Here’s a ‘beaut’ for you! Check out this 1904 ‘Bowl Back’ mandolin. This is the oldest piece in our collection… so old that it carries the A. Stathopoulo brand name which was a brand name that Anastasios Stathopoulo used before his son Epimanondas (Epi) took over the company and changed the name to Epiphone. Holding this piece in your hands, you can literally feel the rich history associated with Epiphone… awesome!
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Beautiful instrument! The ’striping’ on the back of the neck is present in most of the Stathopoulo instruments I’ve seen.
Anastasios Stathopoulo was from Sparta Greece (Magoula, a village exactly were the ancient Sparta was). This summer, here in Sparta we are organizing a congress about A.Stathopoulo and his contribution to the 20th century luthiere. There will be an exhibition of many Stathopoulo instruments.