Riff Tone
Bullet Proof ... I Wish I Was
Radiohead
Guitarrock1990s
Original Gear
GuitarFender Telecaster (likely Jonny Greenwood's main guitar for The Bends era)
AmpVox AC30 (studio recording, The Bends era typical amp for Greenwood/O'Brien)
PickupsSingle-coil (Fender Telecaster stock pickups, likely neck position for riff)
Amp Settings
gain4
bass6
mid7
treble6.5
reverb5
presence5.5
Effects & Signal Chain
chorusUnknown Chorus pedal (model unknown)
compressionUnknown Compressor pedal (model unknown)
Notes
Studio recording, 1994-1995, The Bends album. No evidence of synths; all ambient textures are guitar-based. Gear inferred from era and forum consensus, as no direct studio documentation for this song's riff section exists.
Tone Character(10)
glassy and ambientslightly dark and vulnerableclean with edge-of-breakup warmthshimmering chorus effectlush reverb tailcompressed sustainsmooth attacknot harsh or brittleatmospheric and peacefulsubtle modulation movement
Difficulty
The riff is simple in terms of fretting and picking, but requires control over dynamics and effect blending to achieve the atmospheric, glassy tone.
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Original Gear
GuitarFender Telecaster (likely Jonny Greenwood's main guitar for The Bends era)
AmpVox AC30 (studio recording, The Bends era typical amp for Greenwood/O'Brien)
PickupsSingle-coil (Fender Telecaster stock pickups, likely neck position for riff)
Amp Settings
gain4
bass6
mid7
treble6.5
reverb5
presence5.5
Effects & Signal Chain
chorusUnknown Chorus pedal (model unknown)
compressionUnknown Compressor pedal (model unknown)
Notes
Studio recording, 1994-1995, The Bends album. No evidence of synths; all ambient textures are guitar-based. Gear inferred from era and forum consensus, as no direct studio documentation for this song's riff section exists.
Tone Character(10)
glassy and ambientslightly dark and vulnerableclean with edge-of-breakup warmthshimmering chorus effectlush reverb tailcompressed sustainsmooth attacknot harsh or brittleatmospheric and peacefulsubtle modulation movement
Difficulty
The riff is simple in terms of fretting and picking, but requires control over dynamics and effect blending to achieve the atmospheric, glassy tone.
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