Riff Tone
Don't Go Away
Oasis
Guitarrock1990s
Original Gear
GuitarEpiphone Les Paul Standard (likely 1990s Korean model)
AmpMarshall JCM900 4100 head into Marshall 4x12 cabinet
PickupsEpiphone stock humbuckers (PAF-style, likely Alnico V)
Amp Settings
gain5.5
bass6.5
mid7
treble6.5
reverb3
presence6
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, 1997 (Be Here Now sessions). No direct evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the riff section of 'Don't Go Away'; this matches Noel Gallagher's main studio rig for this era. No evidence of alternate pickup swaps or non-standard wiring.
Tone Character(10)
open and full-bodiedBritish crunch with rich midrangeslightly compressed but dynamicclear note separation in chordswarm, rounded attackslight breakup on harder strumsnot high-gain, retains dynamicsclassic 90s Britpop rhythm tonearticulate, not muddymodest reverb for space
Difficulty
The riff section is rhythmically straightforward with open and barre chords, requiring solid timing and dynamic control but no advanced techniques.
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Original Gear
GuitarEpiphone Les Paul Standard (likely 1990s Korean model)
AmpMarshall JCM900 4100 head into Marshall 4x12 cabinet
PickupsEpiphone stock humbuckers (PAF-style, likely Alnico V)
Amp Settings
gain5.5
bass6.5
mid7
treble6.5
reverb3
presence6
Effects & Signal Chain
No effects used for this tone
Notes
Studio recording, 1997 (Be Here Now sessions). No direct evidence of alternate guitars or amps for the riff section of 'Don't Go Away'; this matches Noel Gallagher's main studio rig for this era. No evidence of alternate pickup swaps or non-standard wiring.
Tone Character(10)
open and full-bodiedBritish crunch with rich midrangeslightly compressed but dynamicclear note separation in chordswarm, rounded attackslight breakup on harder strumsnot high-gain, retains dynamicsclassic 90s Britpop rhythm tonearticulate, not muddymodest reverb for space
Difficulty
The riff section is rhythmically straightforward with open and barre chords, requiring solid timing and dynamic control but no advanced techniques.
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