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John Lennon Limited Edition E230TD Revolution Casino USA 1633 of 1965 COA & Case Candy - This is a Limited Edition John Lennon USA Casino. The Certificate of Authenticity is included showing its number of 1633 of 1965 production Number. This guitar is in excellent condition with little playwear found only upon very close inspection. Limited Edition! The original Gibson USA-Made Epiphone John Lennon Revolution Casino. Why buy the import guitars for about the same price when you can get the original from 1999-2000. The guitar plays easy and sounds excellent. Aug 12, 2011 Und der Sound der Epiphone Inspired by John Lennon NT steht der tollen Optik in nichts nach. Features Epiphone Inspired by John Lennon NT: Casino Limited Edition Inspired by John Lennon.
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John Lennon Limited Edition E230TD Revolution Casino USA 1633 of 1965 COA & Case Candy - This is a Limited Edition John Lennon USA Casino. The Certificate of Authenticity is included showing its number of 1633 of 1965 production Number. This guitar is in excellent condition with little playwear found only upon very close inspection. The hardware is starting to show some tarnishing which is normal and gives it the vintage look. The setup of this Revolution is wonderful and plays and sounds GREAT. All the case candy is included along with the very cool vintage style John Lennon Case with his character on the outside of the case. A new set of strings has been installed and old strings included for emergency use. There are fewer and fewer of these Limited Edition John Lennon Revolution guitars available, so grab it while you can. Ask any and all questions prior to bidding or buying. I wish you well. Peace
The Epiphone Casino stands out as one of the most significant electric guitars used by John Lennon and the Beatles. The Casino can be heard on many of the most memorable Beatle recordings. By the mid-point of Lennon's career as a Beatle, when guitar manufacturers of the day would have done anything to get their instruments into his hands, Lennon often chose the Epiphone Casino over all other guitars for recordings, live performances, television appearances and films. This preference for the Casino carried on into his years as a solo artist as well. In the vintage guitar collecting community, an original Epiphone Casino such as the one Lennon used, is considered a prized find. As a result, the Epiphone Casino remains one of the most sought after electric guitars that Epiphone has ever produced.
Paul McCartney was actually the first Beatle to acquire an Epiphone Casino. He purchased one, together with an Epiphone Texan in December 1964. This was Lennon's first brush with the Epiphone guitar. Soon after, on February 15, 1965 at EMI Abbey Road Studio Two London, McCartney used the Epiphone Casino, now strung left-handed, to play the memorable lead on the Beatles classic 'Ticket to Ride'.
By the end of 1965, during the Beatles recording sessions for the 'Rubber Soul' album, John Lennon and George Harrison both started to explore the sounds of various new electric guitars. It was in the spring of 1966 during the recording sessions for 'Revolver' that both John Lennon and George Harrison acquired a pair of sunburst Casinos.
The John Lennon '1965' Casino is a faithful reproduction of John's beloved Vintage Sunburst Casino as he purchased it in 1966. In 1968, Lennon decided to 'strip' the finish off his Casino. The John Lennon 'Revolution' Casino is a faithful reproduction of his Casino with a 'stripped' natural finish as it was then and as it remains today.
Features
• Original Body Shape - Mid '60's Kalamazoo, Michigan tooling specs
• Body Materials - 5-layer (Maple/Birch/Maple/Birch/Maple)
• Top Contour Bracing - Spruce with original relief spacing and depth
• One-piece Mahogany neck with 14 degree grain orientation
• Rosewood fingerboard with .062' thick pearloid, parallelogram fret markers
• Original Fingerboard support spacer height, .071'
• Neck shape (elliptical - Neck joint at 16th fret)
• Neck binding covers fret-ends
• Scale - 24.750'
• Original Nut material 'Corian' - 1.62' width
• Headstock Logo, mother of pearl - inlay thickness, .062'
• Larger original style headstock - 17 degree pitch
• 'Gibson-Factory' electronics
• Nickel-Plated, 'dog-earred' P-90 Pickup Covers with original pole spacing
• Switchcraft, 3-way toggle with old style black washer
• Nickel ABR Bridge with nylon saddles
• Nickel 'Gibson-Factory Hardware
• Vintage style case with shroud
• Stamped with John's original serial number 328393
• Hand-numbered inside label with 1633 of 1965
Color/Finish
• 'Revolution' stripped Natural, Nitro Cellulose sealer finish over white body binding
Machine Heads 'Revolution' Gold Grover’s
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Product Specs
| Condition | Excellent items are almost entirely free from blemishes and other visual defects and have been played or used with the utmost care.learn more |
| Brand | Epiphone |
| Model | E230TD |
| Finish | Natural |
| Year | 2000's |
| Made In | United States |
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| Manufacturer | Epiphone |
| Period | 1961–present |
| Construction | |
| Body type | hollow |
| Neck joint | Set |
| Scale | 24.75' with 14' fretboard radius |
| Woods | |
| Body | maple (laminated) |
| Neck | mahogany on most models in most periods; sometimes maple |
| Fretboard | rosewood on most models, ebony on some |
| Hardware | |
| Bridge | Fixed or Bigsby |
| Pickup(s) | 2 P-90s |
| Colors available | |
| Vintage Sunburst, Cherry, Natural[1] | |
The Epiphone Casino is a thinline hollow body electric guitar manufactured by Epiphone, a branch of Gibson. The guitar debuted in 1961 and has been associated with such guitarists as Howlin' Wolf, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Keith Richards, Dave Davies, Paul Weller, The Edge, Joshua Homme, Daniel Kessler, Noel Gallagher, Brendon Urie, Gary Clark, Jr., Glenn Frey, John Illsley, Peter Green and Dave Grohl.[1][2]
Casinos have been manufactured in the United States, Japan, Korea and China.
