Otherwise, they would not be advertised as a restock, I would think. I suspect the 1965 Lennon Casinos in the link above are not new, but like past restocks, are new old stock that were set aside to fulfill warranty claims or in case of shipping damage, etc. Once it was apparent they would not be needed for these purposes, they were stamped with a small, discrete 'R' on the back of the neck, and assigned a special serial number that was not part of Epiphone numbering scheme (via a sticker placed on the white label). They could be assigned the identification of the damaged guitar. The restock guitars started without identification on the a white label, and were set aside in case the numbered ones were damaged in shipping, had to be replaced for warranty purposes, etc. The limited editions had two serial numbers: Lennon's, which appears on the back of the headstock and on the repro blue label in the soundhole, and another on a white soundhole label that identifies which of 1965 a particular guitar was. In the past, restock Revolution Casinos were made by Terada at the same time as numbered limited editions.
