Celebrate a Britpop icon with this high-voltage homage to a 90s legend

Few guitarists embody Epiphone’s For Every Stage philosophy quite like Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs. From intimate early gigs at The Water Rats to the historic Knebworth concerts, Bonehead’s Epiphone Riviera was a constant companion—delivering the driving, textured rhythm work that helped define Oasis’s unmistakable sound. His most legendary instrument, a 1984 Riviera, was front and center during the recording of Definitely Maybe, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory, and throughout the band’s meteoric rise in the 1990s. Now, Epiphone is proud to offer a faithful recreation of that iconic guitar.

The new Epiphone Bonehead Riviera features a five-ply maple body with a solid maple centerblock, designed to enhance sustain and reduce unwanted feedback. Cream binding outlines the top and back, while the three-piece maple neck sports a SlimTaper™ C profile and volute, topped with a bound rosewood fingerboard fitted with 22 medium jumbo frets and pearloid parallelogram inlays. The Sloped Dovewing headstock includes premium die cast tuners with oval metal buttons, a Graph Tech® nut for smooth tuning, and a two-ply crescent bullet truss rod cover with the Epiphone “E” logo. The headstock also showcases a mother-of-pearl Epiphone logo and Gibson Crown, along with Bonehead’s signature reproduced in gold on the back.

SPECIFICATIONS

BODY

Binding : Single-ply Cream, Top, Back, and Fretboard
Body Finish : Gloss
Body Material : 5-ply Layered Maple
Body Shape : Riviera
Body Styles : ES
Centerblock : Maple

NECK

Fingerboard Material : Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius : 304.8mm / 12.0in
Fret Count : 22
Frets : Medium Jumbo
Inlays : Pearloid Parallelogram
Joint : Glued In, Set Neck
Neck Material : 3-piece Maple with Volute
Nut Material : Graph Tech
Nut Width : 43.0mm / 1.69in
Profile : SlimTaper C
Scale Length : 628.65mm / 24.75in

ELECTRONICS

Bridge Pickup : Alnico Classic PRO
Controls : 2 Volume, 2 Tone; CTS Potentiometers
Neck Pickup : Alnico Classic PRO
Output Jack : Top-mounted Standard Epiphone 1/4"
Pickup Selector : 3-way Toggle

HARDWARE

Bridge : LockTone Tune-O-Matic
Control Knobs : Black Witch Hat with Silver Insert and Dial Pointer
Finish : Nickel
Mounting Rings : Black
Pickguard : White Riviera 3-ply with Foil E Logo
Pickup Covers : Nickel
Strap Buttons : 2 - Bottom and Back of Heel
Switch Tip : Ivory
Tailpiece : LockTone Stop Bar
Truss Rod : Dual Action
Truss Rod Cover : 2-ply White Crescent Bullet with E Logo
Tuner Plating : Nickel
Tuning Machines : Premium Die Cast with E Logo and Oval Metal Button

MISCELLANEOUS

Case : Hardshell
Headstock : Kalamazoo
Model : ETHBHSNHL
Strings Gauge : .012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053