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Weird Fishes / Arpeggi Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Radiohead
Radiohead · 2000s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Fender Stratocaster (likely 1960s reissue, maple neck, used by Ed O'Brien on In Rainbows sessions)
Pickups
Fender single-coil Strat pickups
Amp
Fender Twin Reverb (blackface, likely studio amp for In Rainbows era)
Pickup Position
Position 4 (neck + middle)
Studio recording, 2007 (In Rainbows). Guitar and amp inferred from era, live photos, and Ed O'Brien's known studio gear for this song. No direct studio photo confirmation, but Strat and Twin Reverb are consistently cited for this era and song. No evidence of alternate guitars/amps for the riff section.
Amp Settings
Mids6
Bass5.5
Gain0
Reverb4
Treble6.5
Presence5.5
Effects Chain
- Compressor pedal (model unknown) · compression
- Delay pedal (model unknown) · delay
- Reverb pedal (model unknown) or amp reverb · reverb
Fender Stratocaster → Compressor → Delay → Fender Twin Reverb (spring reverb on)
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Tone Character
- warm compressed nature
- ethereal and dream like
- clean and glassy
- lush and ambient
- clear note separation
- slightly scooped mids
- chiming arpeggios
- smooth attack
- subtle studio compression
- ringing sustain