Les Paul Special Promotional Guitars

Epiphone is supplying the goods for the 2003 Pro Wakeboard Tour. Customized guitars will be awarded as 1st place trophies for the men’s, women’s and junior class divisions this summer. The splashy, psychedelic guitars are emblazoned with images of wakeboarders and personalized to reflect the location and date of each event.

Cities included on the tour include:

• Orlando, FL - Cranes Roost Park
• Charleston, SC - Trophy Lakes
• Detroit, MI - Pontiac Lake
• Portland, OR - Blue Lake Park
• Kelowna, BC - Okanagan Lake
• Irvine, CA - Irvine Lake

Epiphone is proud to have been a sponsor of the 2006 MasterCraft Pro Wakeboard Tour. This years tour brought with it some of the strongest competition to date and each winner went home with a cool custom Epiphone guitar.

Epiphone will be offering exclusive guitars as part of an overall promotion to support the launch and tie-in of “Burmout 3: Takedown.” The program is dedicated to elevating the in-game entertainment experience by delivering breakthrough music in all EA Sports, EA Games and EA releases. The Epiphone Guitar Giveaways are based on individual territories.

February 2005.. Epiphone Guitar, Nickelodeon Television , and Company of Kids have partnered on a special promotion for an exciting DVD launch in the Netherlands of “My Dad The Rockstar”. Epiphone will produce a limited amount of “My Dad the Rockstar” Les Paul Special II Guitars featuring the main character "Rock Zilla".

“My Dad the Rockstar” cartoon series was created by legendary KISS guitarist Gene Simmons and stems from Simmon’s own family life as a heavy metal dad. The Dutch version of this cartoon series features voice over by popular singer/guitarist Barry Hay from “Golden Earring” as the main character, “Rockzilla”

"We are very excited to be partnering with Nickelodeon on such an inventive promotion," said Henry Juszkiewicz, Chairman and CEO of Gibson Guitar. "The legendary music of Gene Simmons and the sounds of our Les Paul guitar are the perfect match for My Dad the Rockstar."

Basket Magazine, the official NBA magazine of Germany is currently holding a contest to win a custom Epiphone guitar signed by Dallas Maverick forward Dirk Nowitzki.

Dallas Maverick forward Dirk Nowitzki recently signed a custom Epiphone Les Paul guitar. The guitar will be raffled in the upcomming issue of the official German NBA magazine BASKET. A second guitar will be presented on air on Germany’s clear channel PREMIERE during a basketball game broadcast before christmas.

In case you've been under a rock lately... the hottest game going is Guitar Hero by RedOctane. The craze for the Sony Playstation game is so strong that competitions are popping up all over the world, including Berlin, Germany where these pictures were recently taken. The event was sponsored by Epiphone and was a smash hit!

This year Epiphone was on hand to help RedOctane introduce their new game, Guitar Hero II, scheduled to be released to the public this fall.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Night View Electric Guitar is now available. The custom Epiphone electric features a night view of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and can be purchased at the Hall of Fame on-line store.

Seattle based record store chain Sonic Boom is giving away a custom Epiphone guitar. Stop by the Ballard location this month and the Capital Hill location in August for your chance to win!

For the third year running Epiphone partnered with the Vans Downtown Showdown to provide customized Epiphone Les Paul guitar trophies.

The 5th Annual Vans Downtown Showdown went down on the Paramount Studios back lot featuring the world's top street skaters attacking custom-built obstacles set against a New York City backdrop.

Be sure to check out RUSH Beyond The Lighted Stage... coming to a theatre near you in June 2010. As an added bonus, register to win a custom Epiphone guitar at select theatres showing the film!

Directors Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen embark on a comprehensive exploration of this extraordinary power trio, from their early days in Toronto, through each of their landmark albums, to the present day. Featuring never-before-seen footage and interviews with notables such as Jack Black, Billy Corgan, Trent Reznor, Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters), Kirk Hammett (Metallica) and Gene Simmons, this film explores the forty-year career and phenomenon behind what could be the world’s biggest cult band. The much-anticipated film premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.

Preparing for a rocking summer, Tito's Handmade Vodka has partnered with Gibson Guitar and the Archiving and Preservation Programs of the GRAMMY Foundation on a series of music events. In addition to selling customized Tito's-branded Epiphone guitars, Tito's will be hosting Tito's Handmade Session events in Gibson Guitar showrooms around the country.

Tito’s Rocks… Festival Season 2011! Tito's Handmade Vodka is ready to rock this year's festival season with a hefty lineup of awesome events!