Epiphone

The name "Epiphone" came from proprietor and founder Anastasios Stathopoulos’ son Epaminondas Stathopoulos' nickname: "Epi" and "phone" from Greek phon-, "sound"/"voice". The company began in 1873 in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (now Izmir, Turkey), producing fiddles and lutes. Stathopoulo moved to Long Island City, New York in 1903 and continued to make his original instruments as well as mandolins. ‘Epi’ took over after his father’s passing in 1915 and named the company, “The House of Stathopoulo”.

The company began to make banjos after World War I and became the Epiphone Banjo Company. They produced their first guitars in 1928. They were taken over by main competitor at the time, Gibson, in 1957 in the aftermath of World War II but held onto its own line of archtop models, which remained sought after alongside their Gibson models.

Epiphone's history is dotted with legendary musicians. Guitar pioneer Les Paul, worked nights in the Epiphone factory in New York City to create "the Log", his prototype of what would eventually be called the "Les Paul." Beatles' bassist Paul McCartney chose an Epiphone Casino as his first American made guitar and John Lennon and George Harrison followed suit not long after. The Casino appeared on every Beatles album from Help through Abbey Road. Today, Epiphone can be heard on albums by Alabama Shakes, My Chemical Romance, Nirvana, Machine Head, Dwight Yoakam, The Strokes, Slash, Jeff Waters, Paul Simon, Radiohead, Lenny Kravitz, and Paul Weller.

New Epiphone technical breakthroughs such as the ProBucker™ pickup, built-in KillSwitch™ pots, the Shadow NanoFlex™ and NanoMag™ pickup systems, and premier acoustic/electric guitars with the eSonic™ preamp have brought Epiphone to a brand new generation and show no signs of them slowing down or getting stuck in any ways of an already stellar past.

Les Paul once said; "Epiphone always made a good guitar,” - strong words put lightly from one of the names most associated with the guitar in the history of the instrument.

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Epiphone SG Special

The inexpensive rocker by Epiphone. After the G-400 and G-310 models, now comes the Epiphone SG Special guitar with an incredible price/value ratio. Many people do not know this, but the SG model actually replaced the Les Paul model sometime during 1961. Yup, there were no single cut shaped les pauls offered new back then for several years...Anyway, players like Angus young, Toni Iommi and more have made the Gibson SG their main axe, and now Epiphone brings you another version of that iconic guitar which will not break the bank.With mahogany body, rosewood fretboard, 24.75 scale, 700T Humbuckers and these iconic double horned design the Epiphone SG Special guitar is a one punchy guitar with a lot of crisp and tightness.It is also a light weighted guitar, which means it is a lot of fun to jam with while standing. You can jump and go crasy all around with this thing!If you are a beginner or intermediate guitar player aiming to become a rock star, you will appreciate the Epiphone SG Special guitar.

Epiphone Slash Les Paul Appetite

Slash'd The appetite Les Paul is famous for "that tone" and now you can get it at an amazing price!With almost all the amazing detail from the Gibson version with just a few differences such as a picture veneered maple top this guitar is a must for GnR fans on a budget!