Epiphone SG G-400

The SG is one of the iconic guitar shapes. Originally built by Gibson to replace the Les Paul, which was selling poorly in the late 1950s, it has established itself as a classic. Epiphone makes a whole range of SGs and here we look at the G-400 models.

50 Years of the Flying V

Epiphone’s Korina Flying V 1958 was created to celebrate the fiftieth birthday of the original Gibson Flying V. The Flying V was originally issued in 1958 as part of a futuristic guitar line-up that included the Gibson Explorer and Moderne and is one of the most easily recognisable guitars ever made, thanks to its v-shaped body and pointed head. Despite being adopted by no less than Albert King and Lonnie Mack, the Flying V proved less than successful and was discontinued in 1959

Guitar Rig 3

If you use a Mac, you probably already know that Guitar Rig is one of the best amp modellers there is and Guitar Player Gear Guide has a tutorial on using it to add effects to your tracks.

It looks like it was lifted from a post by Jim Dalrymple on Gibson.com, so you may want to check out the original here.

The Epiphone Les Paul

If there’s a single electric guitar range that’s synonymous with the Epiphone range, and in particular its Gibson copies, it’s the Les Paul. Epiphone currently lists 19 Les Paul guitars in its line-up, including legends like the Les Paul Custom, Les Paul Studio, and the Les Paul Junior.

While it’s widely assumed that Les Paul designed the original guitar which bore his name for Gibson and that Epiphone later made less expensive versions from factories in Korea and Japan, this only scratches the surface of the real, much more interesting, story.

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Epiphone Les Paul vs Gibson Les Paul

Every once in a while, I thought it would be fun to post videos of pretty much anything related to Epiphone guitars or amps. First up is a guy from The Next Level Guitars demonstrating the differences between an Epiphone Les Paul and a Gibson Les Paul. Click Continue, below, to see it.

Epiphone Sheraton

The Sheraton was one of the first Epiphone electric guitars to be made following the purchase of the company by Gibson, appearing a year after the Casino in 1959. The Epiphone Sheraton is a double-cut thinline, semi-hollow-bodied guitar with twin humbuckers.

The Epiphone Casino

The Epiphone Casino is a wonderful hollow-bodied electric guitar first made in 1958 and based on the Gibson ES-330. It’s probably most famous for being played by three Beatles between 1965 and 1967. (You can probably guess that Ringo Starr was the odd Beatle out.) In fact, John Lennon loved his so much, he used it for the rest of his time with the band, favouring it over the Rickenbacker 325 he’d been using up to that point.