It's been pointed out a couple times. I made a mistake in this video saying 9th chords rather than 6th. The Rock N Roll Star chords are actually 6th chords and not 9ths 🙂 Otherwise known as Johnny B Goode chords 😄

Saw Liam Gallagher live. When he brought Bonehead on the sound became massive. Another level. Whatever he does, props to the man!

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Epiphone into a Marshall. Big chords. Great stuff from Bonehead

@cshartley101

5 ай бұрын

His amp goes up to 11

@peterobbo7512

5 ай бұрын

@@cshartley101 Beat me to it by 8 days.

@dan32113

3 ай бұрын

Rthymn guitar isn't easy. Bonehead is a very good musician

@JKGuitar

3 ай бұрын

@@dan32113 agreed. Rhythm is super underrated for the overall sound of a band

Good points! Bone head was the Malcom Young of Oasis.

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

A good comparison!

Mr Arthurs is a very good friend of mine and will love your video, keep up the good work r kid 🎸

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Cheers mate!

This is very accurate. Their sound was huge with Bonehead. That trademark sound disappeared with him.

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Pretty much!

Their sound also changed quite a bit when Noel switched to a multi-amp setup. There was something pure about ripping through a cranked JCM900 on the verge of feedback.

@JKGuitar

4 ай бұрын

A good point and one I hadn't thought of (not massively knowledgeable about the gear used!).

On Supersonic, the open E to the F# is called a subtonic movement. If you listen to Edgar Winters Frankenstein, Edgar himself describes it as subtonic and it has a menacing effect.

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

I've not heard Frankenstein before. That's a great track and can hear that subtonic movement. Thanks for sharing this!

As Steve Jones put it 'strum the chords like your giving a kick in the bollix' guigsy & bonehead were the wall of sound to Oasis, kept it very simple but solid and no ego in trying to stand out. hence why it worked 👌

Spot on jk ! You know the dance 🎸

Absolutely true. Bonehead gave the band that hard edge.

@JKGuitar

4 ай бұрын

Agreed!

Great video mate - wasn't sure when it started in your bedroom but you dud a great job :) i got an idea for an oasisy type tune so gonna bear this in mind.

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Thanks mate! Looking to move house soon so there'll be more space rather than the bedroom! Definitely a few techniques which can be used when writing guitar parts

Incredible video, had to sub , cheers from New Zealand

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Great video learnt a lot thanks mate

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

All credit for Bonehead. It was kind of a silver lining when he left because Noel doesn’t consider himself a lead guitarist. With Gem, he was able to take the passenger seat a little and let him do those parts.

@JKGuitar

2 ай бұрын

Shame really though because I personally like seeing the composer of a solo, play it.

Totally agree, normally Liam's band sound a bit like an Oasis cover band when playing Oasis songs. One day I clicked into a live performance without knowing Bonehead was on stage, I just thought mmmm they sound pretty good, a lot better than usual, maybe the sound guy did a good job. I didnt even recognize Bonehead when I see him because of the beard. When I went thtough the comments, I realized it was Bonehead that's making the difference!

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

I agree. While the sound engineer is a key person for the sound, certainly for the pro live recordings, I think there's too many examples of performances with and without Bonehead for it to be ONLY the sound engineer making the sound bigger.

Noel himself said bonehead was the soul of oasis...noel doesn't hand out compliments easy so that's quite a big statement....in my view oasis were at their absolute best from 93-97... from standing on the shoulder of giants it all changed... I'm not saying it was worse because it wasn't but it changed into something different ....which is to be expected when most of the lineup isnt the same anymore

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Quite a comparison of what Noel said when Bonehead left 'its hardly McCartney leaving The Beatles' 😄 But yeah, I think Noel had admiration and respect for Bonehead. And yes, almost all bands evolve into something different to when they started. With new members or without.

Brilliant channel mate bonehead the legend

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

I think he's great. Very underrated. Multi-instrumentalist and makes a racket

Thats a lovely PRS guitar you have. Good video thanks

@JKGuitar

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Made me appreciate Bonehead more. I love both Oasis lineups but Bonehead's rhythm guitar work on their earlier albums were monstrous and phenomenal.

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

I agree! Big big sound

Oasis were great with bonehead guigsey and mCarroll. They lost there edge and rawness when they left the band and the new members couldn't fill their shoes in my opinion. The best days are the early days.

