Casino Epiphone. Epiphone elitist 1965 casino hollow body electric guitar review. Although generally fitted with a trapeze type tailpiece often a bigsby vibrato tailpiece is used in its place either as a factory direct feature or as an aftermarket upgrade.
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. The elitist casino is a rare guitar. It s a high end alternative.
Since 1961 the legendary casino has been epiphone s best selling archtop and a rock n roll standard.
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