The bends amp settings — Fender Mustang LT25
The Radiohead guitar tone for “The bends”, dialed in for a Fender Mustang LT25 with a Donner DST-100B. Studio version, The Bends (1995) — main distorted riff
Fender Telecaster Plus (Lace Sensor Dually Red) → Pro Co Turbo RAT → Fender Eighty-Five solid-state clean channel
| Knob | Setting (0–10) |
|---|---|
| Gain | 2 |
| Bass | 7 |
| Mid | 4 |
| Treble | 7 |
| Master | 6 |
01ROCK DIRT (onboard stomp)
Set as onboard STOMP block; provides the Pro Co Turbo RAT distortion straight into a clean solid-state style amp
Jonny Greenwood generated this iconic buzz by slamming a Pro Co Turbo RAT into the clean channel of a solid-state Fender Eighty-Five. The Mustang LT25 replicates this accurately by running the onboard ROCK DIRT stomp into the ultra-clean TWIN CLEAN model with amp gain dropped to 2 to avoid muddy double-gain. Single-coil bridge pickup on the Donner provides the necessary top-end snap and bite to emulate the hot Lace Sensor Red dually humbucker. Middle has no knob on the LT25: press the encoder to open the preset, press it again on the amp model, then select MIDDLE on the display and turn the encoder.
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