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Spring is here and the Oasis reunion is just weeks away! Time flies…

This fairly extensive update doesn’t include any brand-new guitar pages (I promise — one of the long-missing “big ones” is on the way!), but there have been a few new bits you might find interesting. Here’s a recap.

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Two small photoshoots from recent weeks brought some interesting guitar sightings. Zoe Law (@zoelawlondon) captured Noel in his studio, strumming his Epiphone USA Casino in Sunburst finish. As one of his favorite guitars in recent years, could it make an appearance at the upcoming Oasis reunion gigs? A few minor updates were also made to the page for its twin – the Epiphone USA Casino in Royal Tan finish.

Another shoot, this time by Justin Downing (@justindowning1), showed Noel “in the studio noodling around” with the stunning Gibson Les Paul Standard in Sweet Cherry Red – a fairly recent addition to his collection.

Since we’re in Les Paul territory… an email from a reader prompted me to dig a bit deeper into one of Noel’s Gibson Les Pauls in Cherry Sunburst — yes, the Familiar to Millions etc. model. Turns out, it’s a rare and historically significant model from 1993.

The page for the legendary black, ex-Johnny Marr Gibson Les Paul Custom has been updated with a couple of photos from the Standing on the Shoulder of Giants sessions at Wheeler End studios. A geeky follow-up blog post about this LP is coming in the next few weeks (and here’s the first one, in case you missed it).

Thanks to Tom Sheehan’s superb new book Roll With It (if you haven’t grabbed a copy, do — it’s easily the best Oasis photo book in years), we now have confirmation that the Goldtop Gibson Les Paul was indeed used to record Some Might Say in February 1995. During those sessions, the Gibson Firebird was also featured prominently — its page has been updated accordingly.

On the semi-hollow front… the page for the Gibson ES-345 stoptail has been fully rewritten with new photos and extra detail — including an exciting (?!) digression about its tuning machines.

Also revealed in Justin Downing’s shoot: a lovely Natural-finished Gibson ES-335 with a Bigsby vibrato. Is it a new addition or an old one? More digging needed.

The elusive Ebony Gibson ES-355 has had its page rewritten and expanded. And a reader pointed out another sighting of the unlucky Gibson ES-355 no.2 — yes, that guitar from Paris 2009…

Speaking of reader tips… since I admittedly know very little about Gretsch models, one expert rightly corrected my info about the Gretsch Country Gentleman. Its page has been rewritten. Thanks for the heads-up!

And finally… the page for the Surf Green Fender Telecaster has been expanded with new photos and a few added details. Strangely enough, it was the most viewed page on the site in March. Go figure!