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Epiphone is an American musical instrument brand originally founded in 1873 by Anastasios Stathopoulos in İzmir, Ottoman Empire, and moved to New York City in 1908. After taking over his father's busi
An Epiphone Casino, one of the brand's best known models
Epiphone Blackstone (non cutaway), 1947
Epiphone Triumph Regent, 1951
headstock of Epiphone Zephyr Deluxe, 1951
Gibson (guitar company)
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Gibson, Inc. is an American manufacturer of guitars, other musical instruments, and professional audio equipment from Kalamazoo, Michigan, and now based in Nashville, Tennessee.
Epiphone
…1930s through to the early 1950s, Epiphone produced a range of both acoustic and (later) electrified archtop guitars that rivalled those produced by Gibson and were the instruments of choice of many professionals; a smaller range of flat-top guitars were also produced, some designations of which were later…
Gibson Guitar Factory in Memphis, Tennessee in May 2009
Orville Gibson, founder
Gibson line of Mandolin orchestra instruments, early 1900s.
Harp guitar (c. 1912).