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I was lucky enough to bag an Epiphone Elite for the starting price of £300! From a great seller in Northern Ireland. Nobody else bid, guitar arrived and was way better than description, looking like it had less than a days play.

It isn't in the 84 cat

TE200r is made of Rosewood with a sandwich of Maple in the middle, for the body.

Try the teeth test

oops

Peter's book states Mother of Pearl.

Try https://www.axesrus.co.uk/Gibson-Size-H ... hbring.htm

conductive paint only

YS = yellow sunburst
7=32 is July match 32 body with 32 neck

body joints are usually stronger than the parent wood, so centre doesn't matter.

Yes 2 piece and looking closer at the grain, it looks more like Alder than Sen but Peter's book states all Sen until 79, maybe Alder was used just before the 79 catalogue was released.

Ac adapter required 9vac

Poly finish but thin.
Let your ears judge the pickups

According to Peter's book that is a 77 model type with a 78 ser# model runs seemed to be mid year to mid year, for 77 78

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http://buildyourguitar.com/resources/lemme/ a good general read but also look up PICKUP MEASURING TECHNIQUES, also by Helmuth Lemme.

Link to find the download https://www.planetz.com/pickup-measuring-techniques/

77 was the first year and the litigation started with the advert stating that it was an exact replica of the good old strat. Strat being copyrighted by CBS, the 7 logo lead to further discussions. The guitar shape/headstock isn't copyrighted, if it was there would be hundreds of guilty brands out th...