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GuitarInferred2
Supersonic
Oasis
Tone Snapshot
Pickup: Bridge pickup on Noel Gallagher's Epiphone Les PaulTone profile
Gain
Tightness
Brightness
Mid Scoop
Ambience
What makes this tone
- Crunch
- Bright Attack
Signal chain
- Guitar: Early-'90s Epiphone Les Paul Standard
- Pickup: Bridge pickup on Noel Gallagher's Epiphone Les Paul
- Amp: Early-'70s Watkins/WEM Dominator MkIII combo, channel 2
Tone Character
Recorded tone character
Gain character
Cranked small-combo crunch with dynamics and sparkle rather than compressed high gain.
Bass
Lean-to-moderate.
Mids
Present and lively.
Treble
Bright and jangly.
Brightness / presence
Open, sparkling upper end.
Compression
Natural cranked-combo compression.
Effects
The studio lead thickness came from room/tape/varispeed tricks; the RE-201 associated with Noel's live rig was apparently not used in the recording.
Evidence / Sources
Tone character: bright, jangly, crunchy, dynamic, open, Britpop, room-thickened
Targets Noel Gallagher's first/main recorded guitar track. Bonehead later adds a heavier Gibson SG/Marshall JCM900 layer.
Effects
The studio lead thickness came from room/tape/varispeed tricks; the RE-201 associated with Noel's live rig was apparently not used in the recording.
Original Gear
Guitar
Early-'90s Epiphone Les Paul Standard used by Noel Gallagher for the first/main guitar track
Amp
Early-'70s Watkins/WEM Dominator MkIII combo, channel 2
Channel
Channel 2 driven at full volume into edge-of-breakup/crunch
Pickup
Bridge pickup on Noel Gallagher's Epiphone Les Paul Standard
