Jonny GreenwoodRadiohead Pedalboard, 2016
Jonny Greenwood's 2016 Radiohead board shares a front section — a Freeze, a Small Stone phaser, a Tremulator, a 440 envelope filter and a Whammy — then splits: a Boss OD-3, RE-20 and RV-5 to the clean amp, a ShredMaster and volume pedal to the dirty one.
Two-amplifier Radiohead board
Order evidence: A source states the sequence
Inside the rig · 14 units
Pedal roles & evidence
How each unit fits Jonny Greenwood's 2016 setup. Board-specific roles and the evidence behind each identification and position.
Source-described orderIdentity and position are evidenced separately. Reconstructed positions are not observed connections.
Routing & Control
LS-2 laptop loop selector
Shared path
Role in this rig
Places the external Max/MSP laptop path in or out of the shared guitar route.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Routing & Control
LS-2 guitar / Kaoss selector
Shared path
Role in this rig
Selects which external source enters the shared effects section.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Dynamics
Freeze Sound Retainer
Shared path
Role in this rig
Creates sustained harmonic beds before Greenwood's filters, pitch processing and amplifier split.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Modulation
Small Stone V4
Shared path
Role in this rig
Adds broad phase movement to the shared path before tremolo and envelope filtering.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Modulation
The Tremulator
Shared path
Role in this rig
Creates Greenwood's sharply pulsed clean-guitar patterns in the shared section.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Filter & EQ
440 Envelope Filter
Shared path
Role in this rig
Turns playing dynamics into an automatic filter sweep before the pitch shifter.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Pitch & Synth
Whammy WH-4
Shared path
Role in this rig
Adds foot-controlled pitch bends before the signal separates into clean and distorted amplifier paths.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Routing & Control
LS-2 amplifier-path selector
Shared path
Role in this rig
Creates the defining two-amplifier split at the end of the shared effects path.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Gain
OD-3 OverDrive
Clean branch
Role in this rig
Adds controllable drive only to the otherwise clean Vox amplifier branch.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Delay & Echo
RE-20 Space Echo
Clean branch
Role in this rig
Provides rhythmic echo on the clean Vox branch.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Reverb & Ambience
RV-5 Digital Reverb
Clean branch
Role in this rig
Creates spring-like bursts and conventional ambience on the clean branch.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Looping
Headrush E2
Clean branch
Role in this rig
Finishes the clean amplifier branch with looping and multi-head echo functions.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Gain
ShredMaster
Drive branch
Role in this rig
Creates the heavily compressed and aggressive distorted branch before its volume pedal.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Routing & Control
FV-300L Volume Pedal
Drive branch
Role in this rig
Controls or mutes the distorted amplifier branch independently of the clean path.
- Identity
- Documented
- Position
- Documented
Documented equipment · Documented order · Split output path
The specialist source publishes the exact signal order from the independently photographed Lyon board. Positions 1–8 are shared, positions 9–12 form output A to the Vox AC30, and positions 13–14 form output B to the Fender Eighty-Five. The laptop loop and front-of-house-fed Kaoss Pad are external branches controlled by the first two line selectors and are described rather than drawn. The TU-3 tuner between the volume pedal and distorted amplifier is omitted as a utility, not an effect.
Cited sources
MethodologyQuestions about Jonny Greenwood's 2016 pedalboard
- What pedals did Jonny Greenwood use in 2016?
- This dated entry lists 14 units: LS-2 laptop loop selector, LS-2 guitar / Kaoss selector, Freeze Sound Retainer, Small Stone V4, The Tremulator, 440 Envelope Filter, Whammy WH-4, LS-2 amplifier-path selector, OD-3 OverDrive, RE-20 Space Echo, RV-5 Digital Reverb, Headrush E2, ShredMaster, FV-300L Volume Pedal. This is the recorded inventory, not a claim that every connection or model identification is confirmed; see the evidence and routing notes.
- What order were Jonny Greenwood's pedals in?
- A cited source states the order. See the diagram and routing notes for the separate paths and any unconfirmed connections.
- Is this Jonny Greenwood's full guitar rig?
- No. This dated entry covers 14 units in the effects path, not every piece of gear Jonny Greenwood owned or used. Floor pedals, rack units and routing devices are included only where recorded; omitted equipment and uncertain connections are explained in the notes. It is not a complete or current rig inventory.
- When and where was this pedalboard used?
- June 1, 2016. Les Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon. This is one dated setup as documented, not a career-wide gear list.
- How does the archive know what was on this pedalboard?
- 2 cited sources, listed above with the date each was read, including The King of Gear, noise_jam. Among them a written article and a photograph. The units are recorded as documented equipment, and the page was last audited on 2026-07-18.