GuitarCleanRiff
Let Down Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Radiohead
Radiohead · 1990s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Rickenbacker 360 (likely 6-string, used by Ed O'Brien on OK Computer era studio recordings)
Pickups
Rickenbacker Hi-Gain single coils
Amp
Vox AC30 (studio, 1997 OK Computer sessions)
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup (Rickenbacker 360 Hi-Gain single coil)
Studio recording, 1997. Ed O'Brien played the main riff on a Rickenbacker 360 through a Vox AC30. Jonny Greenwood's parts are layered, but the main chiming riff is Ed's Rick 360. No evidence of live/tour gear or alternate guitars for the studio riff section.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass6
Gain3.5
Reverb5
Treble7
Presence5.5
Effects Chain
- Boss DD-5 Digital Delay · delay
- Boss RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay · reverb
Rickenbacker 360 → Boss DD-5 Digital Delay → Boss RV-3 Digital Reverb/Delay → Vox AC30
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Tone Character
- chiming and glassy
- lush, ambient reverb
- bright and articulate
- clean, shimmering top end
- swelling, layered textures
- subtle delay trails
- open and airy
- slightly compressed
- no audible overdrive
- spacious stereo image