Is Noel Gallagher a good guitarist?

Answer 1

Noel is a fairly good player, but the most important thing here is his exceptional songwriting skills. It's all about tunes, tunes, tunes. And Noel's guitarplaying is right fit for that. He might not have a superb technique, but listen to his solo on 'Don't look back in anger', it might not be hard to learn and play, but try writing it. It's probably the best arranged pop solo in history, ending with that perfect drum break and sucking you in to it's glorious chorus.

Come on. Who needs 'van halen' technique if you can move people like that?