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Epiphone posts arpeggios guitar lesson

Epiphone has posted a second video guitar lesson from Emile Minasche teaching how to play arpeggios. I've posted it below, and along with it, the first video in the series. Have fun.

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Jamorama Relaunches with Free Guitar Lessons

The guys at Jamorama have just re-vamped their website and re-launched the most popular of online guitar lesson packages. Jamorama Lead and Jamorama Acoustic have been withdrawn and the range now consists of two products: Jamorama Standard, which is $49.95 and Jamorama Deluxe, which is $99.95.

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• I'm a sucker for a great blues lick. Blues is easily my favourite kind of music to play, and BB King my favourite blues guitar player. This excellent video from John Truggle features John teaching you, and me, how to play a lick from BB's Sweet Sixteen. Learn how to play a BB King Style blues guitar lick. #
• My friend Danny at GuitarPlayersCenter posted this over the holidays. It's a fantastic and very detailed explanation of how to replace the nut on an Epiphone Les Paul Studio with a bone nut. Epiphone Guitar Neck Repairs-Upgrades with Bone Nut. If you play the guitar and don't subscribe to Danny's RSS feed, you should. Danny writes with a passion and an insight that's all too rare. And his enthusiasm, not just for playing the guitar, but for the music of greats like Hendrix and SRV, shines through. (Via GuitarPlayersCenter.com - Guitar Articles, Reviews, Lessons & More..) #
• Music Radar recently reviewed the ES-335 Dot. It's verdict? "If you fancy a no-nonsense semi with more than a whiff of background and expertise, cast your eyes in Epiphone's direction. The Dot is a gem." Four and a half stars too, we can't disagree with that. The reviewer was particularly taken with the feature that gives the Dot its name, the fretboard inlays, preferring them to the block inlays on Epiphone's other semi-hollowbody's like the Casino and Sheraton. Personally, I prefer the block inlays, but hey, each to his own. (Via Music Radar.) #
• "The doctor who attempted to revive Jimi Hendrix on the night that the guitarist died believes that it is ‘plausible’ that he was murdered." says The Times today. Commenting on claims in a book written by former Hendrix roadie, James 'Tappy' Wright, that Hendrix had been murdered on the orders of his manager, Mike Jeffrey, Dr John Bannister said that 'medical evidence was consistent with claims in a book that Hendrix was killed on the orders of his manager.' Mysteriouser and mysteriouser. (Via The Times.) #
• From Guitarist: BB King Exclusive: "We recently caught up with a full-on legend; BB King. We’ll be featuring our interview in a future issue of the mag but if, like us, you just can’t wait, there’s a decent chunk of it up on Music Radar." (Via Guitarist.) #