Several Epiphone guitars have been produced in the United States since 1971.
EPIPHONE LES PAUL GOTHIC SERIAL NUMBERS
The "Masterbilt" acoustics are manufactured in Qingdao.Īccording to several forum entries, current Epiphone serial numbers give the following information:Įxample: SI09034853 SI = Samick Indonesia, 09 = 2009, 03 = March, 4853 = manufacturing number. Epiphone also produces a range of higher quality instruments under the "Elitist Series" moniker, which are built in Japan. Unique Epiphone models, including the Emperor, Zephyr, Riviera and Sheraton, are built to higher quality standards than the company's "Gibson copy" line. With few exceptions, Epiphones are now built only in the Qingdao factory. In 2002, Gibson opened a factory in Qingdao, China, which manufactures Epiphone guitars exclusively. Samick has stopped manufacturing guitars in Korea. These Epiphones were thought to have sometimes been built with different species of woods from the original Gibson versions some players speculated that this resulted in the instruments bearing a visual and ergonomic similarity to the Gibson originals but having a slightly different tone however this has always been suspected to be based on prejudice more than empirical fact. The brand was primarily used to issue less expensive versions of classic Gibson models, in a manner similar to that of the Squier brand by Fender. Thus, a Korean-era solidbody Epiphone would have been built under license.
EPIPHONE LES PAUL GOTHIC LICENSE
One of these contractors was Samick, which also built instruments under license for other brands and in its own name. From the 1980s, Epiphones were manufactured mainly in Korea but also in Japan by contractors licensed by Gibson.
In the early 1970s, Epiphone began to manufacture instruments in Japan. I don't know the years but here is the serial info from wikipedia: Furthermore, no security is promised or implied by The Gear Page owners, administrators, or moderators. However, if you choose to trade or use an alternate payment such as Venmo, Zelle, PayPal-Gift, Crypto, or other forms of compensation, there is no recourse or protection for buyers.
We recommend using a payment service that offers buyer protection, such as PayPal. Members must handle all the problems off of the Forum. Use the feedback system to report any issue. Negotiated terms are private between the two parties. In every listing, you must post a price or trade value price. If one party shows proof of fraud, the limit of what the owners, administrators, and moderators can do is remove the other party's posting privileges. All transactions are between the two private parties only. Members who choose to buy/sell gear via The Gear Page Emporiums understand that The Gear Page, its owners, administrators, and moderators a) make no guarantee of accurate descriptions, and b) are not liable for any loss due to transactions between individuals.īuyer Beware. The rule is below as it now reads and will be enforced. However, we are coming into a new era with people doing different manners of monetary transactions.Įssentially, we'll no longer require anyone to be tied to Paypal only people can now use whatever payment they want, but we want to let people know they are on their own. In the past, we had required people to use Paypal to head off attempted fraud, which has been a concern for many years. Please note that effective immediately we have updated the Emporium Rules for payment options.