My Iron Lung amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25
The Radiohead guitar tone for “My Iron Lung”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Epiphone Les Paul Standard 60s. Studio version, The Bends (1995) — iconic octave-whammy arpeggios and explosive ShredMaster distortion
Fender Telecaster Plus (Lace Sensor Blue neck / Red-Red Dually bridge) -> DigiTech Whammy WH-1 -> Marshall ShredMaster -> Fender Eighty-Five combo (clean channel)
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 6 |
| Mid | 5 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Reverb | 0 |
| Master | 5 |
01DigiTech Whammy (or Pitch Shifter block)
RECOMMENDED — not owned (set to +1 Octave Up, 100% wet for the verse/intro riff)
02Marshall ShredMaster (or High-Gain Distortion block)
RECOMMENDED — not owned (engage for the heavy chorus bursts)
Jonny Greenwood ran high-output Lace Sensors into a completely clean solid-state Fender Eighty-Five with high-gain distortion provided entirely by a Marshall ShredMaster. Your Mustang LT25 must stay on a clean Fender Twin model with preamp gain low (2) so dirt blocks or external pedals provide the grit without digital clipping. Because your Epiphone Les Paul humbuckers are warmer and darker than Jonny's biting Telecaster Plus, treble is pushed to 7 with the bright switch active and bass capped at 6 to prevent muddy low-end. Note that the Mustang LT25 physical faceplate lacks a presence control, so it is omitted.
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