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 · 2 blocksLive values · IK TONEX
Guitar
Fender Telecaster Plus
Pickups
SS
Tuning
neck
Strings
standard
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Search ToneNET for 'Fender clean' or 'blackface clean'
← Fender Eighty Five
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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