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The Japanese firm, which was also behind the Sustainer pickup and Burny guitars, was founded in 1969

Producer John Leckie: "It sounded instantly like a big track"

After over three decades in the biz, O'Brien says he is fighting against stage volume, scaling down and embracing smaller tube amps in search of the sweet spot for his sound

"Sometimes the best stuff happens when you’re not even listening at all”

Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood hated his band's debut single so much that he tried to sabotage and kill it: when Creep became Radiohead's biggest anthem, Thom Yorke often wished that the guitarist had succeeded

Creep was a monster that charted around the world and gave a British act a rare hit in the United States. But when the single was first released, the BBC refused to play it and Radiohead's label eventually gave up on it.