Editing Mike Oldfield (section)

===Guitars===
Over the years, Oldfield has used a range of guitars. Among the more notable of these are:
; 1963{{efn|Also quoted as 1961 and 1962.}} [[Fender Stratocaster]] : Serial no. L08044, in salmon pink (fiesta red). Used by Oldfield from 1984 (the ''[[Discovery (Mike Oldfield album)|Discovery]]'' album) until 2006 (Night of the Proms, rehearsals in Antwerp). Subsequently, sold for £30,000 at Chandler Guitars.
; 1989 [[PRS Guitars|PRS]] Artist Custom 24 : In amber, used by Oldfield from the late 1980s to the present day.
; 1966 [[Fender Telecaster]] : Serial no. 180728, in blonde. Previously owned by [[Marc Bolan]], this was the only electric guitar used on ''Tubular Bells''.<ref name=roland>{{cite web |url=http://tubular.net/articles/1999_06 |title=Interview with Mike Oldfield |publisher=[[Roland Corporation|Roland]] PowerOn magazine (Issue 4) |date=6 June 1999 |access-date=1 April 2008}}</ref> The guitar was unsold at auction by [[Bonhams]] in 2007, 2008 and 2009 at estimated values of, respectively, £25,000–35,000, £10,000–15,000 and £8,000–12,000;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/15242/lot/391/ |title=Lot 391 Mike Oldfield's Fender Telecaster, used to record the album 'Tubular Bells', Film and Rock & Roll Memorabilia Auction 15242 |date=20 June 2007 |publisher=[[Bonhams]] |access-date=21 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/15765/lot/361/ |title=Lot 361 Mike Oldfield's Fender Telecaster, used to record the album 'Tubular Bells', Entertainment Memorabilia Auction 15765 |date=15 January 2008 |publisher=[[Bonhams]] |access-date=21 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/16905/lot/277/ |title=Lot 277 Mike Oldfield's Fender Telecaster, used to record the album 'Tubular Bells', Entertainment Memorabilia Auction 16905 |date=16 December 2009 |publisher=[[Bonhams]] |access-date=21 April 2012}}</ref> Oldfield has since sold it and donated the £6500 received to the charity [[SANE (charity)|SANE]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sane.org.uk/resources/media_centre/archive/archive_show_news/184 |title=Historic guitar in safe hands of SANE supporter |publisher=[[SANE (charity)|SANE]] |date=25 February 2011 |access-date=17 August 2014}}</ref>
; Various [[Gibson Les Paul]], [[Zemaitis Guitars|Zemaitis]] and [[Gibson SG|SG]] guitars : Used extensively by Oldfield in the 1970s and 1980s. The most notable Gibson guitar Oldfield favoured in this time period was a 1962 [[Gibson SG Junior|Les Paul/SG Junior]] model, which was his primary guitar for the recording of ''[[Ommadawn]]'', among other works. Oldfield is also known to have owned and used an [[Gibson L6-S|L6-S]] during that model's production run in the mid-1970s. On occasion, Oldfield was also seen playing a black [[Gibson Les Paul Custom|Les Paul Custom]], an early reissue model built around 1968.

Oldfield used a modified [[Roland Corporation|Roland]] GP8 effects processor in conjunction with his PRS Artist to get many of his heavily [[Distortion (music)|overdrive]]n guitar sounds from the ''[[Earth Moving]]'' album onwards.<ref name=roland/> Oldfield has also been using [[guitar synthesizer]]s since the mid-1980s, using a 1980s [[Roland GR-300]]/G-808 type system, then a 1990s Roland GK2 equipped red PRS Custom 24 (sold in 2006) with a Roland VG8,<ref name=roland/> and most recently a [[Line 6 (company)|Line 6]] [[Variax]].

Oldfield has an unusual playing style, using fingers and long right-hand fingernails and different ways of creating vibrato: a "very fast side-to-side vibrato" and "violinist's vibrato".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tubular.net/articles/1995_06 |title=Gareth Randall Interviews Mike Oldfield |date=1 June 1995 |access-date=1 April 2008}}</ref> Oldfield has stated that his playing style originates from his musical roots playing folk music and the bass guitar.<ref name=changeling/>