Old Epiphone Electric Guitars

The electric guitar was invented in 1931.

Old epiphone electric guitars.

This method is particularly useful when you know you have a vintage guitar. Generally speaking electric guitars are considered vintage if they are 30 years old or older. Epiphone acoustic and electric guitars 1951 to 1956 in 1951 epiphone transitioned their electric models to the same five digit numbering scheme as their acoustic models. 4 finish options.

1 finish options. 2 finish options. Jared james nichols old glory les paul custom. Serial numbers 1951 to 1956 acoustic and electric guitars.

Year number range 1951 60000 to 63999 1952 64000 to 64999 1953 64000 to 66999 1954 67000 to 67999 1955 68000 to 68999 1956 69000 to 69999. When something is referred to as vintage the object is recognizable and representative of the era it is from. If you can t find a guitar appraiser online music stores may be able to point you in the right direction. The rivalry between gibson and epiphone significantly drove the evolution of archtop acoustic and electric guitars during this period.

Explore electric travel guitar. Shop new and used epiphone guitars on reverb. Skip to main content skip to footer site51500000314034 site51500000000296753 new l72584 epiphone sg standard electric guitar site51500000314034 site51500000314035 site51500000314036. Vintage early 1964 epiphone coronet electric guitar made by gibson in kalamazoo original chrome p90 pickup solid one piece 13 slab old growth mahogany body old amateur walnut refinish but looks pretty good overall scratches and dings all original components except the pickguard these always cracked and replacements are readily.

Beginning with 60000 in 1951 and ending with the last known new york made model the epi zephyr number 69637. Sign up for epiphone. What makes an electric guitar vintage. For example when gibson introduced the super 400 in 1934 which featured an 18 inch body and was gibson s largest archtop at that time epiphone responded by developing the emperor which boasted an 18 1 2.

The last known new york made epiphone was serial number 69637 epi zephyr. Tommy thayer electric blue les paul. Some appraisers charge a fee for their services but can usually provide some form of certificate to substantiate their claim.