soundboard. You can barely hear the Doppolas.
....Intro – SPC=10 >Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Boss GE-7 A > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (630ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Intro Alternate (Torino, Oakland) – SPC=10 > Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (630ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Intro Alternate (Prague) – Tube Driver #1 > Pete Cornish SS-2 > Sovtek Big Muff > Boss GE-7 A > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (630ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Verse, First Solo, Chorus, Middle Break - SPC=5 > Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (630ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Outro Solo - SPC=5 > Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (560ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Outro – SPC=10 > Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Boss GE-7 A > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (630ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Outro Alternate – SPC=10 > Tube Driver #1 > Pete Cornish SS-2 > Sovtek Big Muff > Boss GE-7 A > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (630ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
A Great Day For Freedom solo - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994 isolated solo - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994
....Verse - Boss CS-2 > MXR Dynacomp > Tube Driver #1 > Pete Cornish SS-2 > Volume pedal > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Verse Alternate (Oakland) - Boss CS-2 > MXR Dynacomp > Pete Cornish SS-2 > Volume pedal > (could not see if L chorus was on)
....Solo - MXR Dynacomp > Pete Cornish SS-2 >Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (680ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Solo Alternate - Boss CS-2 > MXR Dynacomp > Pete Cornish SS-2 >Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (680ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
Another Brick in the Wall Part II
solo - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994 isolated solo - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994
....Intro (ABITW Part I) - Boss CS-2 > MXR Dynacomp > > Boss CE-2 (mono) > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (440ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Rhythm - Boss CS-2 > MXR Dynacomp > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay > Doppolas
....Rhythm Alternate (Prague, Oakland) - Boss CS-2 > MXR Dynacomp > Volume pedal > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Solo – Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (540ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Solo (alternate) - Boss CS-2 > > MXR Dynacomp > Tube Driver #2 > Boss CE-2 (mono) > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (540ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
One Of These Days
solos - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994 isolated guitar - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994
....Slide Solos - Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (300ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Solos Alternate - Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (300-310ms) > Boss CE-2 (left)
....Solos Alternate (Tempe Arizona) – Pete Cornish P-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Volume pedal > MXR Digital Delay II > TC 2290 Digital Delay > CE-2 (left)
Breathe
intro - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994 isolated guitars - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994
....Chords / Arpeggios - CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > UniVibe > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (480ms)
....Chords / ArpeggiosAlternate (Tempe Arizona) - CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > UniVibe > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (480ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Chords / Arpeggios Alternate (Oakland) - CS-2 > Tube Driver #2 > UniVibe > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (480ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
Time
intro - Torino, Italy, Sept 13,1994
solo - Torino, Italy, Sept 13, 1994 solo isolated - Torino, Italy, Sept 13, 1994
solo - October 20th, 1994
....Intro – MXR Dynacomp > Ibanez CP-9 > Boss CE-2 (mono) > GE-7 B > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (470ms) > PCM 70 Delay (94ms)
....Intro Alternate (Oakland) – MXR Dynacomp > Ibanez CP-9 > Boss CE-2 (mono) > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (470ms) > PCM 70 Delay (94ms) > Doppolas
....Verse / Chorus – Tube Driver #2 > TC 2290 Digital Delay (430ms)
....Verse / Chorus Alternate (Tempe Arizona) - Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (430ms) > CE-2 (left)
....Solo – Sovtek Big Muff > Tube Driver #2 > UniVibe > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (430ms)
....Solo Alternate – Pete Cornish P-2 > Tube Driver #2 > UniVibe > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (430ms)
....Solo Alternate (Oakland, Tempe Arizona) – Pete Cornish P-2 > Tube Driver #2 > UniVibe > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (430ms) > CE-2 (left)
....Solo Alternate 2 – Pete Cornish P-2 > Tube Driver #2 > UniVibe > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (430ms) > CE-2 (left) > Doppolas ....Chorus/Home Again Section –Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > UniVibe > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay > CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
Breathe (reprise)
....Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Uni-Vibe > Boss CE-2 (mono) > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (480ms) > CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Alternate - Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Uni-Vibe > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (480ms)
....Alternate (Oakland) - Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #2 > Uni-Vibe > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (480ms) > CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
Great Gig in the Sky
slide guitar - Earls Court, October 20, 1994 slide guitar - Torino, Italy, Sept 13, 1994
....Slide guitar - Boss CS-2 > MXR Dynacomp > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (1023ms)
....Alternate (Pulse) – Boss CS-2 > MXR Dynacomp > Volume pedal > MXR Digital Delay II - or studio delay (430ms) > TC 2290 Digital Delay (1023ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Alternate (Oakland, Tempe Arizona) – Boss CS-2 > MXR Dynacomp > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (1023ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Alternate (Prague) – Boss CS-2 > MXR Dynacomp > Boss GE-7 B > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (1023ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
Money - Oakland Coliseum, April 21, 1994
....1st Solo – Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (310ms)
