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John Lennon played almost exclusively on a Epiphone Casino semi-acoustic from about '65 with the Beatles. Originally, the guitar had the present-day Sunburst finish when in 1967, during the course of the psychedelic fashion heyday, it was completely psyched out, only to be then freed from all colour only one year later. The result was the 'Natural Finish', which can be admired in the film 'Let It Be', and later on in 'Imagine'.

In contrast to most current semi-acoustics, the Casino does not have a sustain block, so the top can resonate much more freely. This makes the Casino more susceptible to feedback, with distorted lead sounds being rather more delicate, and the clean or crunch sounds are unique at that: Fabulous dynamics with a good and proper piece of wood. Simple Beatles sounds are easy (even George Harrison often played a Casino), but also for blues guitarists, the Casino could be their guitar for life!

Type: 335 with F-Holes
Laminated maple body
Glued mahogany neck
Pau ferro fretboard
Parallelogram fretboard inlays
Pickup: 2 AlNiCo P90 single coils
2 Volume controls and 2 tone controls
Chrome-plated hardware
Colour: Vintage Sunburst

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3 3-Year Thomann Warranty

available since August 2004

Item number 168419

sales unit 1 piece(s)

Color Sunburst

Body Maple

Top Maple

Neck Mahogany

Fretboard Pau Ferro

Frets 22

Scale 628 mm

Pickups P90, P90

Tremolo No

Incl. Case No

Incl. Bag No

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The guitar of my dreams

Stebbi G 18.08.2021

I for some reason found myself in a Beatles coverband, that then migrated to 60s/70s Rock. All the while, I felt a dissatisfaction with my electric guitar, a Fat Strat, as it was both heavy and also my guitar playing didn't feel natural.

I saw a local ad for a Casino Coupe, and tried that. I loved it, but unfortunately I got pipped by a higher offer. I then went online and discovered Thomann and this guitar. When it arrived, it felt like I finally had a guitar that was meant for me. It is light, the action and the neck feel just right.

Some people have balked at the "made in China" label. And yeah, I get it. Some parts do feel cheaper than they should, esp. the tuners. Tuning the G-string is sometimes unbearable (although I hear that is a common problem with this sort of guitar). And the famous epiphone "E" on the pickguard was a bit loose. On the whole though, in my case, this was outweighed by playability and comfort.

To paraphrase Paul: It's not the best guitar ... but it's probably my favourite.

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AlexGr 02.07.2019

One month's experience of owning a guitar allows you to say something.
The guitar is very charismatic. In the hands lies as an extension of yourself. The continuation of your hands, your thoughts. The guitar is very light and "dry." The guitar is assembled very high quality and neat.
The sound without an amplifier is very soft, velvety, round and deep. Sometimes I even forget to turn on the amplifier :), the sound of this guitar is so good.
At first strings rattled in three or five places of the neck. I didn’t do anything with it (I was afraid), and a week later, rattling disappeared.
The only thing to do is drown deeper the head of the screw on the picgard (the fingers were scratching), although some guitarists remove the pickguard.
Now it is necessary to cut the grooves on the upper nut, the strings in the first frets are clamped with some effort.

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That authentic sound

SongManNic 06.03.2020

For the price, this is a very good guitar, that I use quite a lot in the studio, because it has a very "personal" sound that is distinctively Epiphone Casino. The guitar however, in my instance, required some adjustments to get it playing well, be in tune and for the strings to not buzz against the frets. So it was not like it arrived and was plug-and-play from the get go. But that is easily fixabla. Overall if you want the original early The Beatles sound, then this is the guitar – without you having to spend a gazillion on it. It's great also for mellow jazzy stuff and it can certainly rock too. I'm happy that I have one and I use it a lot.

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hugopg 13.12.2022

Amazing guitar for the price! I´ve changed the original pickups with Lollar Pickups and the tailpiece with a Bigsby Tremolo! And switched to 011´s. What a major improvement.
Neck feels great, really easy to play although you can't reach the higher frets comfortably , but I was aware; super light and it looks cool!

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