Hi all!
New here and new to Epiphones so I'm hoping you can help me out.
I got a fairly solid deal on this used 1991 MIK Casino from a store which doesn't specialize in instruments. I found out later that it was a factory second from the used stamp on the headstock and (from what I've read) the partially scratched-out SN. There are some hairline splits near the nut which seem purely cosmetic and there's no other damage from what I can tell.
There was a buzz in the bridge pickup that I wanted to fix, so I took both off to find they appear to be more recent than 1991 (based on the RoHS stickers but what do I know). Is there a chance that the whole guitar isn't from '91 or would the pups have been swapped out for stock Epiphone P90s at some point? I've read that the SN dating sites aren't perfect and I'm just hoping to get a little more info if anyone has some!
Photos below, please don't mind the dust...
Thanks
New here and new to Epiphones so I'm hoping you can help me out.
I got a fairly solid deal on this used 1991 MIK Casino from a store which doesn't specialize in instruments. I found out later that it was a factory second from the used stamp on the headstock and (from what I've read) the partially scratched-out SN. There are some hairline splits near the nut which seem purely cosmetic and there's no other damage from what I can tell.
There was a buzz in the bridge pickup that I wanted to fix, so I took both off to find they appear to be more recent than 1991 (based on the RoHS stickers but what do I know). Is there a chance that the whole guitar isn't from '91 or would the pups have been swapped out for stock Epiphone P90s at some point? I've read that the SN dating sites aren't perfect and I'm just hoping to get a little more info if anyone has some!
Photos below, please don't mind the dust...
Thanks
