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Let me get a few things off my chest.
For almost fifteen years, I’ve been gathering information and materials to piece together every tiny, seemingly insignificant detail about the guitars Noel Gallagher played in Oasis and High Flying Birds.
I’ve spent countless hours researching, connecting the dots, organizing, cataloging, and writing. I’ve spent a significant amount of money on books, magazines, clippings, and maintaining a website.

The result of all this effort has been online since September 2023: free, accessible to everyone, with no ads or financial gain.
I’m not protective of the information I’ve painstakingly compiled over the years – if I were, I wouldn’t have made it available for everyone on the site. But, as stated on the homepage and every single page of the site, I only ask that my work is acknowledged and properly credited when used. Not for fame or clicks – just out of respect for years of passion and research.

I was disappointed when a couple of specialized magazines took information from the site without citing the source. Oh well, that’s just how media works these days, right?

But I was even more disheartened recently when I came across a site (which I won’t name) that catalogs the gear of famous guitarists, including Noel. I’d seen it before; it was just a basic, not-so-detailed list. Interestingly, over the past few months, it’s been updated with a lot of specifics about many guitars – I’d estimate that about 90% of those pages mirrors the content on this site. It’s been rephrased or synthesized, maybe even with the help of AI. Many conclusions I’ve drawn (sometimes with the help of other fans) are repeated there. Several images are identical (most of the file names weren’t changed). Even the cited sources match mine exactly. And yet, by coincidence, the name of this site is never mentioned! There are monetized links to Amazon, Reverb, and other sources all over the website, but not a single acknowledgment (let alone a link) to the years of work I’ve put in! Shame on you, Dan. I bet you’re reading.

Nothing new, you might say. True. It happens everywhere and to everyone online. But it’s incredibly disappointing for someone like me, who goes out of their way to respect others’ work (I get annoyed when I can’t find the source or author of a photo to include in its embedded image description).

The phrase on every page of my site isn’t just decoration. Respect other people’s work. That’s all I’m asking.

There are some updates in the works, but for the time being I’ve lost a bit of my enthusiasm. I imagine many of you can understand the frustration.

Onwards.