Andy Bell

Pictured on his Instagram, Bell used the guitar for a livestream performance

Happy new year ! The flyer says acoustic but I’ve decided to bring my J Mascis Squier tomorrow instead. I’ll be at @loficoffeeuk from 2pm UK time, jamming around, all hopped up on top quality coffee. This time, due to the Covid restrictions, it’s a STREAM ONLY event, no punters allowed inside unfortunately. So ! Stay safe out there. Thanks and if you tune in to the stream, I hope you enjoy it 🙏

In the OUI FM acoustic session video for "Start Anew" by Beady Eye, Andy Bell is actually playing an Epiphone Frontier, not an Epiphone Hummingbird.

“I do play a 335 as well, which is this black one, like an early ’70’s one, which is a little bit rawer and a little bit more leery [than the Trini Lopez]." – Andy Bell on his Gibson ES-335

In this video Andy is using his main bass from 2000 - 2007.

"Ibanez CP-9 Compressor. This is the only pedal that stays on throughout the gig. it’s the first thing my guitar goes into and I think this is an 80’s unit. It’s an eBay job, they don’t make them anymore. I think I got one because my friend Andy Hackett (who is in the Rockingbirds and also runs Angel Music on Denmark Street, the best guitar shop in London) has one on his pedal board. Gem also swears by these."

"This is my main guitar, a 1967 Trini Lopez with a Bigsby fitted. I have two and they are very similar. I bought the first one in LA while I was in Oasis. Noel borrowed it and used it onstage for one of our tours. When it got shipped home to me in Sweden after a year of touring around the world with no problems, it arrived at my front door in two pieces! Baggage handlers had dropped it from some crazy height on it’s journey home. The happy ending to the story is that I had it repaired by my friend, the guitar builder Phillipe Dubreuille, and it now stays in tune for longer and sounds better than it ever did. And you can’t see the repair at all. back in Ride I used to use a Les Paul whenever I wasn’t playing a 12 string. This guitar will be used for all those songs."

According to Guitar Geek's rig diagram, Bell uses this pedal.

"Fulltone Octo-Fuzz. I was recommended this one by Gem, it’s a VERY Gem Archer sound. Also very Neil Young. If you want to know how it sounds, play “Sons of the Stage” by Beady Eye, all the lead playing is going through this. It kind of ‘overwhelms’ the guitar sound and makes it sound like a herd of rampaging buffalo. maybe that’s why it reminds me of Neil Young."

Used during the Dig Out Your Soul tour. Fitted with a sticker that says "Love one another".

On the current 2025 Oasis tour, Andy is using a Fender Precision Bass 1973 CBS F Series as his main bass. See https://www.instagram.com/p/DOhk67ejD_P/?img_index=7&igsh=MWw0MHQ5cG55NHZ1Mw==.

In this photo, Andy Bell can be seen with a red Rickenbacker 4005.

According to Guitar Geek's rig diagram, Bell uses 1960s Gibson Les Paul Custom.

According to Guitar Geek's rig diagram, Boss DS-1 is one of the pedals he uses.

"Another compressor. This is my “one louder” pedal. There are certain times in a gig when you need to turn up when everything is already ridiculously loud. This does that. I only use it a couple of times a gig."

“I have two different fuzz units: I have the Octafuzz on the fuzz setting, not the octave; and a Super-Fuzz. They work for different songs on different parts.”

"I played the donated Hohner for quite a while, then got a Satellite, which was a nice 335 copy. I used that for the early Ride stuff, and when we got signed I bought two Rickenbacker 12-strings—a 330 and a 360—and a Gretsch Tennessean, all in one shopping trip on Denmark Street in London."

"MXR Micro Amp. This is the next level of volume up from the Red Compressor. It’s on for most of the gig but it’s not too lairy (because I don’t have it turned up too much, as you can see)."

In this photo, Bell can be seen with a Fender Bass VI.

"I played the donated Hohner for quite a while, then got a Satellite, which was a nice 335 copy. I used that for the early Ride stuff, and when we got signed I bought two Rickenbacker 12-strings—a 330 and a 360—and a Gretsch Tennessean, all in one shopping trip on Denmark Street in London."

Andy Bell is listed as using the Marshall 2061X Handwired 20W Amp Head in his gear collection, as detailed in the Premier Guitar article "Ride’s Andy Bell: Addicted to Noise."

"Removed the Strymon Tape Echo Pedal. Added a Strymon Mobius for BPM timed Tremelo, Leslie Simulator and much more in the way of modulation to come, as I get my head round all the possibilities. I’d like to get hold of an Expression pedal for this. Any tips? Well, that’s about it anyway. Pete Carroll my guitar tech, did a great job of cleaning the board up for me and replacing all the cables etc. I am pretty much gig ready. Can’t wait! /AB"

"I played the donated Hohner for quite a while, then got a Satellite, which was a nice 335 copy. I used that for the early Ride stuff, and when we got signed I bought two Rickenbacker 12-strings—a 330 and a 360—and a Gretsch Tennessean, all in one shopping trip on Denmark Street in London. Mark [Gardener, Ride’s other singer and guitarist] bought a Fender Jaguar and a Rickenbacker as well. He got the smaller John Lennon-sized one and I got the larger ones like George Harrison and Roger McGuinn used."

According to Guitar Geek's rig diagram, Bell uses Gibson J-160E.

"Holy Grail Reverb. On Hall setting. I have this on quite a lot, I don’t like my guitar to sound too dry onstage and this helps. probably use it too much actually." - Andy Bell about this pedal.

"Not an effects pedal, this is a footswitch I hold down when I’m singing into the microphone, to switch it on. The rest of the time the mic is off. It’s useful when there’s loads of noise on stage."

"Strymon El Capistan – Digital Tape Echo. It’s delay with loads of extra’s that make it sound and feel like a real old Tape echo unit (except that real tape echo units are always breaking). By the way, now we’ve crossed over to the second pedal board, the Mike Hill one where everything is affecting the sound separately."

"Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer. The King of pedals. This is a reissue. I have a couple of old ones. I’ve compared them and I can’t tell the difference. I can’t recommend this highly enough."

"Eventide Space Reverb. Set to a slightly modified version of ‘Black Hole’ setting. This was pulled out by Dave Sitek at the start of the sessions for “BE” and used throughout that album, not just on guitars but on just about anything and everything. As soon as I heard it I ordered one, and I used it live on Beady Eye songs such as “Flick Of The Finger”, “Soul Love” and “Dont’ Brother Me”."

In an article by Premier Guitar, Andy Bell is mentioned as using a 1966 Fender Jazzmaster.

during this video, you can see andy bell playing this guitar. if you look on his personal youtube channel (here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe-iJE520BqYRNWUzx89iGg ) you will find many covers of his personal favourites, where hes also using this guitar.

Andy Bell using a vintage Epiphone Frontier.