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Epiphone Casino - Vintage Sunburst
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The Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar is the guitar that put Epiphone on the map. Ever since The Beatles purchased three Casinos back in 1964, this hollow Epi model has taken on a life of its own. Equipped with two, vintage P-90 single-coil pickups, the Casino still delivers those Beatlesque tones at a price every player can afford.
Made with a select maple body and top with f-holes, trapeze tailpiece, mahogany neck (24-3/4" scale), neck and body binding, two volume and two tone controls and parallelogram inlays.
FEATURES:
Top Wood: Laminated maple
Back and Sides: Laminated Maple
Neck Material: Mahogany
Neck Joint: Set-neck
Fingerboard: Pau Ferro
Frets: 22
Nut Width: 1.68"
Scale: 24 3/4"
Pickups: 2 Alnico V P-90
Bridge: Tune-O-Matic
Tailpiece: Trapeze
Inlays: Parallelogram
Binding: Body and neck
Hardware: Chrome
Made with a select maple body and top with f-holes, trapeze tailpiece, mahogany neck (24-3/4" scale), neck and body binding, two volume and two tone controls and parallelogram inlays.
FEATURES:
Top Wood: Laminated maple
Back and Sides: Laminated Maple
Neck Material: Mahogany
Neck Joint: Set-neck
Fingerboard: Pau Ferro
Frets: 22
Nut Width: 1.68"
Scale: 24 3/4"
Pickups: 2 Alnico V P-90
Bridge: Tune-O-Matic
Tailpiece: Trapeze
Inlays: Parallelogram
Binding: Body and neck
Hardware: Chrome
Q & A
Question: What country is it made from?
- asked on Nov 23, 2023
- asked on Nov 23, 2023
Question: Why the different prices on the Casinos?
- asked on Jan 5, 2024
- asked on Jan 5, 2024
Answer: The ones with the "worn" finishes are less money.
- answered by Daryl Guy, Pickering (Store), Ontario
- answered by Daryl Guy, Pickering (Store), Ontario
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Casino 1 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Calgary Chinook, Alberta
I love this guitar, it's sound is just wonderful. Nothing can quite replicate the hollow body resonance. This is a guitar for playing in concert hall, it rings out like a banjo. Just understand this is not a gain loving instrument and you will have great time. I needed to lower the string height quite a bit for my playing but that was easy enough. It looks great, feels like a quality instrument, which it is. The fretboard is really nice with it's wide markers and nice wood grain. The fast action tuning pegs take some getting used to but are reasonably stable. My only beef with this guitar is it's balance. It is quite body heavy, so if you play on your lap you need to constantly compensate for it's heavy body, which can get annoying. If you play with a neck strap, not an issue. No regrets for me, that's for sure. Love it.
Posted by Daryl on Dec 4, 2022
Very impressed 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Kingston, Ontario
I’ve been buying guitars and doing my own set up for over 45 years. I’ve been a long time customer of L&M. I only have the highest praise for this company.
I got this shipped on line and it came perfect in 3 days. I normally and fully expect to do a full on set up. Intonation, string height, fret dressing, truss rod adjustment. This one came perfect. I was just floored. I could not believe that a China built guitar was impeccable. I only had to moisturize the Indian Laurel wood and adjust string height to my liking. No buzzing. To sharp edges. No proud frets. Neck bow perfect. Wow. Electronics perfect. No noisy pops or scratching. Static click etc. I have a great Gibson LP standard from years ago. Set perfect. This casino is right there. Seriously. I’m 63 years old and know my stuff. Been playing a long time. This guitar blows my mind. Worth it. Buy it. With L&M money back 30 day no questions ask what can go wrong. It’s a keeper. I’ve had one Korean casino and one reissue 1961 Nashville casino. Got to say this one is the best. Highly recommended. Especially through our Canadian store L&M.
Posted by Dave on Oct 22, 2022
Great Guitar for Beatles, Blues and any other genre! 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Truro, Nova Scotia
Great guitar looks great, plays and sounds great. finish is wonderful nice glossy polyurethane finish. the setup on mine is WOW pretty well perfect, having a little trouble keeping it tuned but it's brand new so it's fine.
