Asides
Learn how to play a BB King Style blues guitar lick.
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.
Epiphone Guitar Neck Repairs-Upgrades with Bone Nut.
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 ES-335 Dot | Guitar reviews | Musicradar.com
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.”
Doctor who tried to save Jimi Hendrix says murder claim plausible – Times Online
“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.
BB King Exclusive interview in Guitarist
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.)
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Hendrix ‘was murdered by manager’
Chris and Danny both have posts on a claim made by James “Tappy” Wright, a former roadie for Jimi Hendrix, that Hendrix was murdered by his manager, Michael Jeffrey. According to Wright’s claims, made in a new book, Wright had an insurance policy on Hendrix’s life and killed him to cash in. Wright says Jeffrey [...]
Epiphone Les Paul 1956 Gold top
Epiphone 1956 Gold top, originally uploaded by Wouter Duijndam.
According to Epiphone’s website, the 1956 Gold Top has been discontinued, which is a great shame as by all accounts it’s a lovely guitar. It’s certainly on my list of Epi’s I’d buy – although, I don’t really need a another Les Paul.
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New Epiphone Guitar on the Way
This post on the Epiphone blog paves the way for what looks like a new Wilshire in white. No details at the moment, I’ll post more as soon as I have it.
Video Guitar Lesson: BB King – Thrill is Gone
I’ve said it many times before on Fretboard, but BB King is one of my favourite guitar players. In fact, if I was forced to choose my No. 1, I reckon BB would get the nod. There’s just something about that lovely warm tone from his Lucille, the way he strips it right down to just the clean note and uses vibrato to wring everything he can from the strings. I’ve seen him live a couple of times, and he’s sensational.
Epiphone Contest – Win Les Pauls!
Epiphone is currently running contests to win three Les Pauls. There’s a Zakk Wylde signature Les Paul Custom, Standard Plus-Top Trans Blue in conjunction with and autographed by The Jonas Brothers, and a Prophecy LEs Paul GX with a year’s subscription to GuitarTricks online guitar lessons.
Click here to find out more.