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

I agree. A little too polished once they left. Technically better players came in but the sound wasn't the same

@britman1966

5 ай бұрын

Bonehead was the heart of their sound. Interesting, I had never picked up that riff within Rock’n’star. Will be giving it a go. Really liked that video would love to see similar type vids.

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Thanks mate! Noel/Liam videos are ten a penny so thought Bonehead would be more interesting.

@nasdkhan254

5 ай бұрын

Great video. The original line up was the best

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, I agree!@@nasdkhan254

On the record Noel is hammering on the 4th fret b triad but when they played it live he would bounce on the b chord with bonehead and guigsy. For bonehead to ad that chuck berry ride back into it live is pretty clever, they are both playing each others part and their own at the same time.

@JKGuitar

4 ай бұрын

For Rock N Roll Star, yeah?

Open low E’s mean you can hit an E whilst switching chords.

Hi have you changed the pick-ups in your PRS, there is great depth/clarity to them, and possibly the hollow body is adding something also. I'm looking to possibly update a Tokai Les Paul .

@JKGuitar

22 күн бұрын

@@AchtungMonkey Hey. These are actually the stock pickups. I think it's the hollow body when I compare it to my non hollow body guitars.

Excellent video and very informative. Which Yamaha THR amp do you use and what gear are you using to record the videos? Many Thanks mate Stu

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Hi Stu. For guitar, I use a Yamaha THR5 amp. This gets plugged in direct to Reaper on my iMac. For voice, lapel mic plugged into a Focusrite Solo. Cameras used are a Sony ZV1 and Go Pro 8

@stuinblack

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for that mate. Much appreciated 😎

Another interesting comparison: From the Maine Road gigs onwards, Noel was always mixed in louder than Bonehead. So they already lost a lot of that raw power in 1996.

@JKGuitar

4 ай бұрын

Yeah definitely. That's what made the MTV Supersonic performance so good because everything was mixed equally

@polycube868

3 ай бұрын

I love that punky sound they had live especially with Tony drumming, I bought the Live by the Sea VHS tape back in December.

Great video and an excellent insight to Boneheads influence 👊👊….ps,you’re an awesome guitar player 👍

@JKGuitar

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind comment. Glad you enjoyed it!

I felt that sometimes bonehead was lost behind Noel’s guitar and the bass in live performances, but on some occasions you could hear him quite clearly. Or it could just be me not being able to pick it out, I don’t know.

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

There's a video on KZread of the Knebworth gig. When Noel is soloing, Bonehead is barely audible. I had to be quite specific with the video chosen to actually hear Bonehead properly and maybe it's not surprising that MTV produced that one rather then Knebworth/Wembley where presumably the band might have had more control on the mix.

@TheGalwayFarmer

5 ай бұрын

Bonehead started a few songs like Whatever and Stand By Me. It's strange to hear him on his own. As for the bass, that was always lost in the mix, except Wonderwall at Maine Rd oddly!

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

I've just watched the Wonderwall @ Maine Road again. That mix is very odd, bass is almost as loud as the guitar!

Bonehead gave Oasis BALLS in their sound

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

100% agree!

Bonehead rocks!

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

He does!

bonehead is the master at rhythm, he’s playing it perfectly

if you listen to their demos around 1993, especially the columbia white label demo, it really highlights how important he was, as his guitar in that track is very quiet, leaving the song lacking in the power the final version has

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

I hadn't heard that demo. It is super quiet. I quite like the production in that one but at the same time, you're right, the original is much more powerful.

@alison115

5 ай бұрын

@@JKGuitar i also like the sound of it (it was passed around as a promo exclusive to radio DJ’s when they first got signed and miraculously got played on radio 1 about 50 times, a first for any band), i especially like the outro where the drums combine with a programmed drum beat with some weird vocal samples

Going from memory on supersonic, he would play the full bar chord shape on A and B, that way he could basically strum all 6 strings if he wanted but obviously that wouldn’t sound good.

I agree with your point on losing their power when Gem and Andy arrived. Although technically better, Gems chord style was very open and with Noel playing standard open chords at the top of the neck, it lacked bottom end. This did suit Oasis’ latter albums so just different I suppose.

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Very good point about the style changing in the latter albums. More intricate playing. I suppose you can't just make Definitely Maybe every album..

