Riff Tone

(Nice Dream)

Radiohead

Guitarrock1990s

Original Gear

GuitarFender Telecaster Plus

AmpFender Eighty-Five (late 1980s solid-state combo)

PickupsLace Sensor single-coil (Red, Blue, Silver configuration)

Amp Settings

gain3

bass6

mid6

treble6.5

reverb3.5

presence5

Effects & Signal Chain

No effects used for this tone

Notes

Studio recording, 1994. Used for the main riff/verse section of (Nice Dream). No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this section. No evidence of pedal use for the clean riff section; distortion pedals are used in other songs/sections but not here.

Tone Character(10)

clean and glassylush and openclear note separationslightly compressedwarm highsrounded attackarticulate single-coil claritysubtle amp reverbdynamic responseno audible drive or breakup

Difficulty

The riff requires clean, precise playing with open chord voicings and dynamic control, but does not involve advanced techniques or fast tempo, making it moderately challenging for intermediate players.

Sources

Jonny Greenwood's guitar tone on Radiohead's My Iron Lung | Guitar World An old set up diagram for Jonny's gear : r/radiohead Attempting (Nice Dream) on a 6 string instead of a 12 : r/radiohead

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