onewilyfool Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 When did production move to asia??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 333 Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 When did production move to asia??? Production moved to Asia in 1969/70, though there have been occasional models made in the USA since. The last was the Paul McCartney USA 1964 Texan, in around 2004/2005. Red 333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 To answer your second question, this thread contains a brief history of Epiphone in the Ecuadorian Company, Ltd., aka Norlin era: http://forum.gibson.com/index.php?/topic/54174-brief-epiphone-history/page__p__723248__hl__matsumoku__fromsearch__1#entry723248 Some say that Kalamazoo may have built out some or most of their remaining parts through 1971, and there was most likely new/old stock in the system when the Japanese models hit our shores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 So these 60's Epi's were built in the same factory as Gibsons in the early 60's...and were they all solid wood or laminate???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 If I recall Epis at least were partially built in a rented facility. All production was moved over to Parons Street after the 1960 plant expansion. Might be wrong about that though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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