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Modded in-house by 1929, we've got a 1990s Epiphone Emperor Regent that's been backdated to a 50s/60s jazz setup: a Charlie Christian pickup and a 17" Venetian cutaway L-5 shape. Jazz guitar greats Hank Garland, Barney Kessel, Tal Farlow... they all used a very similar setup. This early Emperor Regent, with its laminated spruce top and laminated flame maple sunburst back and sides (great for feedback suppression!) has been modified to fit a Pete Biltoft CC pickup with a 3-point mount, black Chicken Head knobs, gold Gibson style tailpiece, hand bound vintage 1920s green celluloid pickguard (made by 1929 of course), CTS pots, paper in oil capacitor, and a Switchcraft jack. Gold Grover Imperial tuners too! All the good stuff.
This is a USED guitar that has been modified. It was originally sold as a factory second, which could be because of any number of minor blemishes. Based on my experience with these Epiphones, it looks like an early Peerless made Korean model. Because of the factory second nature, it has a new serial number covering the old one, which does not date it properly. For a 26-year-old guitar, it's in nice shape. It has just a couple small nicks and dings in the finish like any used guitar, and it looks like the finish cracked where the fretboard meets the neck at some point. It's been repaired well, but that may be what originally made it a factory second. There are no cracks in the guitar now; it plays great and needs nothing. There is one small ding in the back of the guitar that I could not get to show up in photographs. It's just a small indentation in the finish. This has been a personal guitar at 1929 for many years. Very sad to see it go!