Byron : serialnumbers

The Byron first appeared in the March 1, 1949 price list . When Epiphone introduced the Byron model in the 1950 catalog, it was the lowest priced archtop guitar Epiphone offered at the time. The 1950 catalog states: 

According to Wiedler Epiphone produced from 1949-’53 around 500 Byrons of which now 47 examples have been registered. See also Wiedler : Byron s/n 59479