Thank you long and McQuade!
Thank you long and McQuade!
Posted by anonymous on Jun 13, 2022
Casino is a safe bet, despite minor QC issues. 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Nanaimo, British Columbia
The Epiphone Casino is a versatile guitar, and covers territory which a Les Paul or Strat can not. Some effort may however be required to overcome QC issues and fine tune its' performance.
I ordered my 2019 model new from L&M (off the rack from a non-local store), and it was a total mess. The truss rod was completely slack and rattling around inside the neck. The saddles were poorly machined and did not seat properly in the bridge. The bridge, posts, and inserts were all of poor tolerance and did not mate properly. The selector switch rattled. When strummed unplugged the numerous rattles and buzzes were louder than the chords!
With some effort these issues can be overcome. I engaged the truss rod, disassembled the bridge and corrected the saddles and screw holes with a file. Teflon tape helped with the post tolerances.
L&M's techs would likely have sorted out these issues, but I declined their offer of a free setup, preferring to do the work myself. Casinos are notorious for rattling, and considerable patience is required if you want to it be buzz-free when played unplugged.
With the buzz and rattle eliminated it turned out to be an excellent instrument and a good value. Comfortable neck, good fretwork, well-constructed body, and all the characteristic resonance and sustain which you would expect from a hollow body guitar.
Hardware quality aside, this is an outstanding instrument, and its' modest price tag invites further hardware upgrades which can elevate an already great guitar to the next level.
With a different name on the headstock, better factory QC, and more attention to finish details (i.e. paint around f-holes) a similar guitar would be priced 3x higher.
Posted by anonymous on Apr 30, 2022
Soo good 6 of 8 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Belleville, Ontario
I’m 13 and a big Beatles fan this guitar plays soo nice I watched the don’t let me down video and searched for what guitar John played and found out it was a epiphone casino sunburst sanded down for a natural look so I bought the sunburst and took of the pick guard then sanded it down for its natural look and it’s a replica of what John Lennon played its a very nice clean guitar thats sounds great
Posted by Mavii on Jan 12, 2020
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Closest Store Mississauga, Ontario
The John Lennon version with his caricature and signature on it amazing instrument intonation is perfect easy to play great sound out of all my other instruments this is my go to guitar believe me this is one of a kind they don't offer this version anymore.
Posted by Denis on Apr 6, 2019
Top Shelf Vintage Vibe 5 of 5 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Sudbury, Ontario
Wanted a used one. No L+M in town so called their online desk who informed me of all used Casinos in their system. Hooked up with the Courtnay BC shop. They said they had a nice one. I respect and trust L+M so did the deal on the phone. They packed it and sent it to The Soo by Purolator. Arrived in 5 days.
It arrived in perfect condition. Serial number shows it was made in Korea in April 2002. Awesome.
The craftsmanship is high quality. The playability is very comfortable, natural and smooth. It is a well built guitar with great P-90 pickups (spank and sparkle) and a fast neck (a bit like the old Hags). Even though used, the fit and finish quality is spot on. Lightweight of course as it is a fully hollow-body build. The bridge is set in place and will not slide on ya. The vintage vibe is complete with an aged tint to the binding and selector, Kluson style tuners (easy and smooth), gold top-hat style knobs with metal stop markers. It just feels so darn good to play.
All Canadian music gear shoppers need to know how accommodating and trustworthy Long & McQuade is. You don't have to live in the major centers to get good deals and good service. L+M Delivers!! (When are you coming to The Soo?)
Posted by Rob Askin on Jan 12, 2016
One of the best 5 of 6 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
I got this guitar last Christmas and it is one of the best guitars I have ever played so far. I was amazed by the Gibson P-90 pick-ups the sound is aggressive making a rich tone with harmonics for rock, blues and metal.This is a amazing guitar in every way.
Posted by Tony on May 4, 2011
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| Product | SKU | Qty |
|---|---|---|
| Casino - Vintage Sunburst | 174094 |
