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Let Down amp settings — Acoustic G35fx

The Skars guitar tone for “Let Down”, dialed in for a Acoustic G35fx with a Donner Standard series Stratocaster. Radiohead - OK Computer (1997), signature Jonny Greenwood intro/main ostinato guitar part (often credited/misattributed)

Original rig

1975 Fender Starcaster (Wide Range Humbuckers) -> Roland RE-201 Space Echo / EMT 140 Reverb -> Vox AC30 6TB (Top Boost/Normal channel clean)

Pristine, chiming, ambient clean arpeggio with high-register clarity and cavernous hall/plate decay
Amp settings — Acoustic G35fx
CHANNELLead (DSP Mode) set to Clean/Bypassed Overdrive
GAIN 2 BASS 5 MID 6 TREBLE 5 REVERB 7 MASTER 5
KnobSetting (0–10)
Gain2
Bass5
Mid6
Treble5
Reverb7
Master5
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Guitar
PICKUPmiddle TONE8 VOLUME10
Signal chain

01Boss DD-7 / Digital Delay (or Tape Echo)

RECOMMENDED — not currently owned (approximates the dotted/repeating spatial delay essential to the album's ambient weave)

E.Level 6 · F.Back 5 · D.Time 4 · Mode 5
Why these settings

The Acoustic G35fx clean solid-state voicing provides plenty of headroom, but lacks the organic top chime of a Vox AC30. On your Stratocaster, the middle pickup with tone rolled down slightly to 8 softens the thin single-coil bite closer to Jonny Greenwood's Wide Range humbuckers while preserving arpeggio separation. On the G35fx faceplate, select Hall/Reverb DSP mode turned up to 7 to match the orangery room reverb from St Catherine's Court.

PRO TIPJonny's ostinato is in 5/8 time against the rest of the band's 4/4 rhythm; pick cleanly right above the middle pickup with medium pick attack to get distinct string ping without driving the preamp into fizzy solid-state clip.

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