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Epiphone

US · est. 1873 · 603 models

Epiphone traces its history to a family instrument workshop founded in 1873 that settled in New York early in the twentieth century and took the Epiphone name in the 1920s. It built archtops and was Gibson's main rival in that market before Gibson acquired the company in 1957. Epiphone now operates as Gibson's more affordable marque, offering its own designs such as the Casino, Sheraton, Coronet and Crestwood alongside licensed versions of the Les Paul, SG, ES-335 and Gibson's flat-top acoustics. The range runs from entry-level instruments to the closely specified Inspired by Gibson Custom reissues, and covers rock, blues, folk and country playing.