# Jonny Greenwood Pedalboard 2016: Radiohead Gear & Pedal List

> The 2016 Jonny Greenwood pedalboard: Freeze Sound Retainer, Small Stone V4, The Tremulator and 11 more. Signal-chain order, settings and cited sources.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jonny-greenwood/radiohead-lyon-board-2016/
- Machine-readable index of the archive: https://pedalboardarchive.com/llms.txt
- Evidence and reconstruction conventions: https://pedalboardarchive.com/methodology/

## At a glance

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Artist | Jonny Greenwood |
| Board | Two-amplifier Radiohead board |
| Date | 2016-06-01 — June 1, 2016 (day precision) |
| Context | Les Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon |
| Scope | Exact board snapshot |
| Signal path | 14 units · Guitar to amplifier |
| Routing | Split output path |
| Unit evidence | Documented |
| Order evidence | Source-described |
| Status | Photographed board · source-mapped split routing |
| Audited | 2026-07-18 |
| Sources | 2 |

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.

## Signal chain

**Order evidence — Source-described.** A source states the sequence.

| # | Unit | Role | Zone | Unit evidence | Position evidence | Catalog page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | LS-2 laptop loop selector | Places the external Max/MSP laptop path in or out of the shared guitar route. | Shared pre-split | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/ls-2-laptop-loop-selector/ |
| 2 | LS-2 guitar / Kaoss selector | Selects which external source enters the shared effects section. | Shared pre-split | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/ls-2-guitar-kaoss-selector/ |
| 3 | Freeze Sound Retainer | Creates sustained harmonic beds before Greenwood's filters, pitch processing and amplifier split. | Shared pre-split | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/freeze-sound-retainer/ |
| 4 | Small Stone V4 | Adds broad phase movement to the shared path before tremolo and envelope filtering. | Shared pre-split | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/small-stone-v4/ |
| 5 | The Tremulator | Creates Greenwood's sharply pulsed clean-guitar patterns in the shared section. | Shared pre-split | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/the-tremulator/ |
| 6 | 440 Envelope Filter | Turns playing dynamics into an automatic filter sweep before the pitch shifter. | Shared pre-split | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/440-envelope-filter/ |
| 7 | Whammy WH-4 | Adds foot-controlled pitch bends before the signal separates into clean and distorted amplifier paths. | Shared pre-split | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/digitech-whammy/ |
| 8 | LS-2 amplifier-path selector | Creates the defining two-amplifier split at the end of the shared effects path. | Shared pre-split | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/ls-2-amplifier-path-selector/ |
| 9 | OD-3 OverDrive | Adds controllable drive only to the otherwise clean Vox amplifier branch. | Clean amplifier path | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/od-3-overdrive/ |
| 10 | RE-20 Space Echo | Provides rhythmic echo on the clean Vox branch. | Clean amplifier path | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/re-20-space-echo/ |
| 11 | RV-5 Digital Reverb | Creates spring-like bursts and conventional ambience on the clean branch. | Clean amplifier path | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/rv-5-digital-reverb/ |
| 12 | Headrush E2 | Finishes the clean amplifier branch with looping and multi-head echo functions. | Clean amplifier path | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/headrush-e2/ |
| 13 | ShredMaster | Creates the heavily compressed and aggressive distorted branch before its volume pedal. | Distorted amplifier path | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/shredmaster/ |
| 14 | FV-300L Volume Pedal | Controls or mutes the distorted amplifier branch independently of the clean path. | Distorted amplifier path | Documented | Documented | https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/fv-300l-volume-pedal/ |

## Reconstruction note

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.

## Questions

### 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.

## Sources

2 cited sources across 2 independent groups. Two sources sharing an independent group report the same observation and count once.

1. [Jonny's 2016 Tour Pedalboard](https://thekingofgear.com/post/159013492585/jonnys-2016-tour-pedalboard) — The King of Gear (Specialist source · article), accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `king-of-gear-radiohead-research`
2. [Jonny Greenwood pedalboard at Radiohead's Lyon concert](https://www.instagram.com/p/BK_TtwAD60W/) — noise_jam (Primary source · photograph), published 2016-06-01, accessed 2026-07-18, independent group `noise-jam-lyon-photograph`

## Related pages

- Every documented board by Jonny Greenwood: [Jonny Greenwood board history](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jonny-greenwood/)
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- [David Gilmour — PULSE / Division Bell rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/david-gilmour/pulse-division-bell-rig-1994/): shares DigiTech Whammy
- [Ed O'Brien — Earth tour ten-loop board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/ed-o-brien/earth-tour-loop-board-2020/): shares DigiTech Whammy
- [Eric Gales — Crown touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/eric-gales/crown-tour-2023/): shares DigiTech Whammy
- [Billy Strings — Four-drawer MIDI touring board](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/billy-strings/four-drawer-touring-board-2023/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Looping, Dynamics, Pitch & Synth, Reverb & Ambience, Routing & Control, Filter & EQ, Modulation, Delay & Echo, Gain)
- [Noel Gallagher — Official board photograph](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/noel-gallagher/official-board-photograph-2025/): no shared unit; a comparable signal path (Looping, Dynamics, Reverb & Ambience, Filter & EQ, Delay & Echo, Gain)
- Previous board in archive order: [Joni Mitchell — UCLA V-Guitar path](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/joni-mitchell/ucla-vg8-path-1998/)
- Next board in archive order: [Jorma Kaukonen — Official two-chain Electric Hot Tuna rig](https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jorma-kaukonen/official-electric-hot-tuna-rig-current/)
