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Just amp settings — Line 6 Spider V30

The Radiohead guitar tone for “Just”, dialed in for a Line 6 Spider V30 with a Epiphone SG Standard. Studio version, The Bends (1995) — main distorted riff and chorus

Original rig

Fender Telecaster Plus (Lace Sensor Dually bridge) -> Marshall Shredmaster -> Fender Eighty-Five solid-state clean channel

Brutal, cutting high-gain distortion with raw attack and no tube compression — deliberately harsh and punchy with emphasized mids
Amp settings — Line 6 Spider V30
CHANNELInsane amp model (or Hi Gain) with onboard facial distortion/drive block bypassedBOOSToff
GAIN 7 BASS 5 MID 7 TREBLE 7 REVERB 0 MASTER 6
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain7
Bass5
Mid7
Treble7
Reverb0
Master6
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PICKUPbridge TONE10 VOLUME10
Why these settings

The Spider V's high-gain modeling emulates the aggressive, uncompressed bite of Jonny's solid-state Fender and Shredmaster combination without needing external dirt. Since your SG has warmer humbuckers than Greenwood's Lace Sensor Dually, treble and mids are boosted to 7 to retain the iconic razor-sharp pick attack and mid bite. Keep reverb completely dry to preserve the tight, percussive punch of the track. Clean verse: roll guitar volume back to 3-4 or tap the channel foot-switch to a basic Clean voice.

PRO TIPDig in with a heavy pick angle right near the bridge saddles using aggressive downstrokes to mimic Jonny Greenwood's percussive, uncompressed right-hand attack.

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