Epiphone John Lennon Revolution Casino

The Epiphone John Lennon Revolution Casino is an exact replica of the Casino Lennon famously sanded and modified and used for the latter part of his Beatles career. It was also, famously, the guitar Lennon played at the Beatles final concert on the roof of the Apple Corp. building in London.

Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II

The Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II is a semi-hollow body electric guitar based on Epiphone’s Emperor guitar and named after late jazz legend, Joe Pass.

The Joe Pass Emperor features a distinctive trapeze tailpiece, twin humbuckers, and a laminated maple body with spruce top. All the hardware, including tailpiece and pick-up covers is gold. The 3-piece set maple neck has a rosewood fretboard with block inlays, and the tortoiseshell pickguard has a reproduction of Joe Pass’ signature. The guitar is available in antique natural or vintage sunburst.

The History of the Guitar

Steve has posted an excellent and comprehensive history of the guitar in two parts over at Guitar 24/7. If you’re at all interested in the beginnings of the guitar and in particular how the first electric guitar was developed, it’s well worth checking out.
Steve does a great job of detailing the work done by George [...]

Know Your Tube Amp

I love my Marshall JCM 900. It may be a nightmare to carry from van to stage and back again, but nothing beats the velvety warm tone from its valve and speaker combo. But when it’s in need of some care and attention, I admit, I’m at a loss. It means a trip to the [...]

Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums Ever Made - Tab and Lyrics

Now this is very cool. Whether you’re learning to play, or just want inspiration or a few new tracks to add to your repertoire, you won’t find much better than this.
If you are just learning, you might want to check out How to read guitar tab
Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums Ever Made - Tab and [...]

Slash Interview

Excellent interview with Slash in Modern Guitar magazine in which he talks about working with Gibson on the Gibson and Epiphone signature Les Pauls.
‘Basically the Goldtop is a reissue of the 1991 Goldtop I got from them back then. And I used it for the whole two and a half year Guns N Roses “Use [...]

Epiphone Les Paul Studio Review

A review of the Epiphone Les Paul Studio from an About.com reader. The verdict? ‘Sounds wicked, feels wicked, looks wicked, easy on the wallet, what else do you want? Obviously I wouldnt say this is the BEST guitar out there but it certainly beats most others I’ve played and I’ve played a good range, from [...]

Signed Epiphone guitar auction

Great auction for fans of both Epiphone and Linkin Park, and for a great cause too.
Signed Epiphone guitar auction: “Linkin Park has donated an autographed Epiphone guitar to be auctioned off to help raise funds for Habitat for Humanity, one of Music for Relief’s partner organizations. Here’s your chance to become the [...]

Hendrix Epiphone set for re-issue

As you’ll know if you read the post on Jimi Hendrix, the great man, before he migrated to playing a Strat left-handed, once played an Epiphone Wilshire. And now, according to Musician’s Friend, Epiphone is about to launch a special edition of the Wilshire.

Epiphone Broadway

The Epiphone Broadway, sibling to the Emperor Regent, is a gorgeous jumbo hollowbody archtop which has gold hardware, a Frequensator tailpiece and a pair of humbuckers. Each humbucker has a tone and volume control and there’s also a three-way pick-up selector.
The laminated maple body is topped in select spruce and the set maple neck has a rosewood fretboard with block and triangle inlays.