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Just Solo Guitar Tone Settings — Radiohead

Radiohead · 1990s · rock

studio

Original Recording

Guitar
Fender Telecaster Plus V1
Pickups
Lace Sensor Red (bridge), Lace Sensor Blue (neck)
Amp
Fender Eighty-Five (late 1980s solid-state combo, 1x12")
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup (Lace Sensor Red humbucker)

Studio recording, 1994. Jonny Greenwood used the Telecaster Plus V1 with the bridge humbucker for the solo. Amp is the Fender Eighty-Five, as confirmed for this era and song. Pedals: Marshall Shredmaster for distortion, DigiTech Whammy WH-1 for octave-up effect. Settings from My Iron Lung are used as a close reference due to lack of direct studio documentation for 'Just', but all sources agree this is the core setup for The Bends era solos.

Amp Settings

Mids
3.5
Bass
7
Gain
8
Reverb
2
Treble
7.5
Presence
5.5

Effects Chain

  • DigiTech Whammy WH-1 · modulation
  • Marshall Shredmaster · distortion

Fender Telecaster Plus V1 (bridge pickup) → DigiTech Whammy WH-1 (octave up) → Marshall Shredmaster → Fender Eighty-Five (spring reverb low)

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Tone Character

  • aggressive and saturated
  • octave-up, harmonically rich
  • sharp and biting
  • compressed and focused
  • singing sustain
  • tight, percussive attack
  • present upper mids
  • chimey overdrive texture
  • articulate lead lines
  • cutting through dense mix

Sources