Construction[edit]
The Casino, also designated by Epiphone as model E230TD, is a thinline hollow-bodied guitar with two Gibson P-90 pick-ups. 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). Unlike semi-hollow body guitars such as the Gibson ES-335, which have a center block to promote sustain and reduce feedback, the Casino and its cousin, the Gibson ES-330 are true hollow-bodied guitars. This makes it lighter, and louder when played without an amplifier, but much more prone to feedback than semi-hollow or solid-body electrics.
Early versions of the Casino had a spruce top. Through 1970, the Casino headstock was set at a 17-degree angle and the top was made of five laminated layers of maple, birch, maple, birch, and maple.[1][3] With the exception of the John Lennon models, subsequent Casinos have been made with 14-degree headstock angle with five layer all maple laminated tops. Current versions have a laminated maple top, sides, and back, and a mahogany neck.[1]
Factory string gauge guide for Casino[edit]
Per the Epiphone String Gauge Guide, the Casino comes with string gauges (from high to low): 0.010' 0.013' 0.017' 0.026' 0.036' 0.046'.[4]
Use by the Beatles[edit]
In 1964, Paul McCartney, The Beatles' bass player, was the first Beatle to acquire a Casino[5] (a 1962 model), using it for his studio forays into guitar work, including his guitar solos on 'Ticket to Ride' (1965), 'Drive My Car' (1965) and 'Taxman' (1966). In 1965 John Lennon and George Harrison bought 1965 Casinos,[5] which are clearly seen in photos of Japan concerts (last World Tour, 1966).
John Lennon used the Epiphone Casino as his main instrument during the remainder of his time with the Beatles.[5] In 1968 when the Beatles were making the White Album, Lennon had the pick guard removed from his Casino and professionally sanded to bare wood and lightly lacquered with two thin coats of nitro-cellulose.[citation needed] In the early seventies, the original tuners were replaced with a set of gold Grover tuners or machine heads. His stripped guitar (still with the original nickel tuners) is first seen in the 'Revolution' promo film. The guitar was used at The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus in December 1968, the Apple rooftop concert on January 30, 1969, and the concert of Live Peace in Toronto 1969 with the Plastic Ono Band on September 13, 1969. It can also be seen in the Let It Be film, and most other pictures of Lennon playing guitar after that time.
Harrison had his fitted with a Bigsby trem, removed the pickguard (it can be seen in this state in the 'Hello Goodbye' and 'Penny Lane' videos, and in pictures of the final Beatles show in San Francisco, 1966). He also had it sanded down in 1968.
Current Casinos[edit]
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Epiphone currently builds several versions of the Casino. These include:
- Regular 'Archtop-Series' Casino made in China and uses non-American made parts (Korea until 2007)[1]
- Elitist Casino. Made in Japan and set-up in America, and contains American made parts such as the pickups. Body is 5-ply maple, Gibson P-90 pickups, and nickel hardware.[6]
- Casino Coupé. A smaller version. The body is the same size as a Gibson ES-339.[7]
- Inspired by John Lennon 1965 or Revolution Casino. These Casinos were made in China with American-made 'Tribute' P-90 pickups and a five-ply maple body and are less expensive versions of the now defunct United States Collection John Lennon Revolution Casino which was made in Japan and assembled in America. The 1965 version has a sunburst finish, white pick guard and small button Grover tuners. The Revolution version was based on the modifications Lennon made to his 1965 Casino during the recording of the White Album, which include a 'stripped' (natural) satin finish, gold Grover tuners, no pickguard, a deeper set-in neck, and Lennon's signature on the back of the headstock.[1]
- Limited Edition 1961 Casino. This limited version is offered in Royal Tan and Vintage Sunburst, with either a trapeze tailpiece or a tremotone tremolo. It sports a 5-layer maple-birch body, Gibson P-90 pickups, 'short' headstock, bullet trussrod cover, tortoiseshell pickguard, and pre-Gibson era Epiphone badge.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ abcdef'Epiphone Casino'. Epiphone.com.
- ^'Gary Clark Jr'. GaryClarkJr.com. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^'Antique Vintage Guitars collector info - collecting old VINTAGE GUITARS'. provide.net. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^'Epiphone String Gauges'(PDF). Web.archive.org. Archived from the original(PDF) on September 23, 2010. Retrieved 2014-06-13.
- ^ abc'Epiphone: A History'. Epiphone.com.
- ^'Epiphone Elitist Casino'. Epiphone.com. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^'Expert Review: Epiphone Casino Coupe - Harmony Central'. harmonycentral.com. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^'Epiphone 1961 50th Anniversary Casino'. Epiphone.com.
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External links[edit]
- Casino Models[permanent dead link] at Zuitar Guitar DataBase
- Epiphone Casino on Fretbase