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.)

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 [...]

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.

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

Free MP3 Downloads from Gibson and HD Tracks

Free MP3 downloads from Gibson and HD Tracks: Gibson and HD Tracks have joined forces to produce “Gibson Presents: Hot Tones in High-Definition.” It’s a collection of great guitar music from some of the world’s best guitar players. You’ll need to register for an account with HD Tracks. They’ll then send you an email confirming your registration and including a link to the download page.

Epiphone Riviera P93

The Epiphone Riviera P93 is the latest version of the classic Epiphone semi-hollow body electric guitar to hit stores.

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

Learn to Play Like B.B. – Tabs of BB’s favorite licks in G

It’s been a bit quiet round here of late, for which I apologise. I will do better. Back up to speed next week, but in the meantime, here’s something to get your teeth into over the weekend.

You’ll know if you’re a regular, that I’m a huge BB King fan, so what better way to spend a few hours over the weekend than learning a few of the great man’s licks.

Here, courtesy of About.com are some tabs and mp3s of BB King licks in the key of G.

Have fun.

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.

Maybe You Should Know Jeff Healey

Danny has a great post on Jeff Healey, one of my favourite players. He says:
‘Jeff Healey was truly one of the gifted guitarists of our time. His talent was not about playing well in spite of an impairment, but rather playing so well that it was possible to miss that he was impaired in any [...]

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 [...]