🎸 Britpop · 1990s

Don't Look Back in Anger by Oasis (Riff · Distorted) — Guitar Tone

by Oasis · riff

The Don't Look Back in Anger by Oasis guitar tone is built on a Marshall JCM900 / Bluesbreaker, dialed in at gain 4.5/10, bass 5, mid 6.5, treble 6.5, presence 5.5 (community-researched baseline). Full breakdown below — then adapt every knob to your exact guitar and amp, free.

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Amp settings (0–10)

4.5

GAIN

BASS

6.5

MID

6.5

TREBLE

5.5

PRESENCE

REVERB

Community-researched baseline. Your rig is different — GuitarToneAdapt re-dials every knob for your specific guitar, amp and pickups.

How these settings compare

Measured against the 38 indie tones in our researched catalog: Gain 4.5 sits right around the indie average (4.0); mids at 6.5 are right around average (6.0).

Guitar controls

VOLUME

TONE

Original gear

Amp: Marshall JCM900 / Bluesbreaker (later Hiwatt) with an Ibanez TS9

Epiphone Riviera / ’65 Fender Stratocaster; TS9 overdrive, Roland Space Echo; mids and treble up.

Gear used on this tone

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Pickups

bridge/neck (Riviera humbuckers / Strat single-coils)

Effects / signal chain

overdrive, delay, reverb

Tone character

pushed Britpop crunch, mid-forward, anthemic, TS9 punch

Recording context

studio

How it’s played

moderate Britpop crunch distortion. This shapes how hard the amp is pushed and where the EQ sits for the Don't Look Back in Anger sound.

Difficulty

3/5 · Riff

Beginner-friendly open chords and strumming; the tone is mostly the guitar and a TS9 into a Marshall.

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Worth knowing

Don't Look Back in Anger is electric Britpop crunch — an Epiphone Riviera into a Marshall with a TS9, mids and treble up so the chords ring out anthemically.
Oasis / Noel Gallagher's electric tone is a moderately overdriven Britpop crunch — an Epiphone Riviera (or a '65 Strat bought from Johnny Marr) into a Marshall (JCM900 / Bluesbreaker, later Hiwatt) with an Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer almost always on for the overdrive, mids and treble pushed to cut through, and a touch of reverb/Space Echo.
Keep gain moderate — it's a pushed-clean/crunch, not high gain. The TS9 is the key piece for the punch.
Settings are community-researched starting points, not official recall sheets.

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Don't Look Back in Anger guitar tone — FAQ

What amp settings do I need for the Don't Look Back in Anger guitar tone?

Set your amp to roughly: gain 4.5, bass 5, mid 6.5, treble 6.5, presence 5.5, reverb 2. These are community-researched baselines — GuitarToneAdapt re-dials them for your exact guitar and amp.

What gear was used for the Don't Look Back in Anger tone?

Original gear/effects: Amp: Marshall JCM900 / Bluesbreaker (later Hiwatt) with an Ibanez TS9; overdrive, delay, reverb.

Can I get the Don't Look Back in Anger tone on a different guitar or amp?

Yes. Different guitars and amps need different knob positions to sound the same. GuitarToneAdapt models pickup output and wood brightness, then compensates so you match the record on your own rig.

How do I sound like Oasis on Don't Look Back in Anger — what gear and pedals?

Start with bridge/neck (Riviera humbuckers / Strat single-coils), the amp EQ above (gain 4.5, bass 5, mid 6.5, treble 6.5, presence 5.5, reverb 2), and overdrive, delay, reverb. Then let GuitarToneAdapt compensate for the guitar, amp and pedals you actually own so it sits like the record.

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Settings are community-researched estimates, not official. GuitarToneAdapt adapts them to your gear. guitartoneadapt.com