I have an Epiphone Riviera made in Kalamazoo I bought brand new in 1965. The ES-335s were so far on back order I bought it since it was in stock. I’d be a bit nervous to take it out of the country and would probably take a maple neck strat or tele for now. Well, if I was gonna go out of the country. Those days are over I think. No desire to venture far and wide any more. Plenty of pickin’ to be done right here. ;-)
Speaking of travel, a late friend of mine hand carried a 53 Gold Top to Turkey in 71. He’d paid $200 for it in a pawn shop. Some Turk offered him $400. Since it wasn’t on his customs declaration, he sold it. Didn’t let him forget it till the day he died.