❌ ❌ Epiphone Casino ‘Inspired by John Lennon’ Sunburst

Brand: Epiphone

Instrument Categories: Archtop, Discontinued, Electric, Guitars, SOLD, Thinline

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Frets	22 medium frets; they go over the binding to the edge of the fingerboard.
Body	Maple laminate body with longitudinal tone bars and soundpost bracing.
Finish	Gloss Tobacco sunburst finish as found on early 1960’s Epiphone Casinos.
Hardware/electronics	Two P-90 type pickups with chrome covers (this helps shield the pickups), selector switch, individual volume and tone controls, sealed Kluson-type tuners with chrome buttons.
Playability/Action	Plays very well right out of the box and can easily be set up to meet your needs.
Case	Original hardshell case included.
Comments	The Casino was very important in the Epiphone line during the 1960’s, and was introduced to compete with the Gibson ES-330. In 1965, a member of an obscure band known as “The Beatles” – Paul McCartney – began using one for studio work – and John Lennon and George Harrison got theirs in 1966. This tobacco sunburst model became Lennon’s main guitar, and was later sanded and refinished natural. A few years ago, Gibson released two US-made versions of this guitar, in sunburst and natural (as the “Revolution” model) in a total production run of 1,965 pieces, and now has released the “Inspired by John Lennon” versions, which are much more affordable, yet still really good instruments.