Guitar Story
Guitar Story
In 1984, Norlin Corporation (ECL) controlled the Epiphone name. Its 2 lines on record were built at Matsumoku and Samick Korea (Epiphone; city unverified) (Japan and South Korea).[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
A Epiphone guitar from 1984 belongs to whichever era was running on its product line that year. An era is a stretch when the company that controlled the name and the plant that built the line both stayed the same. If you know the line, the table below tells you which version of Epiphone you have. The name dates from 1904[S355], 80 years before.
| Line | Controlled by | Parent | Built at | Era | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epiphone Japan | Norlin Corporation (ECL) | — | Matsumoku Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan[6] | 1970–1986 | community[1, 2, 3, 4, 5] |
| Epiphone Korea | Norlin Corporation (ECL) | — | Samick Korea (Epiphone; city unverified) South Koreano source | 1984–1986 | community[1, 2, 3, 5] |
Matsumoku and Samick Korea (Epiphone; city unverified). See every brand each plant built for, and every plant in the same country:
Every numbered marker on this page points here: the document, its grade and the passages relied on. An era is computed, so it cites the facts it was derived from. A fact marked “no source” has no claim attached yet.
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