Thank you all for your assistance, from what I can tell it looks like '98 for the yaer, so that pretty much answers my main question, I need another guitar like I need a friggin hole in the head, but what the hell, seemed like a decent price, I think the kid's grandma bought it for him, and he didn't have any interest, his loss, my gain. I added it to my small arsenal, Jem7vwH, and Jem777dy. I think I am going to do some routing on the trem cavity and have a lo pro installed, and leave it de-tuned for the likes of Bad Horsie, once again thank you all, Mods please delete this thread as I have found the info I needed.