Creep amp settings — Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3

The Radiohead guitar tone for “Creep”, dialed in for a Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3 with a Yamaha Pacifica 112V. Studio version, Pablo Honey (1993) — focusing on the distorted chorus crunch tone (the iconic 'chunk' sound)

Original rig

Fender Telecaster Plus (bridge pickup) → Marshall Shredmaster → Fender Eighty Five amp (clean platform); Ed O'Brien used Mesa Boogie Trem-O-Verb set to heavy distortion for choruses

Aggressive mid-forward crunch with scooped lows, deliberate volume jump from clean verses — raw, almost ugly distortion that cuts through

Amp settings — Blackstar ID:Core 20 V3

CHANNELOD1 (Crunch voice)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	4
Mid	6
Treble	6
Presence	0
Reverb	0
Master	6

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Guitar

PICKUPbridge TONE8 VOLUME10

Why these settings

Original used a Marshall Shredmaster into a clean Fender amp — since you have no pedals, the ID:Core's OD1 channel approximates that grinding mid-forward distortion. ISF at 9 o'clock mimics the American amp platform. Gain at 7 delivers the Shredmaster's medium-high saturation; bass pulled to 4 prevents the Pacifica's humbuckers from getting muddy versus the original Telecaster single-coil. Reverb is 0 — the recording is bone dry.

PRO TIPThe 'Creep crunch' happens when Greenwood rakes muted strings right before unmuting into the chord — practice the percussive 'chunk-chunk-CHORD' attack with your palm barely lifting off the strings. The aggression is in the right hand, not the gain.

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