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Don't Go Away Riff Guitar Tone Settings — Oasis
Oasis · 1990s · rock
studio
Original Recording
Guitar
Epiphone Les Paul Standard (likely 1990s Korean model)
Pickups
Epiphone stock humbuckers (PAF-style, likely Alnico V)
Amp
Marshall JCM900 4100 head into Marshall 4x12 cabinet
Pickup Position
Bridge pickup
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.
Amp Settings
Mids7
Bass6.5
Gain5.5
Reverb3
Treble6.5
Presence6
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Tone Character
- open and full-bodied
- British crunch with rich midrange
- slightly compressed but dynamic
- clear note separation in chords
- warm, rounded attack
- slight breakup on harder strums
- not high-gain, retains dynamics
- classic 90s Britpop rhythm tone
- articulate, not muddy
- modest reverb for space