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 · 5 blocksLive values · Kemper Profiler
Guitar
Fender Telecaster Plus
Pickups
SS
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
Compressor
Kemper Drive
Search Rig Exchange for 'Fender Clean'
Spring Reverb
Compressor
← Studio compressor
Intensity
3
Attack
0.0s
Volume
0
Kemper Drive
← Marshall Shredmaster
Drive
9
Tone
6
Volume
8
Search Rig Exchange for 'Fender Clean'
← Fender Eighty Five
Gain
3
Bass
5
Middle
5
Treble
6
Spring Reverb
← Studio room/spring
Decay
1s
Predelay
20ms
Mix
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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