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.)

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.
So, to mark the passing [...]

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.

Epiphone Riviera P93 back on 8 May

The Riviera P93, which was discontinued last year will be back in stores from 8 May.

If demand is anything like it was last year, however, it won’t be available for long, so better get those orders in now.

The Riviera P93 has three ‘dog-ear’ single coil P-90 pick-ups and a Bigsby trem and tailpiece. The Bigsby, along with the polyurethane finish and gold hardware make this one good-looking guitar.

Free Guitar Rig Mobile

Epiphone is running a promotion where, by purchasing any Epiphone guitar costing $500 or more, tyou can claim a free copy of Guitar Rig Mobile 3.
Guitar Rig is a highly acclaimed guitar amp modeller and the Mobile version incorportaes a ‘light’ version of the software plus a USB 2 I/O interface.
So what are you waiting [...]

How to play slide guitar in Standard Tuning | Learning Guitar Now

I love slide guitar, particularly blues slide. And some of my favourite players played slide, from Elmore James and Muddy Waters, to Duane Allman and Bonnie Raitt. I have to confess, though, I’ve never mastered bottleneck slide, and I’ve only ever tried it using open tunings. In this lessson, however, John Tuggles demonstrates How to [...]

Guitar recording tips from the pros

Music Radar has28 more guitar recording tips from the pros which give a fantastic insight into the way professional guitar players capture their riffs and solos. From Bryan Borcherds’ Guitar Rig tips to Rusty Cooleys’ description of how he mics his amps, they’re worth a read.