WT strings are you pressing down arrays for supersonic intro

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Arrays?

@seanunsworthwigan4640

5 ай бұрын

@@JKGuitar strings lol

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

@@seanunsworthwigan4640 For the bonehead part I was playing, its the low E and A For the Noel part I briefly played, it's on the high E, B and G

Your point about Oasis getting better technically with Gem is so true. I think with Bonehead, Oasis could cover up their non-technical guitar playing with big sound. I prefer the Bonehead sound for sure. I mean what Oasis fan wanted stuff like "A Quick Peep"?? LOL great vid!

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

I think people underrate how tight Oasis were when playing. Maybe not the most technical, but they were very tight. I think they used to practice every night or something pre fame...

@dan32113

4 ай бұрын

Neil Young sounds best with Crazy horse. Not the best technique but fits perfectly with Neil.

Agreed that Oasis sounds different without Bonehead and his [90% barre chords+10% licks], compared to Gem and his more opened chords, but perhaps the comparison in Liam's band live is a bit biaised by the fact that with Bonehead in it, you have 3 guitars in the mix instead of 2 (3 rythm guitarists likely sound more massive than 2)

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

A fair point. I just think it's such a drastic difference in sound when Bonehead is there versus not. And that has been the same whether in Oasis or Liam Gallagher. 90s or 020s.

@sisao80

4 ай бұрын

What licks?

Bonehead is the most important Oasis member ever

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

I've seen a few people say this in this comment section!

@mickmarsbar81

5 ай бұрын

Erm I would think the most important member was that Noel fella. You know, the one who wrote all the songs 😝

@BoynamedMagnus183

5 ай бұрын

@@mickmarsbar81 agree to disagree?

@mickmarsbar81

5 ай бұрын

@@BoynamedMagnus183 Sure. But you’re wrong. 😅 Third most important member, how’s that?

@BoynamedMagnus183

5 ай бұрын

@@mickmarsbar81 i can live with that

I never truly appreciated Bonehead till he started regularly playing with Liam again and oh my gosh that sounds like Oasis! I wonder what a lineup where Noel goes solo and Gem replaces him but Bonehead stays would have been like...

@JKGuitar

3 ай бұрын

Bonehead in Liams band is such a big big difference. The sound is massive.

Credit for playing barre chords for entire concerts. My hand would die

all praise to Lord Bonehead

@JKGuitar

4 ай бұрын

Amen!

If you listen to the bridge in Rock 'N' Roll Star, there's a polychord. Bonehead plays an A while Noel plays an E.

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Interesting. I always thought the slightly 'off' sound of that part because Noel plays an Asus2 and Bonehead plays a A barre chord and so there's a B note added

@ScottCBMusic

5 ай бұрын

I think the E is on the slide guitar part @@JKGuitar

Dude listened to Noel’s interview and made a video out of it. Nice..

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

What interview is this?

Owen Morris said the sound of Oasis was Morris turning him up loud in the mix on the studio recordings

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Pretty much. But Boneheads playing still contributed to that. Maybe moreso live then in the studio

@Two_Seat_Pete_FatA55

5 ай бұрын

@JKGuitar well both I guess. Morris said when he received the tapes of Definitely Maybe, the main thing he did was turn bonehead up loud, compared to the mixes they had been doing before Morris. So yeah, his playing style certainly contributes a lot to a big sound.

Best Supersonic performance was Earls Court 1995

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Personally I believe Earls Court was their peak performance compared to Knebworth/Maine Road.

Oasis always had a big driving guitar sound for sure, in my opinion they could have sounded all the better if they didn't push the drums back into the mix as much.

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

In live performances or on the records? There can be a lot said for the actual album mixes. Wall of sound, yes. Bass, no

@elgerardoedwardio2498

5 ай бұрын

@@JKGuitar I meant the studio recordings. A bigger drum sound would have complimented the songs a bit better.

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Ah gotcha. I agree. I think there was just so much processing going on to get the wall of sound, that parts of the band had to be 'sacrificed'

You are no doubt right. But remember the sound engineer is ultimately in charge of the mixes you are listening to and comparing. Peace and love

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Correct. It's maybe why the live pro shot vary so much in sound quality. But I still think there's enough evidence with Oasis + Liam Gallagher that Bonehead makes a difference

@MartinVanDerSande

5 ай бұрын

Agreed man! I'll never forget the wall of sound at Knebworth in 96. It was my first gig. I had just turned 15...my days, my ears still ring to this day haha

Listen to slide away from Chicago 94. Bonehead makes oasis sound huge

@JKGuitar

26 күн бұрын

100%!

