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Total Guitar
Total Guitar has news of a concert on 1 August, the anniversary of the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh, to honour George Harrison. The concert will take place at At George’s Hall in Liverpool and run alongside an exhibition which is described as the largest collection of George Harrison memorabilia. The exhibition will run until 18 [...]
Video Guitar Lesson: Joe Bonamassa
Guitar Lifestyle picked up on Guitar Center’s posting of a number of videos from Joe Bonamassa’s recent instore guitar clinic.
In the clip below, Joe discusses his slide technique and how corny eighties movie Crossroads, and specifically the Ry Cooder soundtrack piqued his interest in slide guitar. Watch as Joe discusses his slide technique:
(Via Guitar Lifestyle.)
The ugliest Epiphone Casino ever? Or the prettiest? You decide
Have a look at the painted Casino on GuitarSite and see what you think. Me? Well, let’s just say that I think the fact that the artist felt the need to enhance its auction value by having The Allman Brother Band autograph it says that she wasn’t to confident about it. And I can see [...]
Epiphone Casino Ltd Edition with Bigsby
The Epiphone Casino Ltd Edition with Bigsby is a special custom version of this ubiquitous Epi. It was launched at Namm in early 2006 and shipped throughout that year. If you’re quick, and very lucky, you’ll still be able to pick one up from a dealer. If not, you’ll have to resort to second hand [...]
Django’s Epiphone
This is a fascinating article on Django Reinhardt’s 1946 Epiphone Zephyr and has some great pictures.
Django’s Epiphone.
Via: paulvernonchester.com
Fantastic Blues Guitar Solo Lesson
This lesson on how to play a blues guitar solo comes form Dan Denley, author of several courses of guitar lessons. Dan’s a great teacher and communicator and makes it easy to play along with him. You can find out more about his Blues Guitar Secrets course here.
Johnny Marr’s 1963 Epiphone Casino
There’s a great pic of Johnny Marr’s 1963 Epiphone Casino here. In the text underneath, Marr notes that he played part of How Soon is Now on the Casino (with Bigsby tremolo fitted) and that he wrote Nowhere Fast on it. Marr also played the Casino at Glastonbury in 1984 and was pictured with it [...]
Epiphone Wildkat review
This Squidoo lens has an excellent, in-depth review of the Epiphone Wildkat.
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.”
