![]() ![]() At the beginning of the war, Epiphone was the leader in the industry. ![]() Nat went on to start production of the Danelectro line of guitars and amps in the 50s. A friend of Les Paul by the name of Nat Daniel was an electronics expert. In 1936 Epiphone starting producing amplifiers. During this period Epi brought in the early design of the Epiphone Acoustic Guitar. This was a very successful part of the business, Epi and his brother Orphie (Vice President) moved the company to new pastures, 235-237 West 47th Street.ġ928 Epiphone are producing banjos for major distributors in Selma Conn and Continental Music stores. Such as the Emporer Tenor Banjo, the Dansant, the Concert Special, and lastly the Alhambra. In 1927 production steadily increased and the quality of instruments improved. Banjo mandolins, banjo guitar, and the banjo mandolin.Īll instruments would now be manufactured under the umbrella of Epiphone, at the companies headquarters in Long Island NY. Translating to ‘one sound on another’, a son acting on the dreams of his father.Īfter the death of his mother in 1923, Epi took sole control of the organization and devoted all the energy to the sole production of the banjo. Also an echo of the Greek expression ‘epiphonous’. ![]() Epi- after his own nickname, and phone from Greek phon-‘voice’. Around this time Anastasios’s son was a 12-year-old interested observer.īy 1908 the family business moved to New York City.Įpaminondas Stathopoulos, the son of Anastasios took over and renamed the organization ‘Epiphone’. ![]()
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