Radiohead
OK Computer · 1997
Amp settings (as recorded)
The recording
The song was recorded at St. Catherine's Court in Bath during the OK Computer sessions, produced by Nigel Godrich. While often cited as one of the band's simpler, folk-inspired tracks, the recording involves intricate layering. Ed O'Brien played the Rickenbacker 360 for guitar parts, while the famous 'swirling' outro was achieved by feeding an AMS digital delay back into itself, with O'Brien manually adjusting the parameters to create chaotic, self-oscillating noise.
Tuning
StandardRecording Signal Chain · 3 items
360
Rickenbacker
Lead/Texture
Played by Ed O'Brien
DMX 15-80S
AMS
Delay/Noise
Used for the self-oscillating outro effect
AC30
Vox
Amplification
Main clean platform for recording
Tone Characteristics
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