Tim Wheeler

Used in a number of early videos and live gigs including TV appearances on Big Rickety Wheel and MTV's Hanging Out

"Having all these channels changed my life. It ranges from a very clean sound, to an old Selmer or Vox amp tone, to quite overdriven without so much sustain, to a really high-gain channel."

"I've used these for over 18 years now! I'm a super massive fan of Brian Robertson of Thin Lizzy, so I love wah-wah solos. This is my automatic weapon of choice for a solo – Girl From Mars is one."

Wheeler posted multiple photographs of his pedalboard on his Instagram with the caption "I’ve been rebuilding this spaceship over the last few months. Anyone want to go to outer space?". One of the pedals that are part of his pedal collection is the Death by Audio Fuzz War.

Wheeler posted multiple photographs of his pedalboard on his Instagram with the caption "I’ve been rebuilding this spaceship over the last few months. Anyone want to go to outer space?". One of the pedals that are part of his pedal collection is the Way Huge Purple Platypus.

Wheeler posted multiple photographs of his pedalboard on his Instagram with the caption "I’ve been rebuilding this spaceship over the last few months. Anyone want to go to outer space?". One of the pedals that are part of his pedal collection is the Strymon Deco.

Wheeler posted multiple photographs of his pedalboard on his Instagram with the caption "I’ve been rebuilding this spaceship over the last few months. Anyone want to go to outer space?". One of the pedals that are part of his pedal collection is the Catalinbread Echorec.

Tim's main guitar for live shows is his Flying V as you can see in the image.

"Apparently this is Billy Corgan's secret weapon! I use this on 'Burn Baby Burn' before each chorus kicks in. You can get quite metallic tones, ringing, singing lead tones… It's an amazingly versatile guitar pedal."

"The SG is amazing, I love how light it is and how well it plays. It's got that fat sound – I love the sound of Gibson humbuckers. I love it so much that I try to use it for everything! It's just so comfortable."

Wheeler posted multiple photographs of his pedalboard on his Instagram with the caption "I’ve been rebuilding this spaceship over the last few months. Anyone want to go to outer space?". One of the pedals that are part of his pedal collection is the TC Electronic Sub 'N' Up octaver.

Wheeler posted multiple photographs of his pedalboard on his Instagram with the caption "I’ve been rebuilding this spaceship over the last few months. Anyone want to go to outer space?". One of the pedals that are part of his pedal collection is the Way Huge Green Rhino overdrive pedal.

Wheeler posted multiple photographs of his pedalboard on his Instagram with the caption "I’ve been rebuilding this spaceship over the last few months. Anyone want to go to outer space?". One of the pedals that are part of his pedal collection is the EHX Ram's Head Big Muff Pi, although there is no graphics on the pedal.

It’s the guitar that I pretty much record everything with, my 1960s Les Paul Custom Black Beauty, with three PAFs. It’s become my main workhorse guitar – it’s too posh to bring on tour, but when I’m in the studio it’s my main one. I don’t know what I’d do if something disastrous happened to it… actually, I’d probably just go and buy a Custom Shop reissue!

I had a really nice 1976 Fender Mustang, blue with the racing stripe, but it got lost in a studio to move in the 90s. I bought it in New Orleans on tour, and I think I used it in the Life Less Ordinary video. I wish it was still around, but I’ve never bought another Mustang!

Wheeler posted multiple photographs of his pedalboard on his Instagram with the caption "I’ve been rebuilding this spaceship over the last few months. Anyone want to go to outer space?". One of the pedals that are part of his pedal collection is the ZVex Super Hard On.

Wheeler posted multiple photographs of his pedalboard on his Instagram with the caption "I’ve been rebuilding this spaceship over the last few months. Anyone want to go to outer space?". One of the pedals that are part of his pedal collection is the Korg X-911.

Wheeler posted multiple photographs of his pedalboard on his Instagram with the caption "I’ve been rebuilding this spaceship over the last few months. Anyone want to go to outer space?". One of the pedals that are part of his pedal collection is the Malekko B:Assmaster.

Wheeler posted multiple photographs of his pedalboard on his Instagram with the caption "I’ve been rebuilding this spaceship over the last few months. Anyone want to go to outer space?". One of the pedals that are part of his pedal collection is the Origin Cali76 Compact Deluxe.

Wheeler posted multiple photographs of his pedalboard on his Instagram with the caption "I’ve been rebuilding this spaceship over the last few months. Anyone want to go to outer space?". One of the pedals that are part of his pedal collection is the Red Panda Particle.

Wheeler posted multiple photographs of his pedalboard on his Instagram with the caption "I’ve been rebuilding this spaceship over the last few months. Anyone want to go to outer space?". One of the items that are part of his collection is the Fender Reverb Tank.

In this video Tim can be seen using a Black Gibson Les Paul Standard.

I’ve already got a nice Goldtop ’57 Reissue as a backup – I just love Les Pauls, and the sound of humbuckers.

In an interview with Guitar.com, Tim Wheeler of Ash reflects on a missed opportunity to purchase a late-50s Gibson ES-335 from Angel Music, previously owned by Peter Green and reputedly used to record "Albatross." Wheeler expresses regret for not buying it, wishing he had spent the extra money.

Wheeler posted multiple photographs of his pedalboard on his Instagram with the caption "I’ve been rebuilding this spaceship over the last few months. Anyone want to go to outer space?". One of the pedals that are part of his pedal collection is the Way Huge Ringworm Ring Modulator.

Wheeler posted multiple photographs of his pedalboard on his Instagram with the caption "I’ve been rebuilding this spaceship over the last few months. Anyone want to go to outer space?". One of the items that are part of his collection is the Voodoo Lab 2 PLUS power supply.

Wheeler posted multiple photographs of his pedalboard on his Instagram with the caption "I’ve been rebuilding this spaceship over the last few months. Anyone want to go to outer space?". One of the pedals that are part of his pedal collection is the EHX Stereo Polychorus.

Wheeler posted multiple photographs of his pedalboard on his Instagram with the caption "I’ve been rebuilding this spaceship over the last few months. Anyone want to go to outer space?". One of the pedals that are part of his pedal collection is the A/DA Flanger.

Wheeler posted multiple photographs of his pedalboard on his Instagram with the caption "I’ve been rebuilding this spaceship over the last few months. Anyone want to go to outer space?". One of the pedals that are part of his pedal collection is the white Moog MF-108M.

Wheeler posted multiple photographs of his pedalboard on his Instagram with the caption "I’ve been rebuilding this spaceship over the last few months. Anyone want to go to outer space?". One of the pedals that are part of his pedal collection is the Boss RV-6.