OK - picked it up today! I may have mentioned this guitar earlier in the thread but the stars finally aligned and I was able to buy it for a great price. It's in excellent condition except for the missing pickguard. It also appears that the neck pickup bobbin may be shrinking or deformed or something as the polepieces don't align properly with the cover - still sounds good though. Anyone else experience this issue?
Serial number label on this one is missing though, so sorry I can't register it here!
From what I understand, there were no Epiphone cases available when the original owner bought it, so he bought a real brown 80's Gibson USA case for it as well, with the pink plush lining and shroud.