> It was originally a brand in its own right, one of Gibson's > competitors. > Evidently they couldn't quite make make it after WWII and > Gibson bought > them out in the 50s. > > Lately, Epiphone is a cheap Gibson clone made under contract > at whatever > far eastern factory will bid the lowest, although there are a few > Epiphone models with no Gibson counterpart. >
The Beatles used to use Epiphones didn't they? Otherwise I would never have heard of the brand. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

