Made in Japan Epiphones CIRA 1970. The ET-290 was the top of the line, , with gold hardware and a phenomenal pair of humbuckers. Made in the famed Matsumoku plant, it really is an outstanding example of how good that production and quality control was. The gold plating is a pitted as seen and a little faded, but the guitar is otherwise in VERY GOOD condition. The flamed maple sunburst lacquer is in nice shape. The neck & frets show no wear. There are a couple of small chips and lig...ht scratches hear and there but overall this is simply a really attractive guitar. The guitar feels great to hold, plays with speed and ease with excellent low action, and also comes with a card board case. IT WILL PACKED WITH PRIDE FOR A SAFE JOURNEY. LOCAL PICK UP, WITH NO EXTRA CHARGE. Smoke free home USA SHIPPING ONLY SOLD AS IS, WITH NO RETURN. PLEASE IGNORE EBAY'S LIST OF COUNTRIES THAT THIS LISTING SHIPS TO. I WILL NOT SHIP TO THE FOLLOW COUNTRIES: Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, China, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Vietnam, Uruguay US Protectorates, Alaska/Hawaii, APO/FPO, Armenia, Bhutan, Uzbekistan, Russian Federation, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Nepal, Azerbaijan Republic, Georgia, Maldives, India, Kazakhstan, Japan, Thailand, Cambodia, Macau, Laos, Brunei Darussalam, Iceland, Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Jersey, Montenegro, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vatican City State, San Marino, Belarus, Albania, Monaco, Guernsey, Moldova, Gibraltar, Andorra, Serbia, Luxembourg, Gambia, Mayotte, Kenya, Guinea-Bissau, Togo, Senegal, Burundi, Equatorial Guinea, Algeria, Benin, Swaziland, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, Reunion, Djibouti, Mali, Botswana, Saint Helena, Rwanda, Seychelles, Zimbabwe, Gabon Republic, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Eritrea, Morocco, Mauritania, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Western Sahara, Congo, Republic of the, Comoros, Zambia, Somalia, Ethiopia, Niger, Ghana, Cape Verde Islands, Madagascar, Liberia, Libya, Central African Republic, Lesotho, Nigeria, Mauritius, Guinea, Chad, Malawi, Tunisia, Uganda, Egypt, Suriname, Argentina, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Paraguay, Peru, French Guiana, Guyana, Ecuador, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil, Bermuda, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Mexico, Guadeloupe, Aruba, Antigua and Barbuda, Puerto Rico, Cayman Islands, Grenada, Haiti, Dominica, Anguilla, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Montserrat, Martinique, Saint Lucia, British Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Barbados, Virgin Islands (U.S.), Oman, Iraq, Yemen, Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Marshall Islands, Wallis and Futuna, American Samoa, Kiribati, Western Samoa, Solomon Islands, Nauru, Guam, Micronesia, Tonga, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Vanuatu, Palau, Tuvalu, Niue. IF YOU BUY FROM ANY OF THESE COUNTRIES I WILL CANCEL THE SALE. I will ship with the eBay Global Shipping Program. If you are signed up, no problem, otherwise shipping to continental USA only.