Epiphone Made in Indonesia

[arri zoso]

hey there, anybody know about epiphone indonesia?

 

give me information about that please!

[AyushPresley]

Epiphones are made in Asia.. some also in the US ( I think the Elitist) but mainly in south east Asia as they have cheap labor. Yup there are Epiphone made in Indonesia too and they are completely authentic and of similar quality (considered as a better quality than the ones made in China {EE}) as rest of the Epiphones. there are always lemons when there's mass Production but most them are of a good quality. I once owed an Indonesian LP-100 and it was really good. It's serial number as far as i know should start with the initials "SI" which some people refer to "Samik" as it is "Samik Indonesia" the initials are followed by the year, month and the manufacturing number.

 

so if it's SI08124567 it's "Samik Indonesia 2008 December and the manufacturing number is 4567

 

Hope it helped !! :D/

 

SI = Samik Indonesia

[Ricochet]

"SI" is indeed Samick Indonesia. Another one I've heard about has the "SN" indicator.

 

Reports on quality have been diverse... some good, some not so good...

[AyushPresley]

"SI" is indeed Samick Indonesia. Another one I've heard about has the "SN" indicator.

yup some's got 'SN" too which is not made in the Samik factory.

SN = Indonesia

[stan 58]

The Elitist were made in Japan. Stan.

[Epiphone Player]

My epi Sg is made in Indonesia

[Whitmore Willy]

For those who are interested:

 

I believe Ricochet posted this list for us back in June:

 

B Bohêmia Musico-Delicia (Czech Republic)

BW ? (China)

DW DaeWon (China)

EA QingDao (China)

EE QingDao (China)

F/_ Fujigen (Japan)

FN/N Fine Guitars (Korea)

I Saein (Korea)

J/T Terada (Japan)

K Korea Ins. (Korea)

L ? (Korea)

MC Muse (China)

N-->see FN

O Choice (Korea)

P/R Peerless (Korea)

S Samick (Korea)

SI Samick (Indonesia)

SJ SaeJun (China)

SM Samil (Korea)

SN ? (Indonesia)

U Unsung (Korea)

UC Unsung China (China)

Z Zaozhuang Saehan (China)

 

I don't think anyone has put it up lately for the newer members.

[Ricochet]

 

I don't think anyone has put it up lately for the newer members.

 

The factory list and serial indentification thread I posted was "removed"(by Epiphone) for unknown reasons.

[AyushPresley]

The Elitist were made in Japan. Stan.

:D oh was it ? sorry .... I've told before I have a brain of a gold fish. I'm sure some Epi's are made in the US though .. Isn't it ??

[stan 58]

They made a batch of USA Spirts in the early 80s that had both Gibson and Epi Badgeing, I have one of the Gibsons, and wasn't that happy when i saw a guitar like mine with the Epi logo. Other then that, none that i know of. Stan.