Noel Gallagher’s Ibanez Tube Screamer TS-808

Noel Gallagher began incorporating the Ibanez Tube Screamer into his setup around the year 2000. In Oasis’s early days, he relied solely on cranked amplifiers to achieve his overdriven sound. By 2000, he had started using the Tube Screamer, particularly for solos, often pairing it with a Boss Digital Delay as his primary effects for lead parts.

In a 2000 interview with Guitar Player, Noel mentioned that his favorite Tube Screamer was an old ’70s model, which indicates it was likely an early TS-808. The TS-808, the first Tube Screamer ever released, debuted in 1979, followed by the TS-9 model in 1981.

I used to just turn up the amps as full as I could get them — I never used distortion pedals or anything like that. But I started collecting Ibanez Tube Screamers recently, and I’ve got an old ’70s model, which is the best pedal I’ve ever come across. So now I get a really good rhythm sound, and then kick in a Tube Screamer for the guitar solos. I like that so much better than having a loud guitar sound going all the time.

Noel Gallagher – Guitar Player.com – 2000