Epiphone Sparkle Green Limited Edition, Korean Made. 1997

What the Epiphone Korean Sparkle / Green Sparkle LP Is

In the mid‑to‑late 1990s, Epiphone (then owned by Gibson) released a small limited run of sparkle‑finish Les Paul‑style guitars that were made in Korea (typically at the Saein or Peerless factory). This run included several sparkle finishes such as:

• Green Sparkle (rare)

• Blue Flake

• Red Flake

• Silver Flake

• Gold Flake

• Purple Sparkle (especially collectible)

These guitars are essentially Les Paul Standard‑type epiphones built with:

• Mahogany body with a maple cap

• Set mahogany neck + rosewood fingerboard

• Alnico Classic / Classic Plus humbuckers

• Tune‑O‑Matic bridge & stopbar

• Typical scale of ~24.75″ and 22 frets.

The Green Sparkle versions are less common on the used market than some other colours, making them desirable to collectors and players who like striking finishes.

Important: These are Made in Korea — mostly from around the mid‑1990s, and not to be confused with modern Chinese Epiphones. The Korean builds from that era are often viewed as well made and solid players.

📆 Typical Era & Identification

• Approximate years produced: mid‑1990s (often ~1996–1998).

• Made in Korea: Usually marked on the back of the headstock/neck joint.

• Limited run sparkle colours: Epiphone did limited sparkle runs including Green Sparkle, which weren’t in the main catalogue internationally.

These Korean sparkle LPs typically have “Gibson” scripted on the truss rod cover (a trait of Korean LPs from that era).

This one comes withe the original hard case, which is also not common.

Very Collectable !!