some specific examples of gibson-era epiphone instruments from this period includes the epiphone sheraton (co-developed with the gibson es-335 & sharing its semi-hollow body, but with, epiphone's pre-gibson "frequensator" tailpiece and "new york" mini-humbucker pickups, and significantly fancier inlays) and sheraton ii (replacing the frequensator with gibson's "stop-bar" tailpiece), the epiphone casino (similar to the gibson es-330), the epiphone caballero (similar to the gibson lg-0), the epiphone cortez (similar to the gibson lg-2), the epiphone olympic special (similar to the gibson melody maker), the epiphone sorrento (similar to the gibson es-125tc, except for a few cosmetic changes), and the epiphone texan (similar to the gibson j-45, apart from a change in scale-length). the other kalamazoo-made epiphones had technical or cosmetic relationship with the similar gibson version.