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Epiphone Casino

Although it&#;s not a particularly well-known guitar here in the US, in England the Epiphone Casino is quite popular and it is still considered to be one of the main weapons used during the British Invasion. Keith Richards played one during the Rolling Stones&#; American tour and Paul McCartney used a model on &#;Ticket To Ride,&#; &#;Drive My Car&#; and &#;Taxman.&#; George Harrison and John Lennon got their own Casinos, both models, soon after. Lennon essentially used his Casino as his main guitar from then on and McCartney has referred to this as his favorite electric guitar on numerous occasions. Thanks to the Beatles, the model continues to have a certain cachet and today players like Paul Weller, The Edge, Thom Yorke of Radiohead and Noel Gallagher of Oasis seek out and play vintage models for their unique tone.

George Harrison inspiring English guitarists to pick up Epiphone Casinos of their own.

The Casino was introduced in and this particular guitar was built in It features the fairly rare Royal Tan finish, a lighter, more golden sunburst that was unique to Epiphone. This guitar also has the single trapezoid inlays, which started appearing on the model in late The Casino is basically the Epiphone take on the Gibson ES, a thinline hollowbody with single coil P pickups. (Gibson owned Epiphone when this guitar was built.) It&#;s in fine condition, although the foil &#;E&#; that used to grace the pickguard has fallen off. The Casino was a popular during the s, and more than were sold. Still, the sale of the model didn&#;t stop Gibson from halting production of Epiphones in the US and shifting to Japanese manufacturers for the line. Epiphone Casinos are quite pricey in the UK but here in the US they are a relative bargain. This guitar, for example is priced at $ but would sell for quite a bit more across the pond. If you&#;d like to launch a British Invasion of your own, just contact the good blokes at Gryphon Stringed Instruments and they would be happy to arm you with this guitar.

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