What is story on this early Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor?

[garybaldy]

Sideways is o.k. if it's bottom side down as below. Personally I rather like floating guitars and would not object at all if a guitar like yours floated through an open window in my home one day - however if it was top side down I'd probably just ignore it, because generally speaking, only counterfeit guitars float like that.

Re: the sticker on the op's guitar, bogus looking stickers like that usually have one intent: to cover up what is beneath them, or if the guitar lacks a serial number, the sticker provides one - not one I'd trust though.


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That's damn clever

[garybaldy]

Apart from the pre - JP, some seem to be called JP Emperor, some JP Emperor II and others JP Emperor II Pro. When were the changes in the name and what, if any, modifications were made?
I believe the headstock logo font was the Gibson style with the tail on the letter n until 1996/97.