Epiphone guitars in the 2000s

Through the 2000s, Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024) controlled the Epiphone name, and 5 plants built it: Chinese contract factories for Epiphone (Daewon, Muse, Saein, Zaozhuang Saehan), Gibson Qingdao, Japan special-model builder (Epiphone; FujiGen named generically), Samick Korea (Epiphone; city unverified) and Other Korean contractors (Epiphone; unverified).^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]}

7 eras touch the 2000s across 5 lines. The version changed in 2000, 2002 and 2004. A guitar from either side of those years can be a different Epiphone.

Year by year

Year	Controlled by	Built at	Changed
2000	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Samick Korea (Epiphone; city unverified), Japan special-model builder (Epiphone; FujiGen named generically), Other Korean contractors (Epiphone; unverified)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12]}	yes
2001	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Samick Korea (Epiphone; city unverified), Japan special-model builder (Epiphone; FujiGen named generically), Other Korean contractors (Epiphone; unverified)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12]}
2002	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Japan special-model builder (Epiphone; FujiGen named generically), Other Korean contractors (Epiphone; unverified), Chinese contract factories for Epiphone (Daewon, Muse, Saein, Zaozhuang Saehan)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 10]}	yes
2003	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Japan special-model builder (Epiphone; FujiGen named generically), Other Korean contractors (Epiphone; unverified), Chinese contract factories for Epiphone (Daewon, Muse, Saein, Zaozhuang Saehan)^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 10]}
2004	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Japan special-model builder (Epiphone; FujiGen named generically), Other Korean contractors (Epiphone; unverified), Chinese contract factories for Epiphone (Daewon, Muse, Saein, Zaozhuang Saehan), Gibson Qingdao^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 10]}	yes
2005	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Japan special-model builder (Epiphone; FujiGen named generically), Other Korean contractors (Epiphone; unverified), Chinese contract factories for Epiphone (Daewon, Muse, Saein, Zaozhuang Saehan), Gibson Qingdao^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 10]}
2006	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Japan special-model builder (Epiphone; FujiGen named generically), Other Korean contractors (Epiphone; unverified), Chinese contract factories for Epiphone (Daewon, Muse, Saein, Zaozhuang Saehan), Gibson Qingdao^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 10]}
2007	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Japan special-model builder (Epiphone; FujiGen named generically), Other Korean contractors (Epiphone; unverified), Chinese contract factories for Epiphone (Daewon, Muse, Saein, Zaozhuang Saehan), Gibson Qingdao^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 10]}
2008	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Japan special-model builder (Epiphone; FujiGen named generically), Other Korean contractors (Epiphone; unverified), Chinese contract factories for Epiphone (Daewon, Muse, Saein, Zaozhuang Saehan), Gibson Qingdao^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 10]}
2009	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Japan special-model builder (Epiphone; FujiGen named generically), Other Korean contractors (Epiphone; unverified), Chinese contract factories for Epiphone (Daewon, Muse, Saein, Zaozhuang Saehan), Gibson Qingdao^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 10]}

Eras in the 2000s

Line	Years	Controlled by	Built at	Grade
Epiphone China	2002–2018	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Chinese contract factories for Epiphone (Daewon, Muse, Saein, Zaozhuang Saehan)	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]}
Epiphone China	2004–2018	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Gibson Qingdao	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]}
Epiphone Indonesia	2000–2018	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	No plant on record	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]}
Epiphone Japan	1987–2018	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	No plant on record	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]}
Epiphone Japan special models	1987–2018	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Japan special-model builder (Epiphone; FujiGen named generically)	unverified^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12]}
Epiphone Korea	1986–2002	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Samick Korea (Epiphone; city unverified)	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11]}
Epiphone Korea	1995–2018	Gibson Guitar Corp. / Gibson Brands, Inc. (2013) / Gibson, Inc. (2024)	Other Korean contractors (Epiphone; unverified)	community^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11]}

Other brands in the 2000s

Epiphone, year by year

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Sources

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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Wikipedia: wiki/Gibson (guitar company)graded community
- "acquired by a group led by Henry Juszkiewicz and David H. Berryman"Epiphone in the 2000s: owners and plants
2
Gibson Brands requested court protection from its creditors (May 1, 2018)graded secondary
- "Gibson Brands requested court protection from its creditors"Epiphone in the 2000s: owners and plants
3
Gibson Brands chapter 11 docket: Notice of Effective Dategraded secondary
- "November 1 2018 Effective Date - Notice of Effe[ctive Date]"Epiphone in the 2000s: owners and plants
4
Epiphone history 1957-present (Gibson era) - Blue Book of Guitar Valuesgraded secondary
- When Gibson was sold to Henry Juszkiewicz, David Berryman, and Gary Zebrowski in 1986Epiphone in the 2000s: owners and plants
5
Docket index, In re Gibson Brands, Inc. (Notice of Effective Date)graded primary
- Notice of Effective Date Notice of (I) Entry of Confirmation Order, (II) Occurrence of Effective DateEpiphone in the 2000s: owners and plants
6
Gibson Brands Plan of Reorganization Confirmedgraded primary
- the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has confirmed the Company's plan of reorganization.Epiphone in the 2000s: owners and plants
7
Gibson Guitars Names New Leadership And Exit From Bankruptcygraded secondary
- the investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) will assume majority ownership control of Gibson.Epiphone in the 2000s: owners and plants
8
TTAB Cancellation No. 92084591, filing 4 (Delaware certificate of amendment, Gibson Brands, Inc. to Gibson, Inc.)graded primary
- CHANGING ITS NAME FROM "GIBSON BRANDS, INC." TO "GIBSON, INC."Epiphone in the 2000s: owners and plants
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Gibson Guitar Corp. Company Historygraded secondary
- new owners took over in 1986, Henry Juszkiewicz and David Berryman, who bought the company for $5 million.Epiphone in the 2000s: owners and plants
10
guitarinsite: epiphone factoriesgraded community
- "Several Chinese factories have produced Epiphone guitars"Epiphone in the 2000s: owners and plants
- "In 2004, Gibson opened a factory in Qingdao… owned by Gibson"Epiphone in the 2000s: owners and plants
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fandom: wiki/Epiphonegraded community
- "a few special models still made in Japan"Epiphone in the 2000s: owners and plants
- "Samick began building Epiphones in 1984… The Korean factory stopped making Epiphones in 2002."Epiphone in the 2000s: owners and plants
- "Epiphone began contracting out to a number of different manufacturers"Epiphone in the 2000s: owners and plants
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Wikipedia: wiki/FUJIGENgraded community

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