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Epiphone (/ ˌɛ.pə.foʊn /) is an American musical instrument brand that traces its roots to a musical instrument manufacturing business founded in 1873 by Anastasios Stathopoulos in İzmir, Ottoman Empire, and moved to New York City in 1908.
Following the acquisition of the Favoran Co. instrument plant in Long Island, Epi’s revolution was completed when the company was incorporated and given a new name: Epiphone. Epiphone not only referenced his own name, but it also included the Greek word for sound.
2 Οκτ 2023 · Alongside Epi’s late-’30s electric instruments was the Rocco Tonexpressor volume and tone foot controller, the first ever guitar pedal. As America entered World War II in 1942, Epiphone was neck and neck with Gibson as the biggest name in American guitars.
The genesis of the company that would become known as Epiphone starts back in 1873, in the Ottoman Empire, where Greek founder Anastasios Stathopoulos made a living as a lumber merchant who also built and repaired fiddles and lutes using the finest lumber.
25 Οκτ 2020 · The history of Epiphone guitars begins with a Greek family, the Stathopoulo, who in 1879 were based in Turkey and then, in search of the American dream, emigrated to the United States in the early 1900s.
Epiphone is an American instrument company that started with an instrument making company founded in 1873 by Anastasios Stathopoulos in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. The company moved to New York City in 1908.
13 Ιουλ 2022 · The story behind Epiphone’s improbable rise from a small Greek family repair shop to a worldwide leader in the manufacture of quality instruments could easily be transformed into the great American novel.
