Once again thank you to all,it was my 1st post on here and didnt expect much back.im happier knowing the serial has some info in it,im still convinced the neck was from another guitar once apon atime.i dont know if you can see by the pics but the epiphone logo isnt inlay but some sort of transfer.i never knew his signature changed over the years,it looks like it got sloppy.the one on my scratch plate looks like it was done in pen,lol.if it is a fake it doesnt sound like one,i paid £180 for it 14yrs ago,the guy probley built it himself.haha,cheers After the release of the Supernova, Metalic Light Blue became a common custom color for Epiphone and is sometimes hard to differentiate from their Pelham Blue color. Most likely they are close to, if not, indentical colors with a little wiggle room for variation over the course of the run. For sake of ease, Epiphone used the same color suffix for the Riviera II and the Supernova ML. The Riviera II is the same guitar as the Supernova without the signature touches. A few years after the Supernova was released, Epiphone started producing the Riviera II for the Japan market with the same colors ar the Supernova, save the Union Jack finish. ML is a typical custom color that Epiphone uses on quite a few guitars. I'm just trying to shed some light on Epiphone's color suffix designations. Looking forward to seeing the Guitar in the flesh. I'm actually picking one a 1998 model of these up along with a 2007 Sheraton in a trade for a 2005 American Series Strat tomorrow night. It is Manchester City blue which is Noel's favourite football Team.

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