The history of Epiphone guitars begins with a Greek family, the Stathopoulo, who in 1879 were based in Turkey and then, in search of the American dream, emigrated to the United States in the early 1900s. The first guitars and the beginning of the rivalry with Gibsonīrief introduction to the history of Epiphone.The beginnings of the Stathopoulo in luthería.Brief introduction to the history of Epiphone.