Riff Tone

Lurgee

Radiohead

Guitarrock1990s

Original Gear

GuitarFender Telecaster Plus (early 1990s, likely Red-Red Dually Lace Sensor bridge, Blue Lace Sensor neck)

AmpFender Eighty-Five (solid-state combo, 1x12 Eminence speaker)

PickupsLace Sensor (Red-Red Dually bridge, Blue neck)

Amp Settings

gain5

bass5.5

mid6.5

treble6.5

reverb1.5

presence5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, Pablo Honey (1992-1993). No direct source confirms the exact gear for 'Lurgee,' but this is the documented main setup for Jonny Greenwood on Pablo Honey. No evidence of live-specific gear for this song.

Tone Character(10)

bright and glassychiming clean with slight breakupopen and airyarticulate and cleardynamic pick responsejangly rhythmslight edge-of-breakup crunchpercussive strummingminimal compressionno heavy distortion

Difficulty

The riff is based on open chords and straightforward strumming, but requires clean articulation and dynamic control to maintain the song's bright, chiming character.

Sources

Pablo Honey - Gear & Equipment Used on the Album Jonny Greenwood's guitar tone on Radiohead's My Iron Lung | Guitar World

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