How to get information on an older guitar?

In my search to find a decent replacement guitar for the one I had to sell per an agreement with my wife, I can get a used one for about 100 or so. I know this isn't the most ideal guitar price, but it beats not being able to play at all, and if you go used you can get a very nice guitar for 150 or so, I've gotten some nice ones in that range from a local store that only sells used. Their prices are usually decent and a little below market in all actuality (less then half of new price).

I have it down to two guitars which is an Ibanez Gio that uses and RG body, an Artcore Gio that I assume is physically very similar to the other one (I prefer the rg with its covered pick ups just taste preference).

The other big find for me was a Epiphone V that I found quite odd because it didn't look like a Gibson V, it looked like a Jackson. Rather then being like a typical symmetrical design it was more copy of a Rhodes V. It was asymmetrical like a Rhodes with the cut away and an Explorer's head stock (It had the Epi logo on it so it wasn't a Jackson).

Can anyone tell me where to find information on this thing like the year or any other information on it? I am very interested in it and am highly considering it so I just want a little more information. It seems like it was a deliberate attack on Jackson's market share and they wanted to take over what they couldn't get which was their players.

Anything on this clearly designed to look like something else?