If it doesn't have bullet holes, it's not a real one. Or not from Texas.
Congrats, Ilan, welcome to the dark side again - where truss rods are functional plus easy to adjust and routings for bridge pups not cavernous holes ...
Slotheads have their fans, even today, Michael Devin of the current Whitesnake played one (an EB-3L to be exact) for years, and not just for a song or two, but for most of every nightly set throughout their "Purple Tour" (Rob and I witnessed it in Utrecht):
You do know you have room for extra pups on it, right?
Would you like refin recommendations? That cherry is kinda dreary you know and we have daring color advisors from Tacoma in this forum ...