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  - 2221 Slim Acoustic
    09/25/07
    Bolt neck ES-335 style with red finish, silver hardware, tremolo bridge.
    
    This example is missing the tremolo arm. Like the others in the slim acoustic series, this model originally boasted large chrome pi
  - 2207 Slim Acoustic
    09/25/07
    Bolt neck ES-335 style with emerald green finish, silver hardware, tremolo bridge.
    
    This example has aftermarket pickups. Like the others in the slim acoustic series, this model originally boasted large chrome pickup covers that look like humbuckers but aren'
  - X240 Omega
    09/23/07
    Set neck LP copy, flamed maple antique sunburst with rosewood fretboard, gold hardware, 5-way tone spectrum selector knob (see MPC guitars for details)
    
    The Omega was the first Electra to carry the 5-way tone spectrum knob designed by Tom Presley
  - X230 Omega
    09/23/07
    Set neck LP copy, natural finish flamed maple top, maple fretboard with trapezoid inlays, gold hardware, 5-way tone spectrum selector knob (see MPC guitars for details)
    
    The Omega was the first Electra to carry the 5-way tone spectrum knob designed by Tom Presley
  - X220 Omega
    09/23/07
    Set neck LP copy, black with rosewood fretboard, gold hardware, 5-way tone spectrum selector knob (see MPC guitars for details)
    
    The Omega was the first Electra to carry the 5-way tone spectrum knob designed by Tom Presley that would later
  - X210 Omega
    09/23/07
    Set neck LP copy, black with rosewood fretboard, gold hardware, 5-way tone spectrum selector knob (see MPC guitars for details)
    
    The Omega was the first Electra to carry the 5-way tone spectrum knob designed by Tom Presley that would later become a trademark of th
  - X110 Rock Strad
    09/23/07
    Bolt neck LP copy with flamed maple top, antique sunburst finish, rosewood faced headstock, and gold hardware.
    
    The X110 is one of a very few cases of confusion where the same model number was applied to two different guitars: X110PW and X110NA
  - 2264N Studio Zephyr
    09/23/07
    Bolt neck LP copy with transparent Ivory finish, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, gold hardware, and a rotary selector switch for series/parallel and phase reverse options.
    
    This is a later variant of the White Zephyr, with a lovely finish.
    
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  - 2264 White Zephyr
    09/23/07
    Bolt neck LP copy, ivory white finish, maple neck with black dot inlay.
    
    With maple neck and brass nut, these models resemble LP copies in appearance but are quite different to play- much more reminiscent of original humbucker-guitar designs of the
  - 2256 Super Rock
    09/22/07
    Bolt neck LP copy with Jacaranda Rosewood top and gold hardware.
    
    Different variations of this guitar may exist- earlier versions had open-book 'lawsuit' style headstocks, around 75 or 76 all LP models transitioned and by 77 all had wave style headstock
  - 2254 Super Rock
    09/22/07
    Bolt-neck LP copy, goldtop with gold hardware.
    
    Different variations of this guitar may exist- earlier versions had open-book 'lawsuit' style headstocks, around 75 or 76 all LP models transitioned and by 77 all had wave style headstocks.
  - 2252 Super Rock
    09/22/07
    
    Bolt-neck Les Paul style, transparent red with gold hardware.
    
    Different variations of this guitar may exist- earlier versions had open-book 'lawsuit' style headstocks, around 75 or 76 all LP models transitioned and by 77 all had wave style headstocks.
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  - X635 Phoenix Bass
    09/22/07
    In 1982 a new version of the Phoenix bass was added, which like all 1982 models carried an Anniversary Edition plate on the back of the headstock. The 1982 model featured a laminated ash & walnut body, like the X149 and X150 guitars and X650 bass.
    
    Previously
  - X935cs Endorser
    09/22/07
    Set neck with cherry sunburst flamed maple top, open coil humbuckers, push-pull pots, and gold hardware.
    
    Neal Keyser's spectacular 83 Endorser:
    
    Scott Lewis's beautiful X935cs:
  - X410 Jazz Strad
    09/21/07
    Deluxe set neck ES-335 copy with flamed maple top, pearloid inlays, and gold hardware.
    
    This beautiful archtop hollowbody represents the flagship of the Electra line and of the highest quality of japanese guitars of this period. It is comparable in quality with
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