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Epiphone Pre-War SJ-200 Rosewood Reissue – Epiphone Inspired by Gibson
Dinesh demos the new Epiphone Pre-War SJ-200 Rosewood Reissue from the Epiphone Inspired By Gibson Custom collection – new for 2025!
▶ Get YOUR Epiphone Pre-War SJ-200 Rosewood Reissue HERE: https://bit.ly/4flzYTb
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Watch as Dinesh demos the new Epiphone Pre‑War SJ‑200 Rosewood Reissue acoustic guitar from the Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom collection, featuring a thermally aged solid spruce top, solid rosewood back, and a two‑piece maple neck with a rosewood stringer and round‑D profile, presented here in a Vintage Sunburst finish.
After the Gibson SJ-200 was introduced in 1937, it quickly earned the title “The King of the Flat-Tops” thanks to its majestic appearance, superior sound, and exceptional projection. The earliest models featured rosewood back and sides, later replaced by maple in 1947. Due to limited post-Depression demand, very few pre-war SJ-200s were made — making rosewood-bodied originals highly prized by today’s collectors.
Now, Epiphone and Gibson Custom have partnered to create the Epiphone Pre-War SJ-200 Rosewood Reissue, an Inspired by Gibson Custom recreation of this rare vintage icon. It features solid rosewood back and sides, a thermally aged solid spruce top with traditional scalloped X-bracing made from quarter-sawn spruce, and a two-piece maple neck with a rosewood stringer and Round D profile, attached via a glued-in dovetail joint.
The ebony fretboard features mother-of-pearl graduated Crown inlays and 20 standard frets. Additional vintage-style appointments include an SJ-200-style pickguard with traditional graphics and an ebony open two-bar Moustache™ bridge with mother-of-pearl inlays. The nut, saddle, and bridge pins are all bone.
The Gibson “open book” headstock features a vintage Epiphone logo and Gibson Crown in aged mother-of-pearl, along with a stinger and Inspired by Gibson Custom Double Diamond logo etched on the rear.
For modern stage and studio needs, it comes equipped with an L.R. Baggs™ Element Bronze VTC pickup and preamp, with soundhole-mounted controls — all housed in a Red Line-inspired hardshell case featuring Inspired by Gibson Custom graphics.
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Doug Pettibone: Guitar player with John Mayer/Lucinda Williams/Jewel/Tracy Chapman/Lisa-Marie Presley and many others
Doug Pettibone started to play the guitar at the age of eight. His first teacher was Andy Summers, formerly of The Police. With nine years, Doug studied with Eddie Lafreniere, guitarist for big band leader Jimmy Dorsey, with whom he spent the next five years studying the music of Dave Brubeck and Duke Ellington. Later he received a scholarship to Pepperdine University-Malibu for Jazz Guitar, Classical Guitar and Voice, graduating with a triple major in 1984. In the following years he played with many different artists of various genres.
In 1999, Doug started a world tour with Jewel that lasted for a year and a half. In 2001, he played pedal steel, mandolin and background vocals for Tracy Chapman's North American tour. Shortly after that, Lucinda Williams hired Pettibone as her multi-instrumentalist, singer and music director to tour, record, and co-produce. Doug´s intensive collaboration with Lucinda lasted for eight years, and continued at a later stage again. In the following years, Pettibone realized several projects with other artists. In 2004 Doug participated in the Legends Rock TV show produced in the South of France, featuring guest artists such as Sam Moore, Billy Preston and Tony Joe White. Ray LaMontagne is amongst the artist Doug went on tour with, in 2009 it was Marianne Faithfull who called him up to go on tour. After that Marianne Faithfull and Doug Pettibone started to write together new songs for a new album.
In the last few years, Pettibone has played live and/or recorded with some of the most influential artists of our times, among them Keith Richards, Norah Jones, Steve Earle, Elvis Costello, Joan Baez, Mark Knopfler, Draco Rosa, Sting, Michelle Shocked, Vic Chesnutt, Kevin Montgomery, amongst others. In 2012 he went on tour with Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis Presley. In 2013 Pettibone toured with Lucinda Williams with just the two of them on stage.
He joined John Mayer's touring band as lap steel and guitar player for the Born and Raised 2013 World Tour.
2016 Doug is on World Tour with the Italian Zucchero - accompanied by Brian Auger on Hammond Organo.
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Marty Schwartz Epiphone ES-335.
NASHVILLE, TN (August 22, 2023) 2023 marks the 150th anniversary of Epiphone, a leading innovator in instrument design. By leveraging its iconic past and leaning into the future, Epiphone has now set the stage for the next era of sound for present and future generations. Epiphone is proud to announce a partnership with the global influencer and music educator Marty Schwartz to create his very first Epiphone signature artist guitar. The Marty Schwartz ES-335 from Epiphone is now available worldwide at authorized Epiphone dealers, and in limited capacity on www.epiphone.com.
"Teaming up with Epiphone to bring my dream guitar to life is an absolute milestone in my musical journey,” says Marty Schwartz. “This guitar embodies everything I love about playing and teaching. We've truly created a guitar that's as unique as the journey it represents."