....1st Solo patch 2 – Cornish P-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (430ms) > CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Dry Solo – Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > RAT / GE-7 > > Boss GE-7 A > Volume pedal > Boss CE-2 (left)
....3rd Solo – Boss CS-2 > Cornish P-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (430ms) > CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
Money - Tempe, Arizona, April 24, 1994
....1st Solo – Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay > CE-2 (left)
....Dry Solo – Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > RAT + GE-7 > Boss GE-7 A > Volume pedal > Boss CE-2 (left)
....3rd Solo – Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > MXR Digital Delay II > TC 2290 Digital Delay (430ms) > Boss CE-2 (left)
Money - Philidelphia, June 3, 1994
....3rd solo – Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (430ms) > Boss CE-2 (left)
Money - Prague, September 7, 1994
....Verse Riff – Pete Cornish SS-2 > Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > Boss CE-2 (left)
....1st Solo – Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (310ms)
....Dry Solo – Tube Driver #1 > RAT / GE-7 > Volume pedal > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....3rd solo – Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (430ms) > Boss CE-2 (left)
Money - Rotterdam, September 5, 1994
....Verse Riff – Pete Cornish SS-2 > Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > Boss CE-2 (left)
....1st Solo – Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (310ms) > Boss CE-2 (left)
....Dry Solo – Tube Driver #1 > RAT / GE-7> Volume pedal > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....3rd solo – Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (430ms) > Boss CE-2 (left)
....Outro Licks - Pete Cornish SS-2 > Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (430ms) > Boss CE-2 (left)
Money Alternates
solos - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994 isolated solos - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994
....Verse Riff – Pete Cornish SS-2 > Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal
....Dry Solo – Tube Driver #1 > RAT / GE-7> Volume pedal
Us and Them
....Verse - Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (430ms)
....Chorus - Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > > TC 2290 Digital Delay (430ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Verse / Chorus (Oakland, Tempe Arizona) - Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Volume pedal > > TC 2290 Digital Delay (430ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
Any Colour you Like
....Solo - Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > UniVibe > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (560ms) > Dynacord CLS222
....Alternate - Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (560ms) > Dynacord CLS222 > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Pulse Delay Time - 490ms
Brain Damage
....Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > UniVibe > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (350ms)
....Alternate - Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (350ms) > Dynacord CLS222 > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
Eclipse
....Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > UniVibe > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (430ms) > Dynacord CLS222
....Alternate - Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (430ms) > Dynacord CLS222 > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
Hey You
solo - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994 isolated solo - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994
....Verse – Pete Cornish SS-2 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Verse Alternate (Prague, Oakland, Tempe) – Pete Cornish SS-2 > Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Solo – Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (500ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Solo Alternate – Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (500ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
Comfortably Numb
solos - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994 solos isolated - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994
outro solo - Earls Court_Oct 20, 1994 (audience recording of same performance from Pulse)
outro solo isolated - Earls Court_Oct 20, 1994 (audience recording of same performance from Pulse)
Comfortably Numb - Oakland Coliseum, April 21, and Tempe Arizona April 24, 1994
....Intro, Verse, Chorus, First Solo - SPC=5 > Cornish P-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (480ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....2nd Solo - SPC=5 > Cornish P-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (480ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....2nd Solo (near middle) - SPC=5 > Cornish P-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Pete Cornish SS-2 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (480ms?) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....2nd Solo (start of unison bends after ball opens to end) - SPC=10 > Cornish P-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Volume pedal > > MXR Digital Delay II (720ms) >
...(480ms?) >80ms?) 80ms?) 80ms?) 80ms?) 80ms?) 80msTC 2290 Digital Delay > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
Comfortably Numb - Philidelphia, June 3, 1994
....2nd Solo (start of unison bends after ball opens) – Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Boss CE-2 (mono) > Volume pedal > MXR Digital Delay II (720ms) >
....TC 2290 Digital (480ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....2nd Solo Patch 2 – Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (480ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
Comfortably Numb - Rotterdam, September 5, 1994
....Intro, Verse, Chorus, First Solo - Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (480ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....2nd Solo Patch 1 – Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (540ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....2nd Solo Patch 2 (start of unison bends after ball opens) – Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Boss CE-2 (mono) > Volume pedal >
....MXR Digital Delay II (730ms) > TC 2290 Digital (540ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....2nd Solo Patch 3– Same as 2nd solo Patch 1
Comfortably Numb - Prague, September 7, 1994
....Intro, Verse, Chorus, First Solo - Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (540ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....2nd Solo – Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Sovtek Big Muff > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (540ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
Wish You Were Here - These are what the effects signal router showed during the songs, but the acoustic DI could go through the chain or bypass it direct to the PA. These were often the settings of the song played just before, or after WYWH.