It was louder but Noel said Be Here Now was trash. I think he got tired of that wall of sound anyway by that point

@JKGuitar

2 ай бұрын

Be Here Now is atrociously produced. I cannot believe that drum sound was actually released to the world

Oasis had a guy who just played rhythm. Not 'and backing vocals' or a guitarist that played some lead too or anything like that. He just played rhythm.

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Yep, gave Noel free reign for his lead

Always found it difficult to hear Bonehead's parts in most live performances. His guitar is noticeably quieter on a lot of videos available.

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Supersonic and Acquiescence are good ones usually to hear some Bonehead

@jaykey1131

5 ай бұрын

@@JKGuitar good shout! I reckon Bonehead was underrated and underused in some respects, especially live in my opinion. He is/was a big Quo fan and that bluesy shuffle, + heavy, thumping power chords defined oasis' sound for me

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

I didn't know that he was a fan of Quo. That makes a lot of sense with what he plays. In some ways, he's underused, in other ways he's a great example of providing a powerful foundation for the lead guitar

@polycube868

3 ай бұрын

Status Quo?

Bonehead legend.

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Yep!

I don’t disagree but I’ve heard oasis sound massive with the later lineup also. The Wembley gigs were a bit washed out with sound that big echo rich environment doesn’t suit amps and guitars blasted out to the max in my opinion. He was arguably the best musician in the band in the original days but again in my opinion the band just lost their edge in the 00s that along with the fact the songs just weren’t as good as the earlier ones. If oasis ever do reunite I’d love to see the original lineup just for nostalgia but I think it’s a bit of a pipe dream. Not the reuniting but the original lineup

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

From my understanding, Guigsy is happily retired and Tony McCaroll probably burnt his bridges so I think it would be a hybrid of 'old' and 'new' of Liam, Noel, Bonehead, Gem and Chris Sharrock. You never know though, I could certainly see a McCaroll cameo or something..

@castnoshadow82lr48

5 ай бұрын

@@JKGuitar 30 years of morning glory next year I hope they reunite. I just don’t understand why they don’t get back together they don’t have to live out of each others pockets anymore do a month of rehearsing the set list and do some gigs man it’s not hard. They don’t have to embark on a world tour or anything just commit to some summer shows and see what happens. That’s my opinion for what it’s worth. Get guigs off the sofa and tell him to lay off the green. Use bone and gem and let Noel just take lead they couldn’t always play the songs properly for lack of guitars anyway. Then give Tony and Alan a call and see who fancies it 🤷‍♂️

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Wembley Stadium residency or something. No touring from city to city, country to country. Like you said, it will happen. What causes it to happen, I'm not sure.

MASSIVE, like City 😂

It's funny... the other day I came across with a video of oasis playing live in Jools Holland, presenting Standing On The Shoulders of Giants album with the new band members, and suddenly, I had the same realization how weak it sounded. Funny I did not realize it before, after all these years. They didn't sound bad, but weak. And now your video appears with this nice explanation. Thank you.

@JKGuitar

4 ай бұрын

Kind of sums it up really. Before Bonehead, powerful sound. After, not a bad sound but not as powerful

Those are not 9ths, they're 14ths or 6ths

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Yep! I've pinned a comment the other day correcting this

@myreddays

5 ай бұрын

@@JKGuitar ok, hadn't seen it

You should hear him on piano.

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Think I've seen a live peformance of him on piano. Can't remember what song though!

Aren’t they 6ths, rather than 9ths?

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

They are. Why I said 9th, I don't know..

@JackBealeGuitar

5 ай бұрын

It's an easy mistake, if your little finger was on the D string, rather the A, it would be a 9

I thought he recorded standing with giants?

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

I believe Guigsy and Bonehead recorded parts but then left the band and therefore all their parts got re-recorded

@polycube868

3 ай бұрын

​@JKGuitar this is correct, Noel himself re-recorded all guitar tracks, and most of the bass, in the liner notes they're even listed as a 3 piece band, Liam on vocals, Noel guitar and vocals and Alan White on drums.

