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Hi, I'm a newbie here.
I got this Aria i bought second hand in the mid 70's. It's a Wilshire model with a Tele neck. I found only 1 similar pick on the net. There's no model info what so ever. Can anybody tell me more about it?
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It's identical to the Epiphone ET series Crestwood of the same period save for the headstock. The specs for the ET should be identical to the specs of yours as they were both made by Matsumoku.

I can't find any documentation on it here, even in the catalogs I've not had a chance to add.

I had two Crestwoods and really liked them. Surprisingly nice guitars given the period.

Several of the Epiphone series of that period had Aria twins.

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Epiphone ET-290

1974-1978

Body:

Maple body

Neck:

Bolt-on Maple neck
Rosewood fingerboard with pearl block inlays
24.75" scale
1.68" nut width

Binding:

3-ply neck and headstock

Electronics:

Two humbuckers
2 Vol. 2 Tone controls
3-way selector switch

Hardware:

Gold hardware
Tune-o-matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece
White pickguard
Stamped tuners

Colors:

Cherry Sunburst
Cherry Red


http://epiphonewiki.com/index.php/ET-Series