Caved in, pulled the trigger on this.

[uwe]

Darn, I wasn't aware that Epi on their long scale EB-3  made the neck long enough to keep the bridge position. Mea culpa!!!

Ok, one more test whether its an Elitist or just the regular Epi in white: Is the vaitone a real varitone with 4 pos (then Elitist) or just a a mock varitone activating the pups like a toggle switch would (then reg Epi)? 

[Dave W]

Ok, one more test whether its an Elitist or just the regular Epi in white: Is the vaitone a real varitone with 4 pos (then Elitist) or just a a mock varitone activating the pups like a toggle switch would (then reg Epi)? 

Here's an old page with the Elitist: http://www.epiphone.com/elitist/eb3.htm. Dot neck, 20 fret. Even if they made any in white, the one Ray bought has inlays and 22 frets.

[HornetAMX]

Just found the completed auction page and the link he lists is clearly for the longscale Epiphone EB3.  I'd never seen one in white before.