Noel Gallagher

In this photo, Noel Gallagher is pictured with his Gibson ES-355 Electric Guitar while performing live. His 355 is fitted with a Bigsby, and appears to have a six-position Varitone switch near the tone and volume knobs (this could indicate the model is the ES-355TD-SV, which was released in 1959).

In an interview from November 2011, when asked what he brings on the road when touring for High Flying Birds, he says, "...the guitars I bring on tour are either 355s or 345s. Those are what I play."

Later in the interview he confirms it is a 1960s model, saying, "Usually, I just pick my 1960's Gibson 355 – that's the basis for everything."

According to Premier Guitar interview, he talks about this guitar a little bit more.

"Talk about your affinity for the Gibson ES-355. I’ve got two or three, and some ES-345s, too. My 1960 ES-355 is the greatest guitar I’ve ever played. It can do anything, and it’s become a part of me. [Ex-Smiths guitarist] Johnny Marr no less picked it up in the studio, then looked like a startled wizard because of how great the guitar is. I got the 355 a while back for 4,000 pounds, and it’s the best 4,000 pounds I’ve ever spent. I’ve taken the guitar on four or five world tours and beat the living daylights out of it, but it still sounds and plays incredible. I’m in awe of the guitar. I put it second to my wife only because I can have sex with her. If I could have sex with that guitar, I’m not sure which I’d choose."

In an interview with guitar.com, he confirms that this is a 1960 model, saying, “My favourite electric guitar I bought in the 90s,” he says without hesitation. “It’s the 1960 Gibson 355 that I played in Oasis. I don’t play it so much nowadays, because the music I’m writing is different and I’m going for a different sound. But if push came to shove, that guitar is priceless for the amount of tunes that I wrote on it.”

Around the time of recording Oasis’ first album, Noel started using Marshall heads and cabinets. The usual setup was two JCM900 heads, each one connected with the Marshall cabinet. He probably used these amps on most of the Oasis’ albums until 2000s.

Those amps were used for 1994 concerts, as seen in this video, where they are seen at 3:43 minute mark, and they are behind him the whole time. Also, Bonehead is also thought to use those amp heads.

Used in the pre-Defiantly Maybe era, when they(band) were doing small gigs. In the interview with Music Radar, Noel noted that he began using Vox AC-30 again with his new band, but can’t recall for sure if he ever recorded on one with Oasis – but nonetheless he used it live.

A Dunlop Tortex 0.88 pick can be seen, attached to the mic stand, at 0:37 in this video of Noel Gallagher playing Wonderwall.

When asked how he goes about transferring his album sound to the stage for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Noel states that he doesn't spend too much time and effort worrying about accurate sound reproduction, since he believes the crowd doesn't quite care about such things. He then mentions a couple of the amps he uses live: "...I just use my little Fender Blues Junior and my Hiwatt Custom 100. They're great. That's what I've used live for the last five or six years." Original source article here.

Noel Gallagher has used two Gibson J200 guitars in his career one being the Natural one he plays in the Wonderwall video (edited blue at points in the video), and the other being a Gibson Ronnie Wood Signature Series J200 (With the ornate pick guard replaced) seen at Sitting here in silence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKs8GMcB__U This is not to be confused with the Gibson J150 which Noel is often seen with which features the Adidas sticker and no binding on the neck. Noel also has the J150 in sunburst ( His older model) and a Natural model he has recently purchased.

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.

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".

Noel used this guitar a lot during the 90's performances of "Wonderwall" and other songs he played acoustically. He was also pictured with this guitar for "Merry Christmas Everybody" cover. Also, one of the most notable performances with this guitar is definitely the Earls Court performance of "Wonderwall".

In the late 1996, and during the 1997 tour, Noel played a tobacco burst Sheraton with frequensator tailpiece and two mini-humbuckers.

This guitar was played during Oasis' infamous 1996 Knebworth Park concert, during the song "Slide Away". Another famous concert he used this guitar on was 1997 G-Mex Concert, and "Stand By Me" is a notable example. Around 17:30 minute mark, this Sheraton II can be seen.

Noel’s first Gibson Les Paul was a 1960 spec sunburst model which he borrowed from Johnny Marr (Originally a 1952 Gibson Les Paul standard Goldtop converted to 60 spec) – ex-guitarist of The Smiths. Noel wrote and recorded “Slide Away” and “Live Forever” on this guitar. Unfortunately he broke the guitar’s neck at the heel in 1994 in Newcastle when a fan climbed on the stage and Noel smacked the fan with the guitar.

According to Johnny Marr, he definitely recorded Live Forever with one.

As Marr said, this guitar is visible in the music video for Live Forever.

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 Noel can be seen with a Nash JM model. Photo by Dave J Hogan/Getty Images.

In an 2019 interview with guitar.com, he spoke briefly about his relationship with Bill Nash, and has mentioned the use of Nash Jazzmasters, saying, “I’m playing Jazzmasters, both by Fender and Nash,” he says. “You know, I was never a fan of Strats or offset guitars. But I was on tour, and I saw this Nash Jazzmaster – a natural one – and I bought it. And I’ve since got to know Bill Nash, and now I’ve got about 20 of his guitars. And I swear by them."

