Oasis – Definitely Maybe (Deluxe Edition Remastered)

In this video of Oasis performing an acoustic rendition of "Live Forever" live on MTV in 1994, Noel Gallagher is strumming an Epiphone EJ-200. Epiphone EJ-200 was Noel's acoustic for recording some songs on "Definitely Maybe".

For recording the Oasis’s 1994 debut album “Definitely Maybe” Noel used Epiphone guitars, mostly because he was unemployed prior to recording and was not able to purchase a Gibson.

This was a stock Epiphone Les Paul in cherry sunburst. It can be seen in Supersonic music video. (timestamp : 0:44)

Early Oasis gigs were also played with this guitar. Famous "Splash" gig was played with an Epiphone Les Paul Standard.

Noel Gallagher used two different Gibson Flying V guitars while in Oasis. The first was a 1989 Gibson Flying V, loaned to Noel by Johnny Marr. Noel used Marr's Flying V to specifically record Cigarettes and Alcohol and Slide Away. It was also used throughout the recording of Definitely Maybe. Photographer Michael Spencer Jones took pictures of Noel using this guitar in the studio in Jan 1994 while recording Definitely Maybe. Sound engineer David Scott, who was present at the Monnow Valley sessions is quoted in a 1994 interview with Melody Maker magazine saying he saw Noel using his Epi Les Paul and also a Gibson Flying V that he used to record Slide Away. Slide Away was the only track to make the cut from the Monnow Valley sessions. Also, Noel was inspired to write Cigarettes & Alcohol by the T Rex song "Get it on". T Rex used a Gibson Flying V to perform Get it on, so makes sense Noel was drawn to using a Flying V to record Cigarettes & Alcohol. Also, T Rex's Get it on was not entirely original either, he equally was inspired by a Chuck Berry song called "Little Queenie". Standing on the shoulders of giants is apt in this case. Noel Gallagher acquired his own 1997 Gibson Flying V and used it in the "D'You Know What I Mean?" official music video. The Flying V he's using has a black finish and a white pickguard, and a capo on the second fret.

Both Noel and Bonehead started plaing Rivieras on “Definitively Maybe”. Noel’s guitar was from the early 70?s and equpped with two full-sized humbuckers (Rivieras usually have mini-humbuckers), and a Tune-O-Matic bridge. This guitar can be seen in Oasis’ live gig on David Letterman’s Show in 1995, and it was his main guitar during that year.

In this photo, Gallagher is visible playing the Takamine EF-400S, which he used during the "Definitely Maybe" era.

Noel Gallagher is seen here with a WEM Dominator MKIII 15 Watt Amp behind him.

This amp was heavily used on Definitely Maybe - both recording and touring for it. In Oasis' first debut for TV, he played through this amp and some kind of Marshall combo amp.

Paul Arthurs can be seen playing an Epiphone Riviera in this photo. Considering Oasis was on a budget during 1994 and recording of "Definitely Maybe", both Noel and Bonehead played Epiphone Rivieras.Unlike many other Rivieras, thoe 1970's Rivieras were also named the MIJ Rivieras, and they had, unlike other Rivieras, a stoptail bridge and humbuckers. While Gallagher, further switched to Gibsons and Fenders, Bonehead remained with a few Rivieras, which he played until 1999, when he departed from Oasis.

Bonehead continued playing Rivieras to this day, let us take the Royal Albert Hall performance of Beady Eye for example. On October 18, 2013 he played "Columbia" with the same exact guitar he played with Oasis - the tobaccoburst Epiphone Riviera.

Both Noel and Bonehead played that guitar. The interesting thing is that they both played that guitar on Jools Holland 1994 performance. Bonehead played "Whatever" with it, while Noel played "Sad Song" with it. This was quite possibly his main acoustic guitar during "Definitely Maybe" era, considering it was also seen in "Whatever" music video.

You can see Guigsy playing the Hiwatt DR-201 with the rare Hiwatt SE320 4x12 inch speaker cabinet in this official music video for the song Whatever. You will notice him playing this rig on plenty other occassions such as live TV appearances at Later With Jools Holland and more.

Guigsy is playing the first revision of the Fender Precision Bass on plenty occasions either Live and in official Oasis music videos. It is probably a 50s to 52 model.

Evidence from a photograph shared by Stephanie Miller on Pinterest, showing Liam Gallagher during the recording sessions for Oasis' debut studio album "Definitely Maybe" in February 1994 at Monnow Valley Studio, Wales, confirms that the singer used the AKG C 414 B-ULS microphone. This is further corroborated by an article discussing the album's production, which highlights Gallagher's use of this specific microphone model.