No. 0371993·alternative·3 blocks
Creep
Creep's dynamic shift from delicate clean arpeggios to crushing distorted chords is one of the most dramatic in rock. Greenwood's Telecaster Plus runs through a Fender Eighty Five amp for the clean verses. Before each chorus, he smashes the strings with a Marshall Shredmaster engaged, creating that iconic crunching noise that signals the heavy section. The contrast between whisper-quiet cleans and massive distortion defines the song.
Pablo HoneySignal path · input → output · 8 blocksLive values · Line 6 Helix
Guitar
Fender Telecaster Plus
Pickups
SS
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Volume Pedal
Deluxe Comp
Vermin Dist
US DLX 64
1x12 US Deluxe
Spring
Tilt
Volume Pedal
← Volume pedal
Pedal
100%
Deluxe Comp
← Studio compressor
Threshold
-34dB
Ratio
2:1
Knee
6dB
Attack
38s
Release
200s
Mix
50
Level
0dB
Vermin Dist
← Marshall Shredmaster
Gain
9
Tone
6
Level
8
US DLX 64
← Fender Eighty Five
Drive
3
Bass
5
Mid
5
Treble
6
Presence
5
ChVol
6
Master
10
Bias
5.5
BiasX
5
Sag
5.5
Hum
5
Ripple
5
1x12 US Deluxe
← Fender Eighty Five 1x12
LowCut19.9Hz
HighCut20100Hz
Level
0dB
Pan
0.5
Delay
0
Spring
← Studio room/spring
LowCut200Hz
HighCut6500Hz
Mix
18
Decay
1s
Predelay
20ms
Tilt
← Tilt EQ (global brightness)
Tilt
0.5
CenterFreq
1000Hz
Level
0
Engineer's note
File 037
Creep's dynamic shift from delicate clean arpeggios to crushing distorted chords is one of the most dramatic in rock. Greenwood's Telecaster Plus runs through a Fender Eighty Five amp for the clean verses. Before each chorus, he smashes the strings with a Marshall Shredmaster engaged, creating that iconic crunching noise that signals the heavy section. The contrast between whisper-quiet cleans and massive distortion defines the song.
— Jonny Greenwood
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