Epiphone Casino Vintage Sunburst Guitar

Epiphone Casino Vintage Sunburst Electric Guitar

When it was 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. With the merger came a flurry of new models—many, like the Riviera, Sheraton, and Texan, that are still made today. But just a few years after its introduction, the Casino would arguably become the most world’s most recognized electric guitar in the world and a symbol of the new “British Invasion” of musical acts that took over the pop music airwaves in 1964. Since 1961, the look and sound of the Casino has gone virtually unchanged and is still made today as a fully hollowbody archtop, now with powerful new Dogear P-90T Classic™ pickups.

The Epiphone Casino body is made from 5-ply Maple with basswood top bracing. The top, back, and fingerboard have single-ply ivory binding. The Epiphone Casino is available in Natural, Vintage Sunburst, and new Turquoise color finishes. The Mahogany neck has a SlimTaper™ “D” profile and is glued to the body at the 16th fret. The neck has a 24.75” scale, a 1.68” nut, and a Pau Ferro fingerboard with Pearloid "Parallelogram" inlays. The black bound white pickguard has a 60s era silver metal E logo.

• Classic Hollowbody “thin-line” archtop, a rock staple since 1961!
• Featuring new vintage voiced Dogear P-90T Classic™ single coil pickups
• Mahogany Neck and 5-ply Laminated Maple Body

• Model: Epiphone Casino
• SKU: ETCAVSCH1
• Colour: Vintage Sunburst
• Body Material: Laminated Maple
• Top Material: 5-ply Laminated Maple with Basswood bracing
• Neck Material: Mahogany
• Neck Shape: SlimTaper™; D-Profile
• Neck Joint: Glued-In, Set Neck 16th Fret neck joint
• Scale Length: 24.75"
• Fingerboard Material: "Pau Ferro" with Pearloid "Parallelogram" inlays
• Fingerboard Radius: 12"
• Nut Width: 1.68"
• Hardware: Chrome
• Machine Heads: Vintage-style Epiphone
• Neck Pickup: Dogear P-90T Classic™
• Bridge Pickup: Dogear P-90R Classic™
• Controls: 2- Volume, 2- Tone
• Knobs: Vintage-style Gold metal inserts with pointers
• Pickup Selector: 3-way Epiphone toggle
• Headstock: Small sloped dovewing with beveled sides; 14 degree angle
• Bridge: LockTone™ Tune-o-matic
• Tailpiece: Traditional Trapeze
• Pickguard: 3-ply, White/Black/White with metal "E"
• Binding: Top - 1-ply Cream, Back - 1-ply Cream, Fingerboard - 1-ply Cream, Headstock - None
• Strings: D'Addario® 10, 13, 17, 26, 36, 46