The World's Largest Collection of Pre-1957 Epiphone instruments

In March of 2007 the Epiphone Guitar Company acquired the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of pre-1957 Epiphone instruments.

The collection, previously owned by the late Jim Fisch and L.B. Fred contains hours of taped and transcribed interviews with famous Epiphone players such as Les Paul and Johnny Smith, hours of transcribed interviews of the Stathopoulo family, founders of Epiphone, the original manuscript and research materials for the book "Epiphone, the House of Stathopoulo," co-authored by the late owner of the collection and most notably, an assortment of historically significant Epiphone guitars, banjos, lap steels and amplifiers.

Periodically we will be featuring a different instrument from this incredible collection in an effort to chronicle the rich heritage of the A. Stathopoulo, House of Stathopoulo and ultimately the Epiphone brand of musical instruments. Epiphone would like to thank Jim Fisch, his estate and all those involved for making this possible.