![]() 2.5 Gallery of historic Epiphone modelsĮpiphone began in 1873, in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (now İzmir, Turkey), where Greek founder Anastasios Stathopoulos made his own fiddles and lutes ( oud, laouto).2.4 Epiphone-exclusive acoustic guitars.2.2 Epiphone-exclusive electric guitars.Aside from guitars, Epiphone has also made double basses, banjos, and other string instruments, as well as amplifiers. Stathopoulos moved to the United States in 1903 and continued to make his original instruments, as well as mandolins, from a factory at 35-37 36th Street in Long Island City, Queens, New York. Anastasios died in 1915, and his son, Epaminondas ("Epi"), took over. After two years, the company became known as The House of Stathopoulo. Just after the end of World War I, the company started to make banjos. ![]() The company produced its recording line of banjos in 1924 and, four years later, took on the name of the Epiphone Banjo Company.
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