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Radiohead guitar tone: gear & amp settings

The gear and amp settings behind 82 Radiohead songs, researched from rig rundowns, interviews and gear forums. The rig that shows up most: Fender Telecaster Plus into Vox AC30.

Guitars Radiohead used

  • Fender Telecaster Plus24 songs
  • Fender Telecaster Plus V17 songs
  • Fender Precision Bass5 songs
  • Early Nineties Fender Telecaster Plus3 songs
  • Gibson SG Standard3 songs
  • Fender Eric Clapton Stratocaster (with Lace Sensor pickups and Fernandes Sustainer installed)2 songs
  • Fender Precision Bass (likely 1963, 1972, or 1976 model)2 songs
  • Gretsch G6137TCB Panther Center-Block LTD2 songs

Amps Radiohead used

  • Vox AC3010 songs
  • Fender Eighty-Five (late 1980s solid-state combo, 1x12 Eminence speaker)6 songs
  • Fender Eighty-Five (late-80s solid-state combo, 1x12")4 songs
  • Fender Eighty-Five (late 1980s solid-state combo, 1x12")3 songs
  • Mesa/Boogie DC-5 Combo3 songs
  • Fender Eighty-Five solid state combo3 songs
  • Ampeg SVT-VR (with Ampeg SVT 810 cabinet)2 songs
  • Fender Eighty-Five (late 1980s solid-state combo)2 songs

125 Radiohead tones

SongGain
Creep (Acoustic) · riff0
Creep · riff7
Just · riff8
My Iron Lung · riff8
Bodysnatchers · riff7.5
Let Down · riff3.5
No Surprises · riff0
Weird Fishes / Arpeggi · riff0
Let Down · riff6
Man of War · riff6
Paranoid Android · solo7
Reckoner · riff0
The Bends · riff6.5
Fake Plastic Trees · riff0
No Surprises · solo0
(Nice Dream) · riff3
Electioneering · riff7
Fake Plastic Trees · riff4.5
Fake Plastic Trees · solo5.5
I Might Be Wrong · riff5
Jigsaw Falling Into Place · riff4
Just · riff0
Just · solo8
My Iron Lung · solo8
Nude · riff2
Street Spirit (Fade Out) · riff3
There, There · riff5
(Nice Dream) · solo4
15 Step · riff4.5
15 Step · riff0
2 + 2 = 5 · riff6.5
Airbag · riff5.5
All I Need · riff5
All I Need · distorted6
Anyone Can Play Guitar · riff6.5
Backdrifts · riff3.5
Banana Co · riff5.5
Black Star · riff5.5
Blow Out · riff6
Bones · riff8
Bullet Proof ... I Wish I Was · riff4
Climbing Up the Walls · riff6
Creep · riff0
Creep · solo7
Creep (Acoustic) · solo5.5
Creep (Acoustic) · clean0
Creep (Acoustic) · distorted5.5
Creep (Acoustic) · riff6
Creep (Acoustic) · solo0
Everything In Its Right Place · riff0
Exit Music (For a Film) · solo4.5
Exit Music (For a Film) · distorted5.5
Exit Music (For a Film) · riff1.5
Fake Plastic Trees · clean0
Faust Arp · riff0
Go Slowly · riff3.5
Go to Sleep · riff6
High and Dry · solo2.5
High and Dry · solo7
High and Dry · riff0
High and Dry · riff3.5
House of Cards · riff3.5
How Do You? · riff7
How to Disappear Completely · riff0
I Can't · riff4.5
I Promise · riff0
I Will · riff3
Idioteque · riff3.5
India Rubber · riff4.5
Jigsaw Falling Into Place · clean0
Jigsaw Falling Into Place · riff2.5
Karma Police · riff4.5
Killer Cars · clean0
Killer Cars · distorted6
Killer Cars · riff5.5
Knives Out · riff5
Last Flowers · riff0
Let Down · solo4.5
Let Down · solo0
Lift · riff4.5
Lucky · riff5
Lucky · solo6
Lurgee · riff5
Maquiladora · solo6
Motion Picture Soundtrack · riff0
My Iron Lung · riff0
No Surprises · riff3
Nude · clean0
Nude · distorted6
Optimistic · riff5
Paranoid Android · riff7
Paranoid Android · riff0
Paranoid Android · clean0
Pearly (Remastered) · riff6
Planet Telex · riff5.5
Polyethylene, Pts. 1 & 2 (Remastered) · riff6.5
Prove Yourself · riff6
Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong · riff4.5
Pyramid Song · riff3.5
Ripcord · riff6
Sail to the Moon · riff0
Scatterbrain · riff4.5
Sit Down. Stand Up · riff5
Stop Whispering · riff4.5
Subterranean Homesick Alien · riff4
Sulk · riff6.5
Talk Show Host (Nellee Hooper Mix) · riff5
The Bends · solo8
The Gloaming · riff5.5
The National Anthem · riff6.5
The Tourist · solo5
The Tourist · riff5.5
The Trickster · riff6
There, There · solo7
There, There (Live) · riff5
Thinking About You · riff4
True Love Waits (Live in Oslo) · riff0
Vegetable · riff8
Videotape · riff0
Weird Fishes / Arpeggi · riff4
Weird Fishes / Arpeggi · solo4
Where I End and You Begin · riff7
You · riff0
You · riff5
You and Whose Army? · riff4.5

Get Radiohead's tone on your gear

Pick any Radiohead song and ToneAdapt adapts the original rig to your own guitar, amp, pickups and pedals.

Frequently asked questions

What amp did Radiohead use?

Across 82 researched songs, the amps that come up most are Vox AC30 (10 songs), Fender Eighty-Five (late 1980s solid-state combo, 1x12 Eminence speaker) (6 songs), Fender Eighty-Five (late-80s solid-state combo, 1x12") (4 songs), Fender Eighty-Five (late 1980s solid-state combo, 1x12") (3 songs).

What guitar did Radiohead use?

Most often: Fender Telecaster Plus (24 songs), Fender Telecaster Plus V1 (7 songs), Fender Precision Bass (5 songs), Early Nineties Fender Telecaster Plus (3 songs).

How do I get Radiohead's tone on my amp?

Open any Radiohead song below to see the original gear and settings, then use ToneAdapt to adapt them to your own guitar, amp, pickups and pedals.