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Creep (Acoustic) amp settings — Sonicake Pocket Master

The Radiohead guitar tone for “Creep (Acoustic)”, dialed in for a Sonicake Pocket Master with a Squier Classic Vibe 50s Stratocaster. Acoustic version from Pablo Honey Collector's Edition / Creep EP (1992-1993) — stripped-down arrangement with clean electric guitar

Original rig

Fender Telecaster Plus with Lace Sensor pickups into a clean channel — the acoustic version strips away the Mesa Boogie distortion rig used on the studio version, focusing on a warm, clean tone with light compression and natural dynamics

Warm, intimate clean with slight compression — chimey but not brittle, mellow pick attack, neck-leaning warmth to emulate the acoustic character

Amp settings — Sonicake Pocket Master

CHANNELClean (no amp modeling engaged)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	6
Mid	5
Treble	4
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE6 VOLUME8

Why these settings

The Sonicake Pocket Master is a headphone amp/interface with basic gain and 3-band EQ — no presence or reverb controls exist on this unit so those are null. The acoustic version of Creep uses a clean electric tone meant to approximate acoustic warmth, so gain stays very low (2) to keep it pristine. Bass pushed to 6 for body, treble rolled back to 4 to avoid the Strat's natural brightness overwhelming the mellow character. Your Squier's single coils are brighter than the original Lace Sensors, so the tone knob at 6 and neck pickup compensate.

PRO TIPRoll your guitar volume to 8 and use light fingerpicking or soft pick attack near the neck to get that intimate, almost-acoustic dynamic response Thom Yorke achieves — the slight volume reduction also warms the signal entering the Pocket Master.

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