Frets show almost no wear, with a ton of life left in them. Rosewood fingerboard is in great shape, with just some very light wear. Black headstock overlay with “E” truss rod cover and pearloid Epiphone inlay. Neck: Nicely rounded C/D shaped solid mahogany neck with bound rosewood fingerboard, black side dots, and pearl trapezoid inlays. Multi-ply white pickguard with Epiphone “E” logo, and nickel pickup covers. Tune-O-Matic bridge with trapeze tailpiece. There are various light surface scratches and marks from handling, along with some pickwear on the guard and visible tarnishing on much of the hardware.īody: Double bound hollow maple body with dual f-holes in sunburst finish.

It has been professionally inspected and setup by our expert in-house luthier, and will arrive ready to play!Ĭosmetic condition: Used but not abused, with some light wear present. This piece comes with all the original goodies, including a signed Certificate of Authenticity, a John Lennon pick, informational paperwork, and the ultra-cool brown leather case with John Lennon caricature. It comes in Natural, Vintage Sunburst and Turquoise color finishes.Ĭheck the drop-down menu to the right to select colors and/or other options.What makes this guitar special: Modeled after John Lennon’s iconic 1965 Casino, and manufactured in Nashville, Tennessee alongside contemporary Gibson offerings! These Casinos are pretty rare, and increasing in rarity, having been discontinued long before the run reached the advertised 1,965 units (This one is number 893). This Casino hollowbody electric guitar features dogear P-90T Classic pickups and a 5-ply maple with basswood top bracing. Shortly afterwards, John Lennon and George Harrison bought Casinos for the Beatles 1966 world tour. Howling Wolf took a Casino on his first tour of the UK, appearing on Thank Your Lucky Stars.

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. 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. 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.

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