The Edge donates Epiphone guitar to Stuart Adamson fundraiser

U2 guitarist, The Edge, has donated an Epiphone guitar from his collection to a charity auction in aid of the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland and the youth academy at Dunfermline Football Club. The auction is part of a tribute to former Skids guitarist and Big Country front man, Stuart Adamson, who died in Hawaii in 2001.

Image: The Edge by Bob Weasel

Learn to Play Like B.B. – Tabs of BB’s favorite licks in A

If you’re a regular (and if not, why the devil not?) reader, you’ll know about my love for the music of blues legend, BB King. So when this popped up on my RSS reader, I had no choice but to pass it on to you.

Learn to Play Like B.B. – Tabs of BB's favorite licks in A: “A free online guitar lesson on how to learn to play the blues like B.B. King. Includes mp3 clips, tablature, and many written examples of great BB King guitar riffs.”

(Via About.com Guitar: Most Popular Articles.)

Win an Epi Les Paul Custom

Epiphone has just launched a competition in conjunction with The Plain White T’s to win an Epi Les Paul Custom in white (naturally). Oh, and there’s also a contest to win a Prophecy SG GX, but I know which I’d prefer.
Click here now for more
(Via The Official Epiphone Weblog.)
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Epiphone Wilshire 1962 Reissue

Following my post on the Wilshire 1962 Reissue, UK blog, GuitarCollecting has a good over view of it here.

How To Make A Gibson Les Paul

It’s not an Epi, but it’s the next best thing
From Guitarist: How To Make A Gibson Les Paul. Gibson has posted an exhaustive factory visit-style piece that details the processes involved in putting together a US-made Gibson Les Paul.
From woods to manufacture, from final QC to shipping, it’s all here.
(Via [...]