Epiphone Slash Les Paul Standard Plus Top

Cast your mind back to 1988 if you can remember that far back. Blues and rock guitarists alike were ignoring the great guitar in favour of Fender Strats and variations on the Strat body shape from the likes of Ibanez and Charvel. Think of the big name guitarists of the time Eddie Van Halen, Stevie Vai, Joe Satriani, SRV, Clapton, and there’s not an LP among them. Then along came the curly-haired, top-hatted, chain-smoking, goofy-grinned genius sporting a Les Paul and playing what would become some of the greatest riffs of the decade on Guns n Roses seminal album, Appetite for Destruction. The Les Paul was back.

Epiphone SG G-400

The SG is one of the iconic guitar shapes. Originally built by Gibson to replace the Les Paul, which was selling poorly in the late 1950s, it has established itself as a classic. Epiphone makes a whole range of SGs and here we look at the G-400 models.

Check out Guitar Flame

Ovidiu writes and publishes one of my favourite guitar blogs, Guitar Flame. It’s an eclectic mix of all things guitar-related. He’s on a drive to attract 5,000 readers a day, so why not help him out by checking out what he’s got to offer?

Epiphone Casino to tour Australia with Paul Weller

Paul Weller has announced his first tour of Australia in 20 years, and will no doubt take his Epiphone Casino along for the ride.

Epiphone Casino and Paul Weller pic by Chotda licensed underCreative Commons Attribution 2.5 licence.

50 Years of the Flying V

Epiphone’s Korina Flying V 1958 was created to celebrate the fiftieth birthday of the original Gibson Flying V. The Flying V was originally issued in 1958 as part of a futuristic guitar line-up that included the Gibson Explorer and Moderne and is one of the most easily recognisable guitars ever made, thanks to its v-shaped body and pointed head. Despite being adopted by no less than Albert King and Lonnie Mack, the Flying V proved less than successful and was discontinued in 1959

Guitar Rig 3

If you use a Mac, you probably already know that Guitar Rig is one of the best amp modellers there is and Guitar Player Gear Guide has a tutorial on using it to add effects to your tracks.

It looks like it was lifted from a post by Jim Dalrymple on Gibson.com, so you may want to check out the original here.

We’re now on FaceBook!

As part of my ongoing campaign to spread the word about Fretboard. I’ve set up a FaceBook page. If you’re a FaceBook member, it would be great if you could become a ‘fan’ of the page and tell your FaceBook friends who play or are interested in Epiphone guitars about it and the site.

You can see the Fretboard page here

The Epiphone Les Paul

If there’s a single electric guitar range that’s synonymous with the Epiphone range, and in particular its Gibson copies, it’s the Les Paul. Epiphone currently lists 19 Les Paul guitars in its line-up, including legends like the Les Paul Custom, Les Paul Studio, and the Les Paul Junior.

While it’s widely assumed that Les Paul designed the original guitar which bore his name for Gibson and that Epiphone later made less expensive versions from factories in Korea and Japan, this only scratches the surface of the real, much more interesting, story.

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Review of Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plain Top

Just found this review of a lovely black Epiphone Les Paul Standard. The writing isn’t the best but the level of detail is excellent. It gives a real feel for the guitar. Kinda makes me want one
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