While we'd typically predicit that the winner of the most recent Gibson-run contest is a foregone conclusion, for whatever reason we can't 100% guarantee that J. Irving-Giles is going to win an Epiphone Prophecy Les Paul GX along with a year's subscription of lessons via GuitarTricks.com. It's as if this prophecy were shrouded in an opaque, polyurethane finish. Now that you know that this contest's spoils are up for grabs, the next basic question would be, "How do I win that thing?" Well, dear aspirant, read on.

Contests, as they say, are struggles for control or challenges to attain a prize. How challenging could this get? The challenge is to give away your info. Does this sound scary to you with all that identity theft going on? Probably it does; if it weren't for the risk, it wouldn't be a challenge, right? Of course, I'm kidding. It's a standard thing that Gibson's gonna secure your private info when you enter into their raffle. Did I just say "raffle"? Now, that's not really a challenge, is it?

By simply filling up a form and registering in your info (deep dark secrets could be a bonus) without buying anything, you may have just made your first step into becoming the next guitar hero. Now you may ask about how do you increase the odds of winning. Well, fewer people entering may increase your chances of winning especially when you scare the hell out of them with the risk of identity theft but probably now you're just as scared, too; I guess this gives Mr. Irving-Giles that edge over you after all. You see, J.'s got no identity to steal. Let me explain: you know how they say that if J. Irving-Giles didn't exist, we would have had to invent him? Think about that one for a while.