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Epiphone Inspired by John Lennon Casino Hollowbody Electric Guitar  

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Based on a legendary axe that made music history.

This Epiphone Casino is a historical collection model inspired by John Lennon's 1965 Casino electric guitar he used on most Beatles recording sessions until The White Album and Let It Be sessions. It has all the classic appointments and hardware including a double-cutaway hollowbody, Tribute P-90 pickups, parallelogram fingerboard inlays, vintage tuners with small buttons, and a trapeze tailpiece.

Check the drop-down menu to the right to select colors and/or other options.

Features

  • Body: 5-ply maple/birch
  • Top: 5-ply maple
  • Neck: Set, mahogany
  • Neck profile: Slim taper
  • Scale: 24-3/4"
  • Nut Width: 1-11/16"
  • Fingerboard: Rosewood
  • Frets: 22 medium-jumbo
  • Fingerboard radius: 14"
  • Inlays: Parallelogram
  • