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Looks like a swimming pool top....splash😁

I saw a post from someone who had a 1975 S-1. He said there was a date in the neck pocket. Just an idea!?

It sure is pretty!!

The white guard looks nice on it..👍

Yep, it definitely was/is a J160E. It always amazes me how some of these guitars end up after a lot of years of play and bad repairs, etc. A proper bridge and saddle would be a good start in putting it back together to its former glory. However, it may play fine,as is.

Agreed! I have also, long ago, purchased the nut files and have also made my own bone nuts for some guitars. Easy does it, a little at a time, and patience......makes for satisfactory results!

Do you have any more pictures? It would help to see the headstock and bridge.

The neck pickup is a replacement. 4K reading indicates that they are wired parallel possibly!

Sorry, but I don't "get it"? Maybe a better pic would help. What color is it exactly? If you have only had it out of the case 20 times in six years....that could be the problem....in my opinion. The dye from the case interior could be migrating to it. You should really let the guitar "get out" more. A little sunshine does a body (and guitar) good

Nice job and effect, Rus. I will vouch for Tru-Oil finish on wood. Real simple to do well, also!

Just my opinion, but that pickguard is "butt-ugly" and does not belong on a "Gibson". The following is a link to the REAL 1974 J200 Elvis guitar and 'how' it came to be. I stumbled on this while searching about a 'regular' '74 J200 sunburst up for sale in my 'neck of the woods'...I like it but I am afraid the seller 'likes it' more. I know....Norlin, double-X-braced, BUT still a good sounding and playing J200. I own a Norlin J100 (rarer) that pretty much does the same thing.....but....the sunburst 200 bling is calling my name...and associated with Elvis' custom ebony '200'....all the more special... Here is the 'story'.... http://www.scottymoore.net/ep74J200.html