2009 Epiphone Les Paul Custom

I'll have to categorize this guitar under "another one that got away." My research indicates that it was built in October 2009 at the Qingdao Plant [Epiphone] in China. As received it was totally unplayable; having been submerged in flood waters and then left to rot. Welcome to the east coast, folks.

The good news was that both humbuckers were in working condition. Of particular interest was the neck humbucker. Someone had replaced the stock pickup with a DiMarzio DP156, also known as The Humbucker From Hell®. Nice touch, that. 

Long story short, my repair proposal was rejected outright by the owner. He'd rather buy a new guitar and hang this Epiphone "on the wall." No kidding!