A pair of guitars Noel Gallagher used on early Oasis albums are headed to a museum.
The Epiphone Riviera that Noel is holding on the cover of the band’s debut album Definitely Maybe and the Epiphone Frontier FT110 acoustic that was used on their follow-up (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? will be displayed at the British Music Experience in Liverpool.
They’ll be part of an exhibit tracing the 150-year anniversary of Epiphone guitars.
“I wanted to start playing Epiphones because of the Beatles. I didn’t know anything about guitars then. They looked good; they felt good, I could make them sound good. I’m a songwriter, not a guitar player. You know, that’s my thing.” Gallagher explains, “I’m not one of those people who can sit in a guitar shop and play lots of things. I will literally play an E chord, and if it had sounded great and felt good, I would have just said, ‘Yeah, I’ll take it.’”
The instruments will be on display starting September 27, 2023 through January 14, 2024.