“Marty Schwartz is a tremendous talent whose infectious joy for learning and teaching guitar allows players of every level to easily connect with him all across the globe,” says Beth Heidt, Chief Marketing Officer, Gibson Brands. “We are proud to partner with Marty for this very special ES-335 model.”
Marty Schwartz or as he’s better known online as, Marty Music has been the face of guitar education on the internet for the last decade and a half. With nearly 4 million YouTube subscribers, over two billion video views, and a career longer than most rock bands, Marty has arguably taught more people how to play guitar than anyone else in the world. Marty knows quite a bit about what features a great guitar should have. His new namesake signature model ES-335 from Epiphone features a smooth-playing 60s SlimTaper Rounded C neck profile with an Indian laurel fretboard, small pearloid block inlays, and a Marty Music logo on the back of the headstock. The 5-ply layered maple body is capped with a beautiful AAA-figured maple veneer and is finished in Sixties Cherry. Rock solid tuning stability is ensured by the Grover 502C Roto-Grip Locking Rotomatic tuners and Graph Tech nut, while the other ends of the strings are anchored with an Epiphone LockTone Tune-O-Matic bridge and Stop bar tailpiece. The flexible electronics include Epiphone Alnico Classic PRO pickups, each with a push/pull phase switch; a hardshell case is also included.
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Epiphone 1960 Hummingbird Reissue – Epiphone Inspired by Gibson
Dinesh demos the new Epiphone 1960 Hummingbird Reissue from the Epiphone Inspired By Gibson Custom collection – new for 2025!
▶ Get YOUR Epiphone 1960 Hummingbird Reissue HERE: https://bit.ly/3UQYtxX
▶ Shop the FULL Inspired by Gibson Custom Collection: https://bit.ly/3HirxeI
Watch as Dinesh demos the new Epiphone 1960 Hummingbird Reissue acoustic guitar from the Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom collection, built with a thermally aged solid spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides and a thermally aged one‑piece mahogany neck with a rounded profile, presented here in a Heritage Cherry Sunburst finish.
Originally introduced in 1960 as Gibson’s first square-shoulder acoustic, the Hummingbird™ has been played by icons like Keith Richards, J Mascis, Thom Yorke, and Joe Bonamassa. Known for its versatility, it delivers rich tone whether fingerpicked, strummed, or used for lead.
This Inspired by Gibson Custom model features traditional scalloped X-bracing made from quarter-sawn solid spruce, a 24.75” scale neck with a bound rosewood fretboard, and mother-of-pearl split parallelogram inlays.
It also includes a belly-up rosewood bridge with bone saddle, a bone nut and bridge pins, and the signature Hummingbird pickguard. The headstock features Kluson®-style tuners, aged mother-of-pearl inlays, and the Inspired by Gibson Custom double diamond logo on the rear.
Equipped with an L.R. Baggs™ Element Bronze VTC pickup system and a Red Line-inspired hardshell case, the 1960 Hummingbird Reissue is stage and studio ready from day one.
A Red Line-inspired hardshell case, which features the Inspired by Gibson Custom logo on the exterior, is also included to keep this beautiful acoustic guitar safe when you’re traveling to your next performance.
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Episode 3: Freddie Green Style Comping. Jonathan explains the dark art of acoustic rhythm comping, often referred to as the "Freddie Green" style of big band rhythm playing.
Archtop Crazy with Jonathan Stout: Episode 3: Freddie Green Style Comping. Jonathan explains the dark art of acoustic rhythm comping, often referred to as the "Freddie Green" style of big band rhythm playing. Freddie was the guitar player in the Count Basie band from 1937 until 1987 and is regarded as the undisputed master of this unique style of rhythm playing.
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Fender Player Stratocaster Comparison SSS vs. HSS vs. HSH.
After running down the pickup options on American Pro II Stratocasters, we had to check out the pickup offerings on another one of the most popular lines, the Player Series. The Player Series offers both SSS and HSS, as well as an HSH Strat-- "H" meaning, Humbucker! Check out these awesome Humbuckers on 3 great Strats, and let us know which you like best!
0:00 Intro
1:14 Specs
8:36 SSS Demo
10:02 HSS Demo
11:28 HSH Demo
12:58 Wrapping Up
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The Best Budget Mahogany Acoustic Guitar Ibanez AC340OPN-
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Fender Vibro Champ Reverb vs Pro Jr Why You Need a Small Tube Amp.
Today we're checking out the new '68 Vibro Champ Reverb from Fender-- a beautiful low-watt tube amp that packs all the tube-breakup and tube-tremolo into a vintage silverface enclosure. We're comparing that with the low-watt mainstay of Fender's tube amp line, the Pro Jr.
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Beginning Blues Guitar Lesson - The 4 Blues Chord Shapes You Should Know
"The blues typically revolves around 7th chords... not major 7th, and no minor 7th, but dominant 7th chords.
Those chords can come in a few different shapes and sizes, but there are some basics that you really should know, and that's today's video."...Griff.
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Archtop Crazy: Episode 4: Swing Rhythm Goes Electric
Archtop Crazy: Episode 4: Swing Rhythm Goes Electric: It took Gibson's introduction of the ES150 and Charlie Christian playing it to cause an avalanche in the guitar world. Suddenly, guitar players could be heard, single note solos became de rigueur....!