Did you know that every single Epiphone instrument — be it electric or acoustic guitar, mandolin or banjo — that leaves the Epiphone factories in Asia undergoes a rigorous inspection process in the States before hitting stores?

It’s true!
This attention to detail — not only during but after the building process — has played a large role in Epiphone’s continued success.

“Typically, many of the things we look for aren’t so obvious to a lot of people,” Hill says. “But it’s obvious to people like us who are trained to look for stuff like this.”