This is a guide to help you identify your guitar's place and year of manufacture by the instrument's serial number alone, based on the inform. I found a link on here of a site that someone made to where you could look up serial numbers of gibson and epiphone guitars to figure out the year of. Hi - sorry, this only applies to the six digit serial numbers applied to Kalamazoo guitars and basses up until 1969. Colby Comment left 26th August 2013 18:06:39. I have an old Epiphone bass that belonged to my grandfather. It is made it Japan and has a serial #1226098 and was trying to figure out how old it might be. The easiest way to find the year of manufacture of a particular Gibson guitar is to reference the instrument's serial number of factory order number. In the 1970s, Gibson standardized the serial number system that is still in use today.

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1965 Epiphone Sheraton (Route 66 Guitars) • • • • • • •: Archtop (full depth) Hollowbody Guitar Models • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Thinline (Gibson-made) Hollowbody Guitar Models: • • • • • • • • Flat top Guitar Models: • • • • Solidbody (Gibson-made) Electric Guitar Models: • • • • • • Introduction: Epiphone was a family business established in 1873 as 'the House of Stathopoulo' by Anastasios Stathopoulo, a greek violin maker. In 1923 they incorporated and at this time made mostly high quality and fancy banjos. In 1928 the name was changed to 'Epiphone' after Epi Stathopoulo, president of the company and one of the founder's sons.

In the 1930's, the company changed its emphasis to guitars. Polar Express 3d Ita Download Free more. Epiphone was the only banjo company to successfully switch to guitar production. 1954 Epiphone catalog with a blond Emperor Zephyr Regent. In 1952/1953 the C.G.

Conn Company's (a band instrument manufacturer) Orphie got Epiphone distribution rights moved. Now most guitar production went to Philidelphia (although the labels still said New York). This was done partially as a 'strike break' move, as New York Epiphone workers were in conflict with the Stathopoulio family. The Stathopoulo family regained control again in 1955, but few if any instruments were made in 1956 and 1957.