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Riff Tone
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Radiohead
Guitarrock2000s
Original Gear
GuitarFender Stratocaster (Ed O'Brien, likely 1980s-90s model)
AmpVox AC30 (studio recording, In Rainbows era, typical for Ed O'Brien)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass5.5
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Notes
Studio recording, 2006-2007 (In Rainbows sessions). No direct evidence for exact guitar/amp, but Ed O'Brien is known for using a Stratocaster into a Vox AC30 for clean, ambient tones on this album. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this specific song/section.
Tone Character(10)
clean and ambientlush, overlapping delay trailssmooth and sustainedethereal and atmosphericsoft attack, no harshnessclear single-coil articulationspacious, reverberant textureno audible distortion or crunchwarm, rounded highssubtle dynamic swells
Difficulty
The riff requires careful timing and control to achieve the lush, overlapping ambient effect, but the fretting and picking techniques themselves are not technically demanding.
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Original Gear
GuitarFender Stratocaster (Ed O'Brien, likely 1980s-90s model)
AmpVox AC30 (studio recording, In Rainbows era, typical for Ed O'Brien)
Amp Settings
gain0
bass5.5
Create an account to see all tone details
Create Free AccountEffects & Signal Chain
Notes
Studio recording, 2006-2007 (In Rainbows sessions). No direct evidence for exact guitar/amp, but Ed O'Brien is known for using a Stratocaster into a Vox AC30 for clean, ambient tones on this album. No evidence of alternate guitars or amps for this specific song/section.
Tone Character(10)
clean and ambientlush, overlapping delay trailssmooth and sustainedethereal and atmosphericsoft attack, no harshnessclear single-coil articulationspacious, reverberant textureno audible distortion or crunchwarm, rounded highssubtle dynamic swells
Difficulty
The riff requires careful timing and control to achieve the lush, overlapping ambient effect, but the fretting and picking techniques themselves are not technically demanding.