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BIG MUFF DEMO LIBRARY (MORE CLIPS COMING) - Here are clips of various Big Muffs for comparison. Some clips are just the raw Muff tone with some delay added and others feature a combinations of delay, chorus, and compressors or tube driver.
BIG MUFF DEMO LIBRARY CLIPS

BK BUTLER TUBE DRIVER - The original made by BK Butler. This is a Real Tube Overdrive pedal, the same pedals David Gilmour used in his 1990s Pulse pedal board and his 2006 On an Island all-tube Pete Cornish pedal board. The sound signature David Gilmour neck tone when using a light boost settings, or very similar to a Big Muff when cranked into overdrive. It can be used as a slight boost before or after a Big Muff as David was fond of doing.
BK BUTLER TUBE DRIVER CLIPS

COLORSOUND OVERDRIVER - Re-issue of the old Colorsound Power Boost, still hand made by Macari's of London. This Colorsound is a boost/overdrive pedal that works great with tube amps. David Gilmour used the Colorsound on Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Have A Cigar, Pigs and many other late 70s Pink Floyd songs. Also used on the 1977 Pink Floyd tour. It may have also been used to drive his Ram's Head Big Muff.
COLORSOUND OVERDRIVER CLIPS

COMFORTABLY NUMB SOLOS / PINK FLOYD - My gear and settings for getting The Wall era Pink Floyd "wet" Big Muff tones, specifically the two incredible solos from Comfortably Numb.
COMFORTABLY NUMB SOLO CLIPS

EMG-DG20 PICKUPS VS VINTAGE STYLE STRAT PICKUPS - Comparison of the David Gilmour EMG pickup set vs the Seymour Duncan SSL-5 bridge pickup and Fender Custom Shop '69 neck pickup.
EMG-DG20 VS VINTAGE STYLE PICKUP CLIPS

THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON / PINK FLOYD - Here are sound files ripped from the 5.1 surround mix of Dark Side of the Moon with isolated guitars to better hear David's tones, some of my favorite bootleg clips, some backing tracks to play along with, a few of my clips and my gear pix, and a treasure trove of DSOTM facts and trivia.
THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON TONES

MOTHER SOLO / PINK FLOYD - Another example of The Wall era Big Muff tones with gear and settings.
MOTHER SOLO CLIPS

MODULATION - FLANGER AND CHORUS IN PINK FLOYD SOLOS - David Gilmour's modulated "wet" Pink floyd Big Muff sound. Soundclips of the Electic Mistress, Deluxe Electic Mistress, Boss CE-2 Chorus, and Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble, playing the first Comfortably Numb solo.
MODULATION CLIPS - COMFORTABLY NUMB FIRST SOLO

MUFF INSPIRED PEDALS AND CLONES - There have been many Big Muff clones through the years and many pedals that were inspired by the Big Muff four stage circuit. Some are basically exact copies of a particular Muff version, like the BYOC Large Beaver and the Absolutely Analog Green Russian. Other pedals have been inspired by the Muff circuit, but feature unique modifications and improvements, such as the Skreddy Pedals Pink Flesh and Pig Mine, and the Pete Cornish and P-2. Here are a few of my favorites and sound clip demos.
MUFF INSPIRED PEDALS AND MUFF CLONE CLIPS

ON AN ISLAND SOLO #2 - RECREATING THE LIVE SOUND - One of David's best solos. I was trying to re-create the live version tone here and sampled a variety of Big Muffs and Muff clones. David supposedly used a Pete Cornish G-2 for the solo on the record, and a Pete Cornish P-1 or G-2 with Tube Driver boost, or possibly just the Tube Driver on overdrive when playing live (all were mounted in his custom Pete Cornish board). It is likely David used different effects for different shows depending on the venue sound and his mood at the time. The G-2 is a sort of a germanium based Fuzz Face/Muff mix, the P-1 is a high quality Ram's Head Big Muff clone, and the BK Butler Tube Driver is a real tube overdrive pedal.
ON AN ISLAND SOLO #2 CLIPS

ON THE TURNING AWAY SOLO / PINK FLOYD - Here is my attempt at this amazing David Gilmour solo. I'm going for more of the Delicate Sound of Thunder tour tone here.
ON THE TURNING AWAY SOLO CLIPS

PETE CORNISH P-2 DISTORTION/FUZZ - Here are demo clips of the P-2. It sounds very similar to a Ram's Head Big Muff, and the class A buffer preamp helps clean up and brighten anything else that comes after it in the signal chain. David Gilmour used one, as well as a Civil War Big Muff, in his 1990s touring rig.
PETE CORNISH P-2 DISTORTION/FUZZ CLIPS

SEYMOUR DUNCAN VS SCN PICKUPS - These clips compare the Seymour Duncan SSL-5 pickup to a Fender Samarium Cobalt Noiseless pickup in a Fender strat, bridge position. If you are having RF noise problems with your strat, even after shielding and using good cables, try using these Bill Lawrence designed SCN noiseless pickups. They are QUIET. The tone sounds very similar to CS' 69 or Fat 50's pups to my ear. Great for the middle and necks pups. The SSL-5 sounds better for Gilmour tone in the bridge position than the SCNs, but the SCNs are not bad! Give them a listen. I Also used two different muff distortions in the comparison, an original Sovtek green Big Muff Pi and a noisier Skreddy Pedals Pink Flesh muff clone. Effects in chain are - Keeley compressor > Muff > Colorsound Overdriver (as boost only) > TC Electronic ND1 Nova delay (420ms) > and Boss CE5 chorus, into a clean '65 Fender Twin re-issue. Backing tracks are from Gilmourish.com.

Seymour Duncan SSL-5 strat pickup Soundclip 1
On the Turning Away Solo w/green Sovtek Big Muff

Seymour Duncan SSL-5 strat pickup Soundclip 2
Comfortably Numb Solo #2 w/green Sovtek Big Muff

SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND 1-V SOLOS / PINK FLOYD - Here are clips using various pedals in an attempt to get something close to the different tones David Gilmour has used over the years in this Pink Floyd masterpiece. David has used the Colorsound Overdriver, Chandler Tube Driver, Boss CS-2, MXR Dynacomp, BK Butler Tube Driver, Ram's Head Big Muff, and the Pete Cornish G-2 for these solos over the years.
SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND 1-V SOLO CLIPS

SORROW INTRO AND SOLO - Here are some clips of my attempt at David Gilmour's live guitar tone for Pink Floyd's Sorrow. I was not going for any particular performance, just a generic late 1980s to mid 1990s tone. Part of this unique sound comes from the EMG neck pickup in David's Red strat, but a big part of the tone in my opinion is the Boss CS-2 compressor and Boss CE-2 chorus.
SORROW INTRO AND SOLO CLIPS

AMP SETTINGS: Below are the typical settings I use for the Fender Twin Reverb amp used in most of my clips.

Note: Some vintage Electro Harmonix pedals have the knobs (potentiometers) mounted in a strange way, so they do not all start at zero from the same place. This makes it difficult to tell someone what setting I use for a praticular tone. Giving standard percentage or o'clock settings may be confusing. Below is a diagram showing how to do this by looking at the knob from its "true zero" point and this is how I give my settings.