As part of its 140th Anniversary celebration, Epiphone will host a an open house July 13 at its new headquarters in Nashville. The event will take place on the final day of Summer NAMM. Visiting artists, retailers, and registered Epiphone forum members will be given a chance to tour the facility and go behind the scenes with staff including President Jim Rosenberg.

Among the events planned for the event are a clinic with guitarist Jeff Waters, a Q&A with instrument historian and author Walter Carter on his new release, The Epiphone Guitar Book: A Complete History of Epiphone Guitars, a demonstration of select instruments and pickups, and a charity auction of one-of-a-kind Epiphone instruments.

An exhibit will display Epiphone’s collection of rare vintage banjos, mandolins, and archtops dating back to the Stathopoulo family’s earliest instruments. To learn more, visit  epiphone.com.