That hammer on from the open E is something Page was known for. Zeppelin influenced them a lot more than they would ever admit.

Those aren't 9 chords. They are 6 chords if anything. In B the 6 is G#, the 9 is C#. May want to edit the video

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Correct, they are 6th chords. I'll add some info on the video to correct that

@JackBealeGuitar

5 ай бұрын

@@JKGuitar I can see why you made the mistake, totally the kind of thing I'd do

The walls could do with some paint, and cleaning off the old tape....

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Hahah, you're not wrong there 😂

@grantmorriss2557

5 ай бұрын

Cracking video btw..... also love the PRS@@JKGuitar

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Thanks mate!

People keep going on about Oasis getting back together. I hope that happens too, but I want the original lineup

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Me too. Unfortunately I think Tony burnt his bridges and Guigsy is happy in retirement...

@dave-jk6en

5 ай бұрын

@@JKGuitar we can dream 😊

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

@@dave-jk6en Indeed 🙂

@leeturton9254

5 ай бұрын

Yeah man the complete original line up with tony on drums... even if it's only for a couple of song's then get andy and gem back on with zach or alan white....i want the original line up to do supersonic one last time

@polycube868

3 ай бұрын

As long as Bonehead is there I'm happy with it

Dude just played bar chords period

I'm a great fan of the first two Oasis albums. I never saw them live, but in tv performances I wasn't really impressed. It sounded like a wall of Epiphone guitars through Marshall Valvestate amps (sorry, I can't remember the line-up, but it was certainly around the time of Morning Glory.

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

The live mixes vary quite a lot. But yes. It did seem like the guitars and vocals pushed up and everything else is at the back

Gem and Andy until the end!

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Great to have a different opinion. Why do you prefer Gem and Andy?

Bonehead WAS Oasis.

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

The coat. The big Epiphone Guitar. The gradual hair loss. A fair point 🙂

@polycube868

3 ай бұрын

To me it's Liam's voice, Noel's songwriting, and the combo of Noel and Bonehead's guitars that make Oasis for me...and the fact that almost 90% of the time somebody is playing a semi hollow electric with humbuckers, leading to a lot of feedback from the amps.

Bonehead wasnt responsible for the wall of sound but he was a key part of it ...

That was not Bonehead. It was because of Noels 2AMP combination. Also Noel told Bonehead to only play BarChords. So it was all noel.

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Not sure it was all noel. A large part, yes. But Bonehead can clearly be heard contributing to the overall guitar sound

@TimemachineRACER

5 ай бұрын

Fair enough, I'll take that.@@JKGuitar

The band had some good songs and power, but a lot of the same tricks used over and over. Very average musicians in a general sense, but a lot of chemistry.

@JKGuitar

4 ай бұрын

Made alot with not too much!

Oasis 1994 - 1999. Once Bonehead and Guigsy left, it was no longer Oasis, just the Gallagher brothers show supported by a bunch of chavs. Seriously, the guy from Ride?!? Wtf.

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Oasis were the sum of all parts. When a couple of parts left, no matter how people view their technical ability, the chemistry was lost.

@cartwright21

5 ай бұрын

A bit harsh on Andy Bell and Ride, but I think the general point that Oasis lost something around that period is well taken, even if Noel (and to lesser extent the others) kept writing solid tunes. I’ve always thought of it as a change in amps and other gear, as well as Owen Morris being replaced by sundry other producers. Like the new players, they did some things better in a technical sense (improved dynamic range, etc), but the albums lacked the aggression of earlier efforts. Listen to tracks like Hung in a Bad Place or Lyla that are supposed to be rockers. Decent tracks, but they lack the energy of their earlier equivalents. I think the poster has to be right that Bonehead was a big part of that, even if I’d previously put it down to other factors.

You don’t need a long video to explain it . A beginner guitarist that could only play Barr locked chords. Added with a shit load of volume and distortion pedal . Done . 👍

@JKGuitar

4 ай бұрын

In the video I showed two non barre chord techniques he used

Oasis were shit ! The most overrated shit

@JKGuitar

5 ай бұрын

Fair enough! 😆

@brkr85

5 ай бұрын

More a Britney fan? Tit

@Boleskinebeatz

4 ай бұрын

There's always one...

BH also played fifth chords but with the top 2 strings also played (ie. he muted the D string during, say, the Supersonic verses, whilst playing bar chords)