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 · 4 blocksLive values · Boss Katana
Guitar
Fender Telecaster Plus
Pickups
SS
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
HM-2
Clean
Spring
HM-2
← Marshall Shredmaster
Drive
9
Bottom
5
Tone
6
Level
8
Clean
← Fender Eighty Five
Gain
3
Volume
6
Bass
5
Middle
5
Treble
6
Presence
5
Spring
← Studio room/spring
Time
3ms
PreDelay
20ms
Tone
5
EffectLevel
18
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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