Epiphone Casino Natural. 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. Great for country blues jazz and lighter indie.
Start with the epiphone casino coupe hollowbody electric guitar if you d like a model that fits handily into any budget or the epiphone casino electric guitar for the classic version of the instrument. Casinos have been manufactured in the united states japan korea and china. First introduced in 1961 the casino was just one of several new thinline archtops designed and produced at the company s adopted new factory in kalamazoo michigan that it shared with one time competitor and new partner gibson.
Although based on the calssic gibson es 335 the casino is completely hollow on the inside giving it a completely different tone.
The guitar debuted in 1961 and has been associated with such guitarists as howlin wolf george harrison john lennon paul mccartney keith richards dave davies paul weller the edge josh homme daniel kessler noel gallagher brendon urie gary clark jr glenn frey john illsley peter green and dave grohl. Intonation is nice and the electronics are functioning perfectly. Great for country blues jazz and lighter indie. Casinos have been manufactured in the united states japan korea and china.
