Ed O'Brien
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Fontaines D.C.'s Carlos O'Connell reveals the secret weapon on his pedalboard – a plain box with one knob and oodles of gain
By Phil Weller published
Owning one doesn’t come cheap, but the left-field pedal has been at the center of the band’s monumental rise to fame

“It’s the only delay that can make those OK Computer sounds”: Ed O’Brien explains why one BOSS pedal was integral to Radiohead’s landmark ’90s albums
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The Bends and OK Computer wouldn’t sound the same without the BOSS DD-5 – and Radiohead’s resident effects expert is already eyeing up some newly launched delays for the band’s next outing

Watch Thom Yorke play Ed O’Brien’s signature Fender Strat on The Smile’s new track, Bodies Laughing
By Matt Parker published
The Radiohead side-project unveiled the new tune during a show in Berlin

Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien is selling his Klon Centaur and other effects for charity
By Matt Owen published
A modified Binson Echorec, two Line 6 Echo Pros and a Maestro Echoplex EP-2 have also been put up for auction

The genius of John McGeoch: John Frusciante, Johnny Marr and more pay tribute to the unsung hero of post-punk guitar
By Matt Parker published
Read exclusive excerpts from The Light Pours Out of Me, the new authorized biography of the late Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Public Image Ltd guitarist

Ed O'Brien delivers riotous remix of Paul McCartney's Slidin' in new release from McCartney III Imagined
By Matt Owen published
The Radiohead guitarist's rendition transformed McCartney's track into a high-octane rock number, equipped with trash-y guitars, wailing vocals and a huge wall of synths

The Circle Guitar is a self-playing electric that can pick at unbelievable speeds
By Richard Bienstock published
Motor-driven sequencer spins at up to 250 bpm to “push guitar playing into new, unexplored territories”

Ed O'Brien: "The guitar to me is like an oscillator on a synthesizer - it’s the start of a sound rather than the sound in itself"
By Amit Sharma published
Total Guitar joins the six-stringer to discuss his plethora of effects pedals, the future of Radiohead and his debut solo album as EOB, Earth
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