solo - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994
....Boss CS-2 > Boss CE-2 (mono) > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Alternate (Oakland) - Boss CS-2 > MXR Dynacomp > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas ....Alternate (Tempe Arizona) - Boss CS-2 > Tube Driver #1 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
Marooned - it is known that David used the IPS33-B and an Ernie Ball expression pedal, but I guessed at the rest
....Boss CS-2 > IPS33B and Ernie ball expressions pedal > Tube Driver #2 > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (500ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
Run Like Hell
intro and rhythm - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994 isolated guitar - Torino, Italy_Sept 13, 1994
....Rhythm - Boss CS-2 > MXR Dynacomp > Boss CE-2 (mono) > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (380ms) > Boss CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
....Alternate Rhythm - Boss CS-2 > Boss CE-2 (mono) > Volume pedal > TC 2290 Digital Delay (380ms) > CE-2 (left) > Doppolas
Above is David's set list for the April 14th 1994 concert with patch numbers shown. Note that some songs that I show above as having multiple patches, like Comfortably Numb, have only one patch number on the list. David could turn any effect on or off at any time, so what I show as a patch above may simply have been David turning on or off specific effects in the current patch. David had a habit of changing effects and settings throughout his tours as he fine tuned the sounds for each song. Sometimes one effect would be changed to another and some effects seem to have not been used at all.
Dave performs all of his effects in real time. He likes to have control in case something is not sounding right on stage. It allows him to swap effects and improvise, depending on his mood. He has a very good ear, and is continually changing his effects to get the sound that he wants for any given show - Phil Taylor, Guitar World Sept 1994
I have not heard or seen evidence that the Electric Mistress or Demeter Tremulator were used, although it is possible that one or the other were used in rehearsals or earlier in the tour, then dropped in favor of other effects. There are tick marks by the knobs showing settings used, but those may have been marked during rehearsals for the tour, before the final signal chains had been decided. Some songs used multiple patches, and many of those are still unknown, so it is possible the Mistress or Tremulator were used in one of those. Also note that the effects router shows a switch / LED labeled Hyperfuzz and the midi floor switcher shows a corresponding switch labeled HYPER. This was for a Boss FZ-2 Hyperfuzz that was originally in the rig. It was replaced with a Boss MZ-2 Digital Matalizer, but a few of the signal chain diagrams that appeared in magazines at the time listed this as a Boss Metaliser. According to Pete Cornish the labels were never changed after the FZ-2 was replaced with the MZ-2. It is unclear if this pedal change happened in rehearsals or early in the tour.
The Doppola rotating speaker effect was used in nearly every song. The only time they were not used was Learning to Fly, some perfomances of One of These Days, and some performances of Money. Some effects were only used for a few specific songs:
• The Ibanez CP-9 was only used for the Time intro
• The CS-2 and Dynacomp were nearly always run together for David's compressed clean tones, or both were run together with an overdrive for his light drive tones
• The Cornish SS-2 was used combined with one of the Tube Drivers for a blended overdrive on Poles Apart, Money, A Great Day for Freedom, and Hey You. It was blended with a Tube Driver and muff for high gain leads on some performances of Sorrow and Comfortably Numb.
• When David used his Tube Driver + Muff together for high gain distortions, the TD nearly always came first in the signal chain before the muff. The only time it came after the Big Muff (or P-2) was for the Time solo.
• For some performances of the Comfortably Numb solos David used Tube Driver #1 + Big Muff, and others he used the the Cornish P-2 + Tube Driver #1. For a few shows (Torino, for example) he only used the CS-2 + Tube Driver #1 for the second solo, no Big Muff.
• The ProCo Rat was used with Tube Driver #1 for the What Do You Want from Me? solos, the Keep Talking first solo, and the dry solo in Money. The TD came before the Rat in the signal chain.
• The Boss MZ-2 Digital Metalizer apparently was only used for Take It Back in one concert that I know of
• The Cornish P-2 was used for the Time, Money, One of these Days, and Comfortably Numb solos in some concerts. Other times the Sovtek Big Muff was used
• The A/B/C GE-7 equalizers were only used for parts of a few songs
• The Boss CE-2 chorus in the left channel was on for most songs. It was simply used to widen the stereo field between the left and right amps. The mono CE-2 that went to both channels was only used for a few songs, like Breathe, the Time intro, Run Like Hell, and the short piece from Another Brick in the Wall Part I that was played right before part II. It was also used for the part II solo and sometimes used for the second Comfortably Numb solo, but otherwise, it was not used for any high gain solos.
• Dynacord Leslie simulator was only used for three Dark Side of the Moon songs in certain shows, and a Uni-vibe was used in its place in others
• The MXR rack delay was only used combined with the TC 2290 for Astronome Domine, Coming Back to Life, and the end of the second Comfortably Numb solo (when the mirror ball appears)
• The PCM 70 delay was only used for the Echorec style multi-tap repeats heard in the intro to Time and for Syd's Theme in Shine On
Snapshot from an October 1994 concert video showing David's effect router LEDs (in yellow box). These made it possible to know exactly which effects were used for most songs
Snapshots from a June 1994 video of the concert in Philidelphia, with effect LEDs visible on the rack routing system for most songs
Snapshots from a September 1994 video of the concert in Rotterdam, with effect LEDs visible on the rack rotuing system for most songs
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