Epiphone Texan Terada

[Mat1965]

Hi everyone,

On ebay there is an Epiphone Elite Texan 65 Sunburst being sold from Japan and it looks different than others I have seen. Instead of Grover tuners, it has white button tuners. Additionally, the inner sticker is different. Both features I kind of prefer to be honest.

I have not been in the market for a guitar in a while and owned one of the Gibson McCartney unlabeled overruns years ago. I sold it when I needed money, somewhat regrettably.

I know the Elite / Elitist are poly but that is ok with me. I have not seen one of the McCartneys listed in a while since I have been on the hunt.

I assume this strange Elite model on Ebay is a prototype model rather than modifications / tickerings. Though I guess a dedicated person could get a white Elite trussrod cover from a Riviera?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Epiphone-T201322-Elite-Ft-79-Texan-Acoustic/183919330626?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3D082a83a9d7614f5e8b287b7d970c8f3a%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D183919330626%26itm%3D183919330626%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2481888&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A70d9be15-c5c8-11e9-bbbe-74dbd180ae39|parentrq%3Abf7235b116c0a4b7fcc523fafff00b3a|iid%3A1

Any other theories? Thank you!!!