The Supernova was a Korean-made electric guitar manufactured by Epiphone for Noel Gallagher of the English rock band Oasis. Noel used a customised Epiphone Sheraton guitar with a Union Jack design during many Oasis shows throughout the tour promoting the second album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?. The Epiphone Supernova was designed to represent that guitar, even though there are several differences, for instance, the Sheraton guitar used by Noel had mini-humbucker pickups, gold hardware and a frequensator tailpiece whereas the Supernova has regular humbucker pickups and a stop-style tailpiece. The original guitar is now on display at the British Music Experience at the O2 arena.

According to Noel Gallagher's AMA on Reddit website, back in 2015. on question "Did you have much involvement in the design or was it just a nice big bag of cash handed over for the use of your signature?", Gallagher answered : "Okay, FIRSTLY, there was no big bag of fucking cash. Secondly, I was involved in the design. Thirdly, I can't fucking remember what my involvement was.Fourthly, I do have one, somewhere. But... I shouldn't have made them sonic blue color. It's disgustin'."

In this photo you can clearly see Noel using the casino with a royal tan finish, whilst playing a gig with Paul Weller in London. I think it is the 66 model due to the "E" logo on the truss rod cover. Noels model has no pickguard. a closer look to a very similar model can be found here http://www.tuckhersey.com/guitars/casino_m.jpg

In this video of Oasis playing a gig in 1996, Noel Gallagher can be seen playing a Gibson SG electric guitar during the song "Cum On Feel the Noize". 4:12 into the video provides a decent look at the guitar.

In an article by Gibson, it is noted that Noel Gallagher owns a Gibson J-45. Original article here.

The 1993 Nashville Series Epiphone Sheraton "Union Jack" Electric Guitar is closely tied to Noel Gallagher. In this video, he can be seen playing it live in Manchester in 1996. He used it from 1993-2002, using it on multiple tracks.

In this rare video from 1995, Noel Gallagher plays an acoustic rendition of "Don't Look Back In Anger" with a vintage Epiphone Frontier acoustic guitar, in a sunburst finish.

This guitar was used mainly during 1995, possibly as a backup for his red Takamine guitar. This guitar was used for Virgin Megastore performance, which was done on October 1, 1995.

In an interview with Noel Gallagher from 2008, talking about the guitars used in the recording of the Oasis album Dig Out Your Soul, Noel says: "For this record I used two Epiphone Casinos. One is an original 1960s... I think it's probably a 1964 which has been sanded down, it's blonde. And one is one of the John Lennon reissue ones, that came out a few years back. They were the two main guitars I used all the way through the album. Which is not like me, I don't really use real hollow-body guitars with P90s, it's not really my style. But they seemed to work best in the studio this time."

The audio interview can be played on the source website at the bottom of the article, and Noel talks about the Epiphone Casinos between the 4th and 5th minute.

in this photo we can see noel gallagher exchanging a martin d-28.

In this photo of Noel Gallagher's pedalboard, on the far right his Dunlop Cry Baby Wah Pedal can be seen.

In 56:54 you can see that he uses TS-9 for his great sound.

Noel Gallagher is documented using the Boss HR-2 Harmonist pedal, as detailed in "The Complete Noel Gallagher (Oasis) Gear Guide" by Dolphin Music.

As can be seen in this photo of Noel Gallagher playing at T in the Park festival 2015, he has been using this Tele since the beginning of the Chasing Yesterday tour for songs like "In the Heat of the Moment" and "Digsy's Dinner".

On top of Noel Gallagher's amp, yellow Dunlop Tortex Standard Guitar Picks (0.73mm) can be seen. He says:

"Thanks to Daniel at Gig Rig for building me a new pedal board. I shall be noodling now from here to eternity!"

In an interview from 2011 titled "Noel Gallagher talks guitars, gear and High Flying Birds", Noel Gallagher praises the Strymon TimeLine delay pedal.

The interviewer asks, "How about your pedalboard – is it more minimal than in past years?"

Noel replies, "I did buy a buy a new pedal that I like a lot: it's a Strymon TimeLine delay, and it's fucking amazing. The thing's got, like, 200 presets, and some of them sound exactly like Pink Floyd. They're hard to come by, though. They made like 50 of them or something, and I think there's a six-month waiting list to get one. I've got two!"

Original article link here.

A guitar Noel Gallagher has been seen with is a Fender Jaguar. There is basically no information about this guitar - this is the only photo that has surfaced online.

For many years, Noel can easily be identified as to be using a brown leather, hand-tooled "Original Model" guitar strap. To this day, he is prominently and proudly featured on the official El Dorado website as not only a "famous customer" but has a page on the sidebar of the homepage directing you to several photos from an old issue of Guitarist Magazine where he and his strap are featured.

As can be seen in this photo of Noel’s pedalboard, in the top row his Klon Centaur Professional Overdrive clone can be seen, which is The Klone by RYRA. This particular version appeared a little bit earlier before they added the graphics. Gem Archer also uses Ryra Klone on stage with NG's High Flying Birds.