Company
holding
USAno source
Norlin Corporation (ECL) ran 2 plants on record. The brands below were built at those plants, whoever owned the name.
| Plant | Ran it | Brands built there |
|---|---|---|
| Kalamazoo Parsons St / Eleanor St (Epiphone) Kalamazoo, MI, USAno source | 1969–1970[1] | |
| Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr) | 1975–1986[4] |
6 eras under this owner. One owner can span several plants, so “owned by Norlin Corporation (ECL)” is not one thing either.
| Years | Line | Plant |
|---|---|---|
| 1969–1970[4, 7, 8] | Epiphone Kalamazoo | No plant |
| 1969–1984[4, 9] | Gibson USA | Kalamazoo 225 Parsons St (1917 Gibson building) |
| 1970–1986[4, 7, 8, 10, 11] | Epiphone Japan | Matsumoku |
| 1975–1986[4, 9] | Gibson USA | Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr) |
| 1983–1986[4, 9] | Gibson Custom Shop | Gibson Nashville (Massman Dr) |
| 1984–1986[4, 7, 8, 11] | Epiphone Korea | Samick Korea (Epiphone; city unverified) |
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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