Epiphone SG Special Satin E1 Vintage Worn, Heritage Cherry

The Epiphone company or Epiphone is a musical instrument manufacturer company founded in 1873 by Anastasios Stathopoulos In 1957 Epiphone was purchased by the chicago Musical Instrument company, which was also an owner of the gibson guitar corporation Epiphone was gibsons biggest rival in the semi-acoustic guitar market His professional guitars including the Emperor, Deluxe, Broadway, and Triumph competed with (and some even outperformed) some of gibsons guitars In addition to guitars, Epiphone also manufactures bass, banjos and other string instruments Anyway, a lot has changed as a result of World War II allowing it to be bought by gibson Epiphone is the only brand in the world to own approval from gibson to produce replicas of some more iconic guitar models that have ever surfaced on the music scene The name Epiphone is the combination of the nickname of the owner and founders son, Epaminondas Stathpoulos Epi, who took control of the brand with the death of the father in 1915, and phone (from the greek phon-, soundvoice), and also in the allusion of the meaning of the word Epiphany