Congratulations to our friend and Epiphone player David Anderson who recently received some well-deserved recognition in our local newspaper, The Tennessean. Known as the Ambassador of Music City, David has been called the busiest guitarist in town and considering he has played more than 2,000 Music City gigs in the past decade, the title is fitting. Drop by the Country Music Hall of Fame (11 am to 3 pm every day but Sunday), his regular four-hour evening performances at the Union Station hotel, or a host of other shows and find out for yourself why David has received the accolades of music greats such as Chet Atkins, Les Paul, Little Richard and more.

One of the great things about working here is getting to meet and hang with some truly great musicians. Yesterday, our friend Dave Rude of Tesla dropped by for a bit. That’s Epi representatives Will Jones and Cara Hogan with Dave, who was quite impressed with the Emperor Swingster we showed him. It will be available in a new color very soon. Read more about Dave's visit HERE.

The Epiphone marketing department has been busy creating some new print ads. Look for them soon in major guitar publications around the world. Here's a sneak peek at one that features Frank Iero of My Chemical Romance and the Epiphone Wilshire Phant-o-matic.

Many of you are familiar with the videos we have recently posted featuring our friend Bryan Aspey. Bryan has expertly demonstrated the Les Paul Ultra III and the eSonic2 Preamp System for us and we are about to reveal another video from Bryan that features a new Epiphone model. I'm reviewing the footage as I write this and I wish I could share it with you. But, you're going to have to wait. Look for an official announcement on www.epiphone.com next week.

It's easy to get buried in day-to-day work here at Epiphone Headquarters. In fact, there are days that I barely even look up from my computer. However, this morning as I prepped the latest Epiphone E-Letter, I was distracted by a special delivery. We recently purchased a pristine 1952 Epiphone Triumph Regent and today was the day it landed on our doorstep. The guitar is simply gorgeous and is one of the nicest playing instruments in our entire vintage collection. I just had to share a couple quick pictures!

We get a lot of pictures sent to us here at Epiphone headquarters but this one from our friend Thorsten in Germany caught our attention. This is a photo of Thorsten’s new son Tom who was photographed with his Epiphone Zakk Wylde VeeWee at a mere 19 hours old. Congratulations Thorsten! It’s good to see that Tom is starting out life in a rocking fashion! Zakk would be proud!

Those who have frequented our Vintage Collection micro-site know that we are always on the look-out for vintage Epiphone instruments. We just added this very rare 1930s Epiphone Mayfair Tenor Banjo to our collection.

Many have been asking when these beauties will be available. The answer is very soon! I just walked through the Epiphone USA facilities and ES-339s and Ultra 339s are going through final inspection and set-up now and will be in stores shortly. Visit your Authorized Epiphone Dealer for more information.

Good news for those of you waiting on the new ES-355s. I just walked through the Epiphone USA facilities and these beauties are going through final inspection and set-up right now! Look for them at your Authorized Epiphone Dealer very soon.

CLICK HERE to find out more about the ES-355.