Help identifying 2nd hand Epiphone by Gibson

[beatlehead]

I'm normally an acoustic player, but my wife just gave me a red electric guitar with Epiphone by Gibson on the headstock. There is no serial number on the plate on the back which is smooth (and slightly misaligned, so I'm thinking it's not top of the range!). It looks more like a Stratocaster, but I've looked around on the web and people seem to describe the headstock as hockey stick shape. When were they made and what did they retail for?

 

It sounds OK by the way.

 

Thanks.

[animalfarm]

Initially sounds like an Epi S-300 Strat Copy...

 

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.gbase.com/files/store_images/gear/2266235/p3_u0mpkwb3k_so.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.gbase.com/gear/epiphone-s-300-strat-copy-white&usg=__qKPKDoMoJTnrWpofesqtZMouuSg=&h=720&w=936&sz=98&hl=en&start=18&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=B7j8-WELZJT_3M:&tbnh=114&tbnw=148&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpictures%2Bof%2Bhockey%2Bstick%2Bepiphone%2Belectric%2Bguitars%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26rlz%3D1T4GWYA_enUS316US264%26tbs%3Disch:1

 

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://epiphone.3house.com/imgs/s6.gif&imgrefurl=http://epiphone.3house.com/&usg=__qvQHcPU2qKCU7UI05e9L2SyPuCM=&h=400&w=230&sz=65&hl=en&start=37&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=-GcTbiKJ6BcglM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=71&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpictures%2Bof%2Bepiphone%2BS-300%26start%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26rlz%3D1T4GWYA_enUS316US264%26ndsp%3D20%26tbs%3Disch:1

[beatlehead]

Thanks for your quick reply, it's definitely the one. I found this useful site after you gave me the number

http://epi.p3net.net/wiki/index.php/S-Series#S-300. Somewhere between 1986 and 1987. Can't see the price, but OK for £50 - c $75!

[animalfarm]

Thanks for your quick reply' date=' it's definitely the one. Can't see the price,

but OK for £50 - c[b'] $75[/b]!

 

I'd say so!!! The first link (Buffalo Bros) is asking $200 USD......