Epiphone Casino Vintage Sunburst
$699.00
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Since its introduction in 1961, the legendary Casino has been Epiphone’s best-selling archtop and a standard instrument found throughout the rock ‘n’ roll landscape. When it made its debut, the Casino was just one of several new thinline archtops designed and produced at the company’s adopted factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan, that it shared with one-time competitor and now partner, Gibson. The Casino was first adopted by Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones who used a Casino to record the demo for “Satisfaction” at Chess Records in Chicago. Howling Wolf took a Casino on his first tour of the UK, appearing on Thank Your Lucky Stars. Shortly afterwards, John Lennon and George Harrison bought Casinos for the Beatles 1966 world tour. This Casino hollowbody electric guitar features dogear P-90T Classic pickups and a 5-ply maple with basswood top bracing. It comes in Natural, Vintage Sunburst and Turquoise color finishes.
Specs
Body
- Body shape: Double cutaway
- Body type: Hollow body
- Body material: Laminated
- Top wood: Maple with basswood bracing
- Body wood: Maple
- Body finish: Gloss
- Orientation: Right handed
Neck
- Neck shape: SlimTaper D
- Neck wood: Mahogany
- Joint: Set-in
- Scale length: 24.75″
- Truss rod: Standard
- Neck finish: Gloss
Fretboard
- Material: Pau ferro
- Radius: 12″
- Fret size: Medium jumbo
- Number of frets: 22
- Inlays: Parallelogram
- Nut width: 1.68″ (42.67 mm)
Pickups
- Configuration: SS
- Neck: P-90R
- Middle: Not applicable
- Bridge: P-90T
- Brand: Epiphone
- Active or passive pickups: Passive
- Series or parallel: Series
- Piezo: No
- Active EQ: No
- Special electronics: None
Controls
- Control layout: Volume 1, volume 2, tone 1, tone 2
- Pickup switch: 3-way
- Coil tap or split: No
- Kill switch: No
Hardware
- Bridge type: Fixed
- Bridge design: Tune-o-matic
- Tailpiece: Trapeze
- Tuning machines: Small button
- Color: Nickel
Other
- Number of strings: 6-string
- Special features: Pickups
- Case: Sold separately
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