What is the color of the top of the guitar? Common top colors include 'sunburst' (a yellow center that fades to a darker red or brown around the edges),black, natural and 'cherry red' (a translucent red which shows the wood grain).There are several general questions which can be asked in determining a guitar's model,once the type of guitar (flat top, arch top, etc.) has been determined: Electric Lapsteel Gibson: a small solidbody guitar (no cutoutsor sound holes) that is playedin the lap, Hawaiian style, with a metal slide bar, pickup and knob routed into the top.These are always electric from the factory. Electric Thinline Archtop Gibsons: same as above (electricwith two 'f' holes in the top), but the body is thinner at 1.5' to 2' thick.Electric Archtop Gibsons: same as above ('f' holes, arch top)but the factory installed electric pickups into the guitar with volume/tone knob(s).Acoustic Archtop Gibsons: two 'f' hole stylesound holes cut in the top, body 3' to 4.5' thick, slightly arched top, acoustic with no pickups (but sometimes these models have bolt-on electic assembly added later by players).Flattop Acoustic Gibsons: single round sound hole under the strings, body 3.5' to 4.5' thick with a flat top, usually not electric(but often owners add a sort of bolt-on electric assembly).Electric Solid body Gibsons: body is a solid piece of wood(no soundhole or cutouts), 1.5' to 2' thick, pickups and knobs routed into the top of the guitar.Here are the general types of Gibson guitars: X - _ (China) - Early to mid 1990's serial number label - Verified by Epiphone Customer Service.WF - _?_ (China) found on an Accu Bass Junior from 2001.QG - Qingdao Gibson (China) - Interim designation used prior to 'EA' & 'EE'.L - Leader Musical Instrument Co Ltd (Korea).JK - ? Korea or Indonesia - Found on a 1999 G-310 Junior.Possibly Indonesia - Found on a 1998 Mini V Possibly Jakarta, Indonesia - Found on a 1997 S-310 GP - _?_ (Korea) found on a BB King Lucille from 2001 (verified by Epiphone Customer Service).GR - Grand Reward (Farida, Guang Dong) China, Seen on some early Masterbilt acoustics.G/GG - Identified as early modern Masterbilt acoustics (Epiphone says they have no record of G serials).H - _ (China?) Found on a 1995 El Nino.FC - _?_ (China 2000's) Possibly 'Global Fine Supply Ltd.'.F/FN - Fine Guitars (Korea) = non-Japanese models.F - Qingdao (China) = Les Paul Standard '59 / '60 / Tribute Models (See: F-Serial used on LP Std'59/'60 models and Tribute/Plus models).F - Fuji-gen (Japan) = Elite/Elitist models (See: Epiphone Japan Serial Numbers).EE - QingDao (China) = Epiphone Electric.ED - Dongbei (China) = Chinese Dongbei means North-east.EA - QingDao (China) = Epiphone Acoustic.B - Bohêmia Musico-Delicia (Czech Republic).
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