Guitar dater (tells me that my guitar was made at the Qingdao Plant (Epiphone), China In the future, I plan to buy the natural finished Elitist which I will keep for exclusive use at home. So, I solved the problem by choosing to buy both guitars! A few days ago I took delivery of a sunburst Chinese Casino, which I will use out of the house, and for recording. The choice between Elitist model, and the base, Chinese, versions was a more serious dilemma. I recently decided to purchase a Casino and struggled with decisions about which finish to get because I like both the natural (blonde) and sunburst colours.
