All user reviews for the Epiphone Casino [1995-?]

The Casino has been on of Epiphones most popular guitar models from the 60s onwards. It was made famous by John Lennon and other British guita rplayers. It may look like a 335 by Gibson but it is more closely based on the Gibson 330. It is a fully hollowbody guitar with no center tone block like on the 335. This means this guitar will feeback at high volumes due to the extra resonance of the hollow body. without the center block it is louder acoustically than the 335. The guitar has a set in mahogany neck with a rosewood fretboard with 22 frets. The body is made of laminated maple and this model has a cool cherry finish. The guitar has classic electronics with a set of P-90 single coil pickups. The controls are traditional Gibson fare with a volume and tone control for each pickup and a 3 way toggle.

UTILIZATION

Being a hollowbody guitar it has the same problems you will get on any other hollowbody. It has a older style bridge design that can cause a lot of extra noise. The long distance between the bridge and the tailpiece causes extra string noise so you may have to use some muting material in that area. Being fully hollow means that the guitar will feedback when played at high volume so you will have to take that into consideration. This is amplified by the fact that the pickups are single coil P-90s which produce extra noise on their own.

SOUNDS

With the right settings this guitar sound very good. You can do anything form Jazz to blues nicely with this guitar. The P-90 pickups are mellow like humbuckers but have the extra single coil top and crispness to them. You can get a good rockabilly sound with a moderate about of drive but too much and you still start having feedback problems. With a bit of drive the P-90s really have a classic sound. I am starting to like P-90s more for classic rock than humbuckers. The extra top end on the P-90s give a very classic sound. This guitar is very loud acoustically and this comes out amplified. You can really feel and hear the resonance.

OVERALL OPINION

The Casino is a classic Epiphone model. Frankly it is more popular than the Gibson it is based on because its prevalent use among British guitar players. That really says a lot about the quality difference between Epiphone and Gibson. It is a very versatile guitar and can do all of the classic styles of music. Many of the most popular records of the 60s were recorded with Casinos. If you are looking for a good all around classic guitar or a hollowbody that is easier to handle the Casino has been a popular choice for many decades.

I just bought a new Epiphone Casino ("assembled" in China).
I'll give you my first impression.
- 22 frets
- Pickups P90
- 1 slecteur volume and tone for both pickups
- Mahogany
- Body professional standard and pica (magnificent!)
- Varnish pais enough but not too much that reveals the wood grain

UTILIZATION

The grip is really simple. The guitar is light enough for a half credit.
Handle very pleasing, with a veneer of quality that ensures a good glide.
For my part I have not immediately got a good sound but aprsrglages of filled, the casino Reveals sounds warm and captivating.
His only weakness, small default coating or bonding which are noticed only after long observation, probably due to Chinese assembly.

SOUNDS

Before I get this casino I played on a Stratocaster and I finally turn towards the Blues so this sounds more epiphone suits me quite versatile.
I played with a 40W Coxx filled me happy but does not make all the capabilities of this guitar.
I filled the reverb does not succeeds this guitar and I had trouble me dbarrasser.
the casino is really a versatile guitar as it may very well be a blues scale, a little Beatles riffs or "British" with a good distortion.

OVERALL OPINION

In conclusion, the report qualitprix is ​​nickel, which give a guitar sounds warm, round and blues and make it sound pleasant.

country produces: core (hand)
Body: Saddle
type of bridge: bigsby for some, tailpiece trapze for other
Sleeve Type: gibsonnien typical mahogany and rosewood fingerboard, pearl inlaid paralllogramme
Binding: cream colored body and neck
frets: 22
Pickups: 2 Gibson USA P-90
rglages: 1 by volume and Tone pickups, 3 position slcteur
finishes: chrome buttons except volume and gold tones
prvoir a change: Mechanical and electronic low-end as compared to the rest of the guitar.

UTILIZATION

Channel enjoyable but difficult from the 15 ACCS box. Rhythm guitar mostly but can very well play a rle solo if you do not go too far into the handle <img class="smiley" src="/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_wink.gif" alt="" /> but in this case as well take the version bigsby. Guitar trslgre with Oues who offers him more vibration.

SOUNDS

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Yes this guitar does not have to adopt anything by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Keith Richards, Pete Doherty ... for nothing. This guitar sound Brit Pop / Rock par excellence. I plug in my VT30 Vox AC30 I take a simulation and I hit a beautiful Back in the USSR, followed by attaching a Brown Sugar and finally a Johnny Be Good is made ​​for this guitar has a little quiet for Journe with my casino I play in the Black anal desired test any of these limits even a little I put a distortion worthy of the name and began the solo stairway to heaven (not even GNER these limits by the handle), followed by a nice little back in black free reign. I made ​​all the same a bit of its sustain that I'm bigger. I plugged in the fuzz of a friend (bigg muff us) when I made ​​a surprise hendrix tease me I added my V847 (wha) and I was off in a voodoo child. Well it does not go mtal <img style="border: 0px initial initial;" src="https://www.partoch.com/images/smileys/icon_cheesygrin.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" /> I took the test with my cousin metalheads but this guitar is versatile enough good never take this guitar just to play hard because you'll take the Plutt an SG or a Les Paul guitar because it is very s type. I'll spare you with samples because you just listen to the songs like Revolution or let it be the Beatles.</span>

OVERALL OPINION

<span style="font-family: arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">To begin we must say what it is for 729 euros on thomann epiphone they are not breaking the c * uilles level finishes. Same as I had the guitar (among guitar legend pigalle) with a crack so small but presents at the LATEST box but nothing very serious and after not need to calculate walk but with the guarantee that one of the volume buttons with a t put black paint on it and the logo of the shield bar is short, they do not necessarly have to tread finishes.
Now the guitar is well worth its price is expected thanks to the more sound! on this point because it is unanimously we do not plug it plays the first thing that I demand people around me that "it is an electro-acoustic?" and yes because it sounds almost as an electro-acoustic. With criticism I expected to play a guitar "bcherons rhythmic" but it is all done playable even at bends up a tone and a half to two-tone hard but doable and that is CASC is the treble until the 16ME is fine and I doubt any of that fawn soloists who play the guitar want to go in this box del seen why it is used e because it is necessary for specific on what it is made.</span>