I need help identifying a vintage 12 string. The headstock has the Epiphone logo on it -- a gold decal. There is also a crescent moon with a star inside it and a dot (planet?) below the moon decal. The headstock does have a characteristic Epiphone shape. The truss rod cover says "Gibson." Nut and saddle are bone. The neck is Mahogany (two-piece, with the splice up near the headstock, as usual).
The fretboard has the white rectangular markers with abalone triangles inset -- like the Sheraton Elite, for example. Both headstock and fretboard are bound with iveroid plastic.
The top is solid Spruce, and has abalone inlay inside the binding. The sound hole also has abalone inlay. The tortoiseshell pick guard is shaped like the one on the Masterbilt DR-500M. Again like the Masterbilt it does not have the typical Epiphone "E" on it.
It has a solid spruce top and what appears to be solid back and sides as well. Back and sides are Rosewood. It has a three-piece back like a Martin D-35. The three pieces have wood parquet inlay between them.
If anyone can help me identify the model and estimate the year I would appreciate it.
Stephen Brewer
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