John Lennon used the Epiphone Casino as his main electric instrument during the remainder of his time with the Beatles, replacing the Rickenbacker 325. In 1965 John Lennon and George Harrison bought 1965 Casinos. In 1964, Paul McCartney, The Beatles' bass player, was the first Beatle to acquire a Casino (a 1962 model), using it for his studio forays into guitar work, including his guitar solos on ' Ticket to Ride' (1965), ' Drive My Car' (1965) and ' Taxman' (1966) he also played it on “ Helter Skelter” (1968). Use by the Beatles Paul McCartney playing a Casino at Live 8 in 2005. Per the Epiphone String Gauge Guide, the Casino comes with string gauges (from high to low): 0.010' 0.013' 0.017' 0.026' 0.036' 0.046'. Current versions have a laminated maple top, sides, and back, and a mahogany neck.

With the exception of the John Lennon models, subsequent Casinos have been made with 14-degree headstock angle with five layer all maple laminated tops. Through 1970, the Casino headstock was set at a 17-degree angle and the top was made of five laminated layers of maple, birch, maple, birch, and maple. The Casino neck joins the body at the 16th fret instead of the 19th like on the Gibson ES models.Įarly versions of the Casino had a spruce top. This makes it lighter, and louder when played without an amplifier, but much more prone to feedback than semi-hollow or solid-body electrics. Unlike semi-hollow body guitars such as the Gibson ES-335, which have a center block to promote sustain and reduce feedback, the Casino and its cousin, the Gibson ES-330 are true hollow-bodied guitars. Although generally fitted with a trapeze-type tailpiece, often a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece is used in its place (either as a factory direct feature or as an aftermarket upgrade). The Casino, also designated by Epiphone as model E230TD, is a thinline hollow-bodied guitar with two Gibson P-90 pick-ups. Metallic Light Blue (ML) are rare and quite costly.

Ĭasinos have been manufactured in the United States, Japan, Korea and China.The Korean models, those made at the famed Peerless plant in particular, are highly sought after. The guitar debuted in 1961 and has been associated with such guitarists as Howlin' Wolf, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Noel Gallagher, Keith Richards, Dave Davies, Brad Whitford, Shirley Manson, Paul Weller, The Edge, Josh Homme, Daniel Kessler, Brendon Urie, Gary Clark, Jr., Glenn Frey, John Illsley, and Peter Green. The Epiphone Casino is a thinline hollow body electric guitar manufactured by Epiphone, a branch of Gibson.

Mahogany on most models in most periods sometimes maple

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