Catching up on this post, there was a lot of talk on the case having a guitar in it. My '68 EB-2DC & ES-335 12 have pretty much the same identical case. They are different brands but I could switch them & no one would be the wiser. Also, my '67 EB-2C came in a cheap cardboard case. After a few years, I bought a hardshell case for it. The logo on the pickguard is so clean, it looks like a NOS pickguard. I have an extremely clean '68 EB2-DC & the logo is somewhat faded.