Pink Museum Layered Crunch — WEM Lead & JCM900 Bed
Noel Gallagher’s first rhythm and lead layers were recorded with his 1992 Epiphone Les Paul through a Watkins Dominator, while Bonehead added the heavier Gibson SG and Marshall JCM900 layer. The lead was thickened with room microphones and a slightly varispeeded unison double; the amp controls below are representative because the original knob positions were not published. Source: Guitar World’s “Secrets Behind the Sound” feature (2021).
Signal Chain
Notes
Keep the Dominator near the edge of breakup and the JCM900 layer lower in the mix. The record sounds large because the contrasting layers interlock, not because either amp uses extreme gain.
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