No suprises amp settings — Blackstar Idx 50

The Radiohead guitar tone for “No suprises”, dialed in for a Blackstar Idx 50 with a Fender Jaguar. Studio version, OK Computer (1997), recorded at Abbey Road Studios

Original rig

Fender Telecaster Plus through Fender Deluxe '85 and Roland JC-120, minimal effects, clean DI-blended signal

Glassy, bell-like clean with shimmering high-end clarity and subtle compression

Amp settings — Blackstar Idx 50

CHANNELClean Voice, ISF at 9 o'clock (American/Fender voicing)BOOSToff

Knob	Setting (0–10)
Gain	2
Bass	4
Mid	5
Treble	7
Presence	6
Reverb	3
Master	5

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Guitar

PICKUPneck TONE7 VOLUME10

Why these settings

Your Jaguar's single coils are brighter and thinner than Greenwood's Telecaster Plus humbuckers, so ISF is set American-voiced for that Fender glassiness. Treble at 7 captures the chime without ice-pick harshness. The Jaguar's neck pickup with tone rolled to 7 softens the high-frequency spike while preserving the bell-like quality essential to this track.

PRO TIPPlay the arpeggios with your picking hand positioned closer to the neck—this naturally rounds out the attack and produces the pillowy, dreamlike articulation heard on the record rather than the brighter snap you'd get picking near the bridge.

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