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Originally Posted by Silly Moustache
I would be very surprised if Gibson was producing Epiphone Olympics in 1960.
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They did, but by then it was a solid-body on the same platform as the Gibson Melody Maker, and sold in far fewer numbers; FYI they did keep a nominal acoustic archtop lineup - Zenith, Triumph, Howard Roberts (a floating-pickup carved-top at this time), Deluxe, and Emperor - but other than the H.R. they were built in extremely small lots, sometimes only one or two examples at a time, and often in whole or part from leftover pre-1957 New York parts. Here's some examples (FYI only the '68 Howard Roberts is 100% Kalamazoo in origin):
https://www.archtop.com/ac_59dlx.html
https://www.archtop.com/ac_63emp.html
https://www.archtop.com/ac_64tr_1122.html
https://reverb.com/item/61284018-epi...n-167086-09-26
https://www.archtop.com/ac_68hr_323.html