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What a day to be an Oasis fan, as Gibson launches wider-release Noel Gallagher Les Paul Standard – and Epiphone Bonehead and Gem Archer signature guitars

October 31, 2025

Yep, Oasis-mania is still very much alive. Still in the thick of their world tour – one of the most widely anticipated in history – and currently Down Under for a series of dates in Melbourne and Sydney, Liam and Noel Gallagher’s reunion has dominated the mainstream entertainment world for months. But us guitar nerds have been going crazy, too…
When Noel Gallagher debuted his new P-90-equipped Gibson Les Paul at their first comeback show, we knew it was only a matter of time before there’d be an official Gibson production run, and that came with a limited-run Custom Shop release in August.
While we’re all acutely aware of the concept of supply and demand – brands will want to keep the level of supply under demand to foster the feel of exclusivity around a guitar launch – it would have been frankly cruel not to let the wider cross-section of the Oasis x guitar lover Venn diagram get in on the action. So Gibson has come through with a wider, less limited – and more affordable – release of the Noel Gallagher Les Paul Standard.
“This guitar is simply too iconic and cool not to be released more widely and made available for more fans to get their hands on,” says Lee Bartram, Head of Commercial and Marketing EMEA at Gibson. Amen, we say.
“Noel’s original Gibson Custom version of this Les Paul was the first guitar he played during the biggest rock ’n’ roll reunion of the 21st century. This Gibson USA version embraces that legacy, capturing a historic moment in British and global live music.”
And not only that, but Epiphone – also owned by Gibson – has also launched new signature models for guitarists Bonehead and Gem Archer, a Riviera and Sheraton, respectively. Yes, what a day to be an Oasis fan and guitar lover.
Let’s take a quick look at specs for each of the new Oasis guitars, and we’ll include links throughout this page, should you wish to dive deeper.
Gibson Noel Gallagher Les Paul Standard
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Featuring a non-weight-relieved mahogany body – for that authentic heavy Les Paul feel – with a bound maple cap, the Noel Gallagher Les Paul Standard also sports a mahogany neck with Gallagher’s preferred SlimTaper profile, with a bound 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with acrylic trapezoid inlays.
Hardware includes an ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge and aluminium Stop Bar tailpiece for precise intonation and sustain, as well as Grover Rotomatic tuners with kidney buttons, as well as a chrome switch washer and output jack plate. There’s also a five-ply black pickguard, similar to those typically found on Les Paul Customs.
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Electronics come by way of chrome-covered Gibson P-90 Soapbar pickups, handwired to individual volume and tone pots – black Top hats with silver reflectors and dial pointers – and a three-way pickup selector switch. Visual touches include an artist signature reproduction decal on the back of the headstock, while the guitar also comes with a hardshell case.
The Noel Gallagher Les Paul Standard is priced at £2,699, and even comes with five free Maestro pedals.
Learn more at Gibson.
Epiphone Bonehead Riviera
Credit: Jill Furmanovsky
Inspired by the Epiphone Riviera Bonehead used throughout the 1990s – including on sessions for Definitely Maybe and (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?, and at Oasis’s legendary Knebworth shows in 1996 – the new Epiphone Bonehead Riviera features a five-ply maple body with a solid maple centreblock for “improved sustain and feedback resistance”. This is accented by a single-ply cream-binding on the top and back, while it also features a three-piece maple neck with a SlimTaper C profile, and a 22-fret bound rosewood fretboard with pearloid parallelogram inlays.
The guitar’s Epiphone Sloped Dovewing headstock is fitted with premium die-cast tuners with the Epiphone “E” logo and oval metal buttons, while the guitar also features a two-ply crescent bullet truss rod cover with the “E” logo, and an Epiphone logo alongside the Gibson Crown inlaid in mother-of-pearl. There’s also a recreation of Bonehead’s signature in gold on the rear of the headstock.
In terms of electronics, there’s a pair of Epiphone Alnico Classic PRO pickups – wired to individual volume and tone pots with black with-hat knobs, silver inserts and dial pointers. The guitar also comes with a hardshell case.
“Epiphone Rivieras have been with me from the early rehearsals at the Boardwalk in Manchester all the way up to those historic shows at Knebworth and on into Liam’s solo career,” says Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs.
“I’m still playing my original 1984 guitar on the Oasis 2025 tour, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’m excited to bring this new guitar to audiences who experienced it back in the day, as well as those coming out to see us on this tour. It plays great and sounds massive; you’re gonna love it.”
The Epiphone Bonehead Riviera is priced at $899.
Learn more at Gibson.
Epiphone Gem Archer Sheraton
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Based on the Sheraton originally lent by Noel Gallagher on a long-term loan, the semi-hollow Masterbilt Gem Archer Sheraton features a five-ply layered maple/poplar construction with a maple centreblock for “enhanced sustain and improved feedback resistance”, as well as a one-piece mahogany neck with a ’60s C profile, topped with a rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and mother-of-pearl block and abalone triangle inlays.
The guitar also features a large 60s-style Sloped Dovewing headstock, with the historic Epiphone logo and Tree of Life inlay in mother-of-pearl. It also has gold hardware, with Grover Rotomatic tuning machines with Milk Bottle buttons, and a low-friction Graph Tech nut. There’s also an ABR-1 bridge and Casino-style raised diamond trapeze tailpiece.
Electronics include a pair of USA-made Gibson Mini humbuckers, each with individual volume and tone controls with CTS potentiometers and Mallory capacitors. These are routed through a Switchcraft three-way toggle switch.
“The Epiphone Sheraton first came into my world when I borrowed Noel’s for Oasis tours and recording,” says Gem Archer.
“When I started playing with him again in the High Flying Birds in 2017, this was the guitar I asked if he still had. I’m playing it again together with my signature model based on his ’66 original, on the Oasis Live ’25 tour. It’s got a ring and a clang to it, with loads of definition and clarity that I haven’t found in any other model.”
Available in both right-and left-handed versions, the Masterbilt Gem Archer Sheraton comes with a hardshell case, and is priced at $1,299.
Learn more at Gibson.
What does Gibson say about the new slew of Oasis signature guitars?
“2025 is turning out to be quite the year for live music, and we’re thrilled to play a small part in paying tribute to one of the greatest reunions of the 21st century!” says Lee Bartram at Gibson.
“The first time I remember seeing Gem playing that Cherry Red Epiphone Sheraton was on July 2, 2005, in Manchester—what a show! Gem was such an important part of the Oasis sound in the 2000s, and to see him carry that on with Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds makes it a privilege to be part of this project.
“Spotting that Epiphone Riviera on stage during the Be Here Now tour in 1996 is something that stuck with me and inspired me to get my first Epiphone guitar. Nearly 30 years later, I’m honored to have played a tiny part in bringing the Epiphone Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs Riviera to life.”
Check out a list of Oasis’s upcoming tour dates at the band’s official website.
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