March 14, 2025
Tales From the Repair Shop: Guitars & More
Arizona-based master technician Malinda Stratton shares a few of her recent repair adventures — including a Gibson L-50 restoration and an extra-tricky guitarrón fix.
Tag: epiphone
February 13, 2025
Music & Artists: Jared James Nichols
The blues-rock guitar hero talks Epiphone Les Pauls, Blackstar amps, playing electric without a pick and the fine art of riff-writing.
June 21, 2017
Brand Spotlight: Epiphone
Founded in 1873 in the Ottoman Empire, Epiphone is one of America’s oldest and most revered instrument manufacturers. Before moving to the United States in 1903, Epiphone founder Anastasios Stathopoulos manufactured fiddles and lutes in what is now present day Turkey. After moving to New York in the early 1900s, he began manufacturing mandolins until […]