Some Might Say Amp Settings
by Oasis
Original Recording Settings
Original Gear
- Guitar
- 1983 Epiphone Riviera (Matsumoku MIJ, wine red)
- Pickups
- Stock Matsumoku full-size Japanese humbuckers (not mini-humbuckers) (bridge)
- Amplifier
- Orange Overdrive OR120 head
- Channel
- Single channel, all controls at 10
- Tuning
- standard
- Pickup Selector
- bridge
- Strings
- Unknown for 1995; later documented as 0.010-0.046 (Ernie Ball Regular Slinky)
Driven into a 4x12 cabinet. Noel acquired this amp because of Peter Green. Bonehead's Casino/Marshall provided a separate rhythm layer tracked live alongside. Guitar cabs miked with Shure SM57 (close) and Neumann U87 (room). Recorded onto Studer A820/A827 tape at +6 over 200nW — hot tape saturation added extra harmonic distortion.
Amp Settings
Effects Chain
Playing Technique
Aggressive downstroke-heavy strumming with open-position 'cowboy chords.' Verse uses arpeggiated chord shapes, chorus shifts to full strumming. Dunlop Tortex picks (0.73mm or 0.88mm). No capo. Tracked live in a single take at Loco Studios, South Wales, March 1995.
Sources+
- Orange Amps Blog: Noel Gallagher and the Morning Glory sessions — OR120 usage confirmed
- That Pedal Show: Noel Gallagher interview (2023) — most detailed gear discussion ever given; confirmed Riviera as main rhythm guitar
- oasis-recordinginfo.co.uk: Nick Brine (engineer) and Lisa Ward (studio manager) equipment list — five amps and guitar inventory confirmed
- Owen Morris interview, oasis-recordinginfo.co.uk (July 2014) — Loco Studios location and single-take recording confirmed
- Sound on Sound 'Classic Tracks' (November 2012) — recording methodology and mic setup
- Guitar Lobby: 'Some Might Say' tone description — OR120 as the primary distorted amp for this track
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