Airbag amp settings — Fender Champion 50XL
The Radiohead guitar tone for “Airbag”, dialed in for a Fender Champion 50XL with a Gibson Les Paul Standard 60s. Studio version, OK Computer (1997) - Main opening and chorus heavy riff
Fender Telecaster Plus (Lace Sensor Dually Red in bridge) -> Marshall Shredmaster -> Fender Eighty-Five solid-state combo clean channel
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 7 |
| Bass | 5 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
01Marshall Shredmaster (or clone)
RECOMMENDED — not owned. Use amp high-gain voice today; with the pedal, switch amp to clean Voice 1 and set gain to 2
Jonny achieved this iconic cut by slamming a Marshall Shredmaster into the squeaky-clean solid-state Fender Eighty-Five. Because you own no pedals, the Champion 50XL must generate the distortion standalone via its British 90s / high-gain voice (the faceplate has no mid or presence knobs). On your Les Paul's warm humbuckers, push the treble to 7 to replicate the bite of his Lace Sensor bridge pickup.
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