what do you think GM? Help him out?? well he did say please !! Early sigmas were made in Japan, later ones in taiwan, they moved production for cost cutting, Jap ones are preferable, quality is better, yours could be either jap or taiwan cant be sure, they are quite good guitars, cost wise?? if one came up today you would pay around $250- $350 depending on condition. there now ive saved you 2 hours of internet searching, and will i get any thanks? probably not.