Hello!! i want the tone of Jonny's guitar (telecaster) and i have a fender...
Use your ears. Do you think that it sounds close?___That should sound identical to his guitar.If you’re still not getting a sufficiently similar final tone when using that guitar, it’s your amp to blame.
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Glad to help!(Note that this post almost exclusively refers to Jonny’s use of pickup positions when using his Fender Telecaster Plus, which is his guitar featuring Lace Sensors and the one whose tone...
View ArticleHi, so I'd just love to know how did they get the guitar sound on "I might be...
My guess is Fender Starcasterbridgehumbucker into a Boss SD1 into a Vox amp’s Normal Channel.
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From Thom and Nigel’s “surprise” performance at Latitude...
From Thom and Nigel’s “surprise” performance at Latitude 2015!The tables are Hoerboard Stereo.T’s in Traffic White. Nigel’s has the Laptop Clip. The tables feature custom inserts shaped for their...
View ArticleHi, how do you achieve the sonic sounds heard at the intro of Climbing Up The...
*Insert snarky comment about the redundancy of “sonic sounds”.*Intro of Climbing Up The Walls is predominantly a feedbacking spring reverb (that’s the high pitched noise) interspersed with radio...
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Hello, I’m glad that you’ve found the site so helpful!Expect a similar analysis for The Butcher in the next few days.
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Radiohead’s “The Butcher“: Production+Instrumentation
Since this track only exists as a studio recording, one can only guess at who played and programmed which instruments. However, it was likely very much a joint effort, with much of the loop and beat...
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Hello, glad you like the site!Jonny doesnt “avoid” that – he is deliberately causing the Space Echo’s repeats to distort. Perhaps you just dislike that sound.Also, it may seem obvious but be sure to...
View ArticleHey there! I we know what pots Jonny has on his tele plus? Id imagine the...
Hello! He has the stock pots. Volume should be 250k, but Tone is a Fender TBX Tone Control (which you can read about in detail here).
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Hello! Ed never used the Ring Stinger in a noticeable way on any Radiohead track, nor for any live performance that I’ve heard. It might have been layered subtly with several other effects on...
View ArticleHi! How Jonny (I guess Jonny) made that kind of sound in the start of Palo Alto?
Hello! Distorted electric guitar run through the Mutronics Mutator. Like on Paranoid Android, Jonny first recorded the guitar part, then run the recording through the Mutator while adjusting its knobs....
View ArticleHi there. In a recent answer you stated that the tone control on Jonny's main...
Hello! Jonny removed the knob from the potentiometer of the volume control on his Telecasters, and he removed the coil tap to make room for the cutoff switch, but as far as I know the TBX Tone Control...
View ArticleHello... is there any major use of a chorus pedal in any Radiohead song? I...
Nope. Even when they’ve gotten very 80′s, such as on the intro to WIEAYB or on SuperCollider, they’ve avoided that particular staple of the decade’s popular music.
View ArticleWondering how you know that Jonny's Tele is wired to always have the 2 red...
I have never seen/heard an explicit statement from Jonny or the band’s techs about whether he is using both pickups.However, I think that he is almost certainly using both pickups.Jonny’s bridge sound...
View ArticleAre there any videos of Jonny using the Tele 2 Radiohead?
15 Step at Parco delle Cascine in Firenze, Italy in 2012.
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Submitted by reza:jamupHi,thanks for your amazing website.Have you seen the jamup app for ios?how can i get a jonny sound for there there in that app?Hello Reza!I am not familiar with the app, but this...
View ArticleHello King of Gear! I have a few questions. In "Banana Co" at around 1:43...
Hello there!Banana Co Solo: EHX Small Stone; feedback switch up, speed set ~max but adjusted by foot through the entire solo.My Iron Lung Outro: Digitech Whammy; 1Oct Up+Down Harmony. He is both...
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Unison bend, but the bent string is intentionally slightly flat in order to create audible beating.
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Shin Ei Companion Fuzz FY2.
View ArticleHey there! Question about jonnys guitar technique. He does a lot of crazy...
Hello! I am not quite sure what you are asking. In general, Jonny uses both hands to dampen/mute strings which he does not wish to ring out. This is particularly audible on songs likeBangers N Mash,...
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