Epiphone Casino Elitist Price
Final Price Epiphone Casino Coupe. Or Best Offer +C $192.07 shipping. New Listing Epiphone ELITIST 1965 CASINO VS. If it's an 'Inspired by' John Lennon '65 Casino, then the Elitist is the best. If it's the real John Lennon '65 Casino/Revolution Casino, then that's the better one, but not by a huge margin over.
The Epiphone Casino is an absolutely iconic model, perhaps the best-known Epiphone model ever shipped. It was first produced in 1961, at the Gibson Kalamazoo plant; it was based on the Gibson ES-330TD, which was also built there. The vast majority were dual-pickup instruments, however some early examples were fitted with just one P90 pickup. It's legendary status was cemented in the mid-1960s by the patronage of members of the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Kinks and many more. John Lennon, in particular was often pictured with his Casino, most notably in his Apple rooftop performance of 1969.
Epiphone Casino made in Japan at the Terada factory. Outstanding condition, with some nice figuring in the maple. No binding cracks. There is some discoloration on the neck binding centered on the 5th fret, and also some discoloration on the underside neck binding around the third fret. There is some typical pitting on the pickup covers. A finely crafted, great-sounding, and easy-playing instrument that beautifully blurs the line between Epiphone and Gibson. Elitist 1965 Casino features a rosewood fingerboard, the 1 piece mahogany neck is set at the 19th fret, 22 frets, P-90R (USA Single-Coil) and P-90T (USA Single-Coil) pickups, 2 Volume, 2 Tone, and 3-Way Pickup Selector.
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Original Kalamazoo-built Casinos are highly collectable, and much-loved as professional-grade instruments. Beyond 1969, Casino manufacture was moved to Japan, and later Korea and China. These guitars, although still adequate instruments, are not to the same standard as the real Casinos produced in the 1960s. The current Casinos are good entry-level and intermediate instruments and are still one of Epiphones best-selling guitar models.