I am thinking of buying a Epiphone Les Paul Standard Plus top

[F4DPhantomII]

No letters at the beginning like the Chinese one with EE. M29 I wrote it down while you were in the restroom.

[Suhnton]

No letters could possibly mean it's a MIJ (Fujigen). Fujigen made guitars for Ibanez and Greco, and are quite highly regarded in Japan. Have a look here for MIJ guitars, and who the manufacturers are/were:

http://www.music-trade.co.jp/etc.html

[F4DPhantomII]

No letters could possibly mean it's a MIJ (Fujigen). Fujigen made guitars for Ibanez and Greco, and are quite highly regarded in Japan. Have a look here for MIJ guitars, and who the manufacturers are/were:

http://www.music-trade.co.jp/etc.html

and had a Made in Korea sticker. Are Fujigen's made in Korea? It was a honey burst model but the brown is much lighter in color than the Made in China's that I've seen.

[wingsdad]

... Are Fujigen's made in Korea? ...

Fujigen is one of Japan's premier guitar manufacturers. They've made/make top-of-the-line Ibanez for 30+ years, notably the 'lawsuit' Les Pauls of the mid-70's that thrust Ibanez to reputability in the USA as a maker of 'affordable' top-quality guitars.

Besides the higher-end Epiphones like the Elitists, and were the company that made the first Fender imports in the early 80's.

With an MIK sticker and no letters at the beginning of the s/n, that's something of an anomaly, but it might be an 'Elite' (vs. Elitist). In the past year, Epiphone has taken to leaving letters off the s/n's off much of their Gibson China product.

[Childbride]

My previous fav Epiphone now belongs to Childbride.

i just took a break; she and i are working out with the metronome. speed with accuracy... and timing.