Epiphone Casino early 2000 ?

[59bluze]

Hello, First post here, I hope this is the correct place for this guitar, I just picked up a Used Epiphone Casino in Cherry red, It looks to be a Korean Made good quality well built Guitar, The ser# starts with RO1LO5## I Have a shop and build guitars,Repair, Etc, I am very impressed with this Casino, Never had one and kinda felt like they were not a good pro guitar, I was dead wrong! The only thing I have done to this is install a Good Gibson ABR1 bridge because the orig, was Falling in the center, Now it kills, These P-90s sound great and its a very good playing guitar, I am going to take it to a gig tonight and see how it does, I also own many Guitars, I play a Custom shop Strat, and a 1999 Les Paul Goldtop 56 RI With P-90s, The Epiphone holds its own with these thru a 67 Blackface Deluxe reverb amp. Like to hear any input from anyone who knows anything about these era Casino Guitars, Thanks, Steve

[duhvoodooman]

We have a saying here.....:worthless

Let's see that puppy!! :rockya

[progrmr]

Welcome!

I've just ordered GFS Mean 90's for my Epi Joe Pass - be my first experience with P90's but from what I hear they sound great.

Oh - and yea, you ain't got no Casino until we see some pics! :)

Sound clips too if ya got 'em :)

[markb]

Congratulations! You have a Casino built in the Peerless factory in Korea in 2001. These are reckoned among the best of the Epi hollow bodies.

[wingsdad]

Yes, Congratulations. I, too, have a Peerless Korea Epi Casino, an '05 Sunburst. I'd hate to lose it.

[markb]

Yes, Congratulations. I, too, have a Peerless Korea Epi Casino, an '05 Sunburst. I'd hate to lose it.

Tell me about it... :mad

OK, I sold mine for what I though was going to be a very expensive amp repair. In the end the amp was fixed for 1/3 of what I sold the Casino for. I don't have the amp any more either.

[wingsdad]

... :mad

... I sold mine for what I though was going to be a very expensive amp repair. ...
I hear ya :thwap I was just lucky to land mine, a daytime co-worker/musician by nite into heavy overdrive had bought it new but fell out of love with it within a year when he found he couldn't tame the tendency of the maxed-out P90's & hollow body to feedback & howl onstage. IMO, having had the Casino's snootier sister, a Gibson 330, as a kid in the 60's, this is a rhythmer's guitar you handle with front-end distortion vs. back-end OD.

For me, it's a return to the guitar I grew up on, the iconic Lennon/McCartney guitar, the one they relied on heavily for Revolver, Pepper & Abbey Road, especially Macca for his studio lead work and Lennon for his ballsier rhythm chops.

Over the past 10 years or so, I've been an avid 'horse trader', acquiring, trading, selling, dealing my way through a bevy of axes to finally get to what I've got now: a 'one-of-each' tool set (see the list in my sig).

But now, I'm facing some heavy unexpected impending medical bills and, combined with a bit of advancing arthritis in my left hand and fingers finally catching up with me from a 'music business accident' I endured 35 years ago, I'm taking a hard, cold look at what gear I'll simply have to part with to help deal with those bills. Debating with myself what I can live without, yet retain those cherished guitars that mean far, far more to me than mere wood & steel, and those I can actually play with a lame left hand (dobro, lap steel).

It's funny...a little while after that 'accident', out of commission for months while rehabbing my hand, I had to haul most of my guitars to the pawn shop and suck it up, take what I could, just to survive, to pay for fixing it best I could so I might play again. Now it's back to take me away again.

So far, I've got 3 gits (1 A/E, 2 electric) and an amp (the T60) on my 'can lose first' list; the Casino and Sheraton sit on the fence, the next wave, if need be. The problem is the economy sucks so bad, getting what these are worth vs. just giving them up for whatever I can scratch out is going to take the nerve to hold on and hold out.

Sorry for rambling OT...

[ZMAN]

Hello, First post here, I hope this is the correct place for this guitar, I just picked up a Used Epiphone Casino in Cherry red, It looks to be a Korean Made good quality well built Guitar, The ser# starts with RO1LO5## I Have a shop and build guitars,Repair, Etc, I am very impressed with this Casino, Never had one and kinda felt like they were not a good pro guitar, I was dead wrong! The only thing I have done to this is install a Good Gibson ABR1 bridge because the orig, was Falling in the center, Now it kills, These P-90s sound great and its a very good playing guitar, I am going to take it to a gig tonight and see how it does, I also own many Guitars, I play a Custom shop Strat, and a 1999 Les Paul Goldtop 56 RI With P-90s, The Epiphone holds its own with these thru a 67 Blackface Deluxe reverb amp. Like to hear any input from anyone who knows anything about these era Casino Guitars, Thanks, Steve
First Post! Welcome. Hope to hear from you again.
I have an 01 Sheraton from Sammick and it is a wonderful guitar. I was wondering how the tail piece on the Casino performs compared to the stop tailpiece with the solid block. Are the Casinos true hollow bodies?

[Brian Krashpad]

Congrats and welcome!

OP, check in w/a welcome thread in "The Fret Players" forum where you can further introduce yourself.

And, pics. :lecture

[59bluze]

First Post! Welcome. Hope to hear from you again.
I have an 01 Sheraton from Sammick and it is a wonderful guitar. I was wondering how the tail piece on the Casino performs compared to the stop tailpiece with the solid block. Are the Casinos true hollow bodies?Thanks for the warm welcome, I know Picts, Picts Picts, I need a new camera, Will get one and post pictures, sorry to all of you! The Casino I think is a true Hollow Body? This is the first one for me, I dont know how a Block and stud tail would perform but probably Great, I have one One my 335 and it made a big difference from Trapeze to stud Mod, This Casino is a good quality guitar for the Money, Need to install good pots and switch,That is lacking on these.

[wingsdad]

...I have an 01 Sheraton from Sammick and it is a wonderful guitar. I was wondering how the tail piece on the Casino performs compared to the stop tailpiece with the solid block. Are the Casinos true hollow bodies?
Yes, the Casino, like its contemporary Gibson 330, is a true hollow body. Gibson 335 (and up) added the tone block to counteract the Casino/330's tendency to feed back at high volume, as well as improve sustain, also rationalizing the switch to humbuckers vs. the P90s to capitalize on that design. And also, the stud tailpiece vs. the harp.

Since I, too, have a '01 Samick-made Sherri II, I can answer on comparing performance of the tailpieces. Aside from P90' and no tone block, the harp doesn't anchor the strings to the body like the stud piece. Less sustain, more acoustic ring. And...while not as dramatic as a Bigsby, you can give the harp a gentle push with your palm and get a little soft vibrato bend thing...kinda neat.