In 1957 the company was acquired by Gibson.[2] Since then, the brand has been used for a number of different guitars, some manufactured by Gibson itself in its own factories, and some manufactured by other companies such as Matsumoku under contract to Gibson and marketed under the Epiphoneso if it dose not say Special its from the late 50s to the 60s brand. The Specials came out 1996 ..so there close to 30 years old and kind of hard to find
there are Specials 1,2 ,3 out after 2005 or 2007
this is a video tells a little more about it
a photo of my Gibson Epiphone Specials
