Just amp settings — Fender PR 495

The Radiohead guitar tone for “Just”, dialed in for a Fender PR 495 with a Squier Affinity Stratocaster. Studio version, The Bends (1995) — main distorted chorus and octave riff

Original rig

Fender Telecaster Plus (Lace Sensor Dually Red in bridge) -> Marshall Shredmaster -> Fender Eighty-Five solid-state clean channel (Treble ~4, Mids ~7, Bass ~4, dry)

Brutal, cutting high-gain solid-state distortion with raw attack, razor-sharp mids, and zero tube sag

Amp settings — Fender PR 495

CHANNELDrive (Gain Channel)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	7
Bass	5
Mid	7
Treble	5
Reverb	0
Master	4

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Guitar

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Signal chain

01Marshall Shredmaster (or clone)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned; Jonny's primary dirt pedal for this tone

Gain 8 · Bass 5 · Contour 4 · Treble 6 · Volume 7

Why these settings

Since you own no pedals, your Fender PR 495's Drive channel must supply the distortion at Gain 7 to match the intense aggression of the Shredmaster. The single-coil Strat bridge pickup naturally has less output and low-end punch than Jonny's high-output Lace Sensor Dually Red, so Mid is pushed to 7 and Bass kept at 5 while Treble sits at 5 to prevent harsh fizz. Adding a high-gain distortion pedal like a Shredmaster or clone will let you switch the amp to Clean (Gain 2) for the exact studio setup. Clean verse: switch your amp from Drive to Normal/Clean.

PRO TIPPick aggressively near the bridge saddles with a stiff pick; Jonny's razor-sharp solid-state attack comes from relentless, fast right-hand wrist strikes that drive the transients directly into the circuit.

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