We’ve made a new pedal!
Here’s the first teaser for our new Pitch Magpie pedal, a pitch shifter that aims to capture the best of the weirdest pitch shifters from the 90s…BackgroundFor the past couple years, we’ve been trying...
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Hey I just need to say absolutely adore your work here it has helped people...
Just get a used ProCo Rat (standard version) and focus in your playing. Jonny didn't use one, but there's a reason so many people think he did: with the filter knob set right, the Rat has a similarly...
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Jonny’s Fender Acoustic
This photo of Jonny playing a Fender dreadnought acoustic was taken by his son Tamir.To help publicize their upcoming Steve Reich Festival, The Hallé recently shared this photo of Jonny playing a...
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You can find each of their signal chains explained in great detail on the pedalboard sub-pages for each artist (also found in the right sidebar):Thom Yorke's PedalboardsJonny Greenwood's PedalboardsEd...
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‘Wall of Eyes’ Gear Updates
On January 18, The Smile and Paul Thomas Anderson’s Wall of Eyes film collection was premiered at the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square, London. The first piece in the collection is a silent...
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‘Read The Room’ Instrumental Notes
Jonny dramatically muting the strings of his late-70s natural finish Les Paul Standard during a performance of Read The Room in Cleveland on July 11, 2023 (Ryan J).VerseRead The Room starts with just a...
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A couple shots from The Smile’s rehearsal at RAK Studio 1 in January...
A couple shots from The Smile’s rehearsal at RAK Studio 1 in January 2022, in preparation for their three live-streamed Magazine shows. Thom’s phone, resting on the music stand, has an Intellijel...
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Jonny recording in the Control Room at Abbey Road Studio 2
Earlier today, The Smile shared this photo of Jonny by Sam Petts-Davies on their official socialmedia. Jonny is seen with his late-70s natural finish Gibson Les Paul Standard, a guitar he’s used...
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The Smile’s 2024 Tour Rehearsal Setup
On March 5 and March 6, The Smile shared photos taken by Ade B during rehearsals for the band’s 2024 tour dates. In the photos, the band are set up in Air Studios’ Lyndhurst Hall. It’s a space where...
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Thom’s Nylon String Guitar
A shot of the guitar on one of the band’s overhead screens show the three control knobs for the electronics near the neck on the side of the upper bout.Fan footage from the Smile’s show at 3arena in...
View ArticleNew Pedal Manuals
This week, we updated the manuals for all four of our pedals. The manuals are written in a similar style to our site, and should have some helpful info on topics like signal placement even if you don’t...
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why is the headstock to thoms Yairi Dy88 different than every other Yairi...
For those who don't know, the K.Yairi DY-88 is an electro-acoustic guitar that Thom used on tour during the OK Computer era. He had two of them, but donated one to a homeless-support charity auction in...
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Jonny Greenwood’s Electric Cello Setup
Shots from the Smile’s performance ofYou Know Me! at the BBC 6 Music Festival in Manchester on March 9, 2024.During The Smile’s tour rehearsals in March, we made a post detailing the band’s setup. But...
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Hi! I was wondering if it was possible for you to label exactly which vocal...
Here's a photo of Thom's pedalboards from The Smile's gig in Taormina on July 20, 2022 (photo by infernojim).The guitar board has changed a fair bit in the past two years. But the vocal board has...
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Thom Yorke’s Guitar and Bass Pedalboard for The Smile’s June 2024...
A photo of Thom’s pedalboard at Stadtpark Open Air in Hamburg on June 8, 2024. One can also see the back of Robert Stillman’s pedalboard.Thom playing his modified vintage Gibson EB0 at Stadtpark Open...
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Hello, I am curious if you have identified Flea’s Melodica on Skip Divided...
For Atoms for Peace shows from 2009-2013, Flea played a Suzuki A-34C Melodion. “Melodion” is Suzuki’s name for their melodicas. The A-34 notable for its blue color with distinctive white accents on...
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Thom’s Heavily Modified Tele (Tele3) Reappears in the hands of Noah Yorke
Two photos by Baxter Adams of Noah Yorke with the guitar at the Shacklewell Arms on January 21, 2023 (ny.wav). Thanks to Andrew for bringing this post to our attention!In late-2022 and early-2023, Noah...
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Colin with his Sadowsky NYC Precision-style Bass
On September 16, Sadowsky Guitars shared this new photo of Colin with his custom bass guitar on the company’s instagram page. Although the post’s description didn’t contain much info, they have shared...
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‘Bodies Laughing’ — A Play-by-Play Instrumental Analysis
A photo of Thom with his Taylor electro-acoustic classical guitar during Wall of Eyes at the BBC 6 Music Festival on March 9, 2024 (Mike Gray).Yesterday, the Smile releasedBodies Laughing, the latest...
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Sam Petts-Davies’s Setup for Thom’s ‘Everything’ Tour
A photo of the setup, shared by Sam on his instagram account with the caption “tour begins tonight. i’ll be parked at front of house with this box of esoterics for the duration. it’s going to be...
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