Epiphone Bonehead & Gem Archer: Oasis Britpop Signatures
More Oasis-related signature guitars!
These two new Epiphone signature models for Bonehead and Gem Archer round off the Oasis models for today, following the announcement earlier today of the Gibson Noel Gallagher Standard Les Paul.
Two Signatures
These two new signature models for Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs and Gem Archer celebrate the Oasis guitarists and follow the new Gibson Noel Gallagher Les Paul. The Oasis Live ’25 tour was a highlight of the summer for many Oasis fans, so these guitars carry on that celebration of Britpop’s finest!
Epiphone Bonehead
First up, let’s look at the Epiphone Bonehead Riviera, available in Dark Tobacco Sunburst.
This limited-run model has fairly standard construction for the model, including a five-ply layered maple body with a solid maple centerblock, and a three-piece maple SlimTaper C neck with a rosewood fretboard fitted with 22 medium jumbo frets and a set of pearloid parallelogram inlays.
This model has a sloped dovewing headstock with a set of premium die-cast tuners with oval metal buttons and uses a Graph Tech nut.
Alnico Classic PRO
It’s a great-looking semi-hollow guitar, and I’m sure many Oasis fans will love it. This model is fitted with a set of Alnico Classic PRO pickups and uses CTS potentiometers for the volume and tone controls.
They are also available as a left-handed model. A subtle nod to it being a Bonehead signature: a gold decal of his signature on the rear headstock. These models also come in a hardshell case.
Official MSRP – $899 / £849/ €999
Available at Thomann now, right-handed and left-handed
Epiphone Gem Archer
Next up is the Epiphone Masterbilt Gem Archer Sheraton in Cherry Red with gold hardware throughout, which is pretty stunning. Again, this model is available in right and left-handed versions. Archer is known for playing with Oasis, Beady Eye, and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, so this one will also be very popular.
This particular signature is modeled after Gem Archer’s original 1966 Epiphone Sheraton.
Masterbilt
These Epiphone Masterbilt models are high-quality and similar to their Inspired by Gibson Custom series, so expect a very nice instrument. They come with an etched Double Diamond emblem on the back of teh headstock to mark their premium quality.
Construction for this guitar features a 5-ply layered maple and poplar body and a solid maple centerblock. It also comes with multi-ply binding for the top, back, headstock, and fretboard.
This model has a solid mahogany neck with a rosewood fretboard fitted with 22 medium jumbo frets, plus a set of mother-of-pearl blocks with abalone triangle inlays. It also features the Dovewing headstock, with the Epiphone logo and a Tree of Life motif, both inlaid in mother-of-pearl.
Gibson USA
This model comes fitted with a pair of USA-made Gibson Mini Humbuckers. These are wired with individual volume and tone controls, which use CTS potentiometers and Mallory capacitors with a three-way Switchcraft switch.
Hardware for this guitar includes a set of Grover Rotomatic tuners with Milk Bottle buttons, a Graph Tech nut, an ABR-1 bridge, and a Casino-style raised diamond trapeze tailpiece.
It’s a premium guitar, so it costs a little more than the Bonehead model above; again, the price includes a hardshell case.
Official MSRP – $1299/ £1199 / €1399
Available at Thomann now, right-handed and left-handed
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