IsThis a Gibson Product?

SOURCE: which string used for epiphone gibson lea paul special II guitar

This is really a personal choice as long as the strings are made for an electric guitar there are hundreds of different kinds, it mostly has to do with the thickness of the strings and how the thinner the string the easier it is to manulipulate, you should go to a good music store and tell them what type of music you play and they will give you some choices.

SOURCE: I have a electric guitar that looks like a gibson

probably a middle eastern copy

SOURCE: I have a gibson les paul electric guitar and don't

Looks to be a 2003.

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Support/SerialNumberSearch/

SOURCE: I have an older gibson sg electric guitar -can not

The number should be on the neck reinforcement chrome plate on the back. It seems it may have been changed before you owned it. US built ones have 4 buttons Yours has two so it is foriegn made

SOURCE: I am trying to determine the year of my gibson

Try the Epiphone site:http://home.provide.net/~cfh/epiphone.html or maybe here:http://www.fretnotguitarrepair.com/links_history.htm You might also look here:http://www.jedistar.com/jedistar_vintage_guitar_dating_gibson.htm I hope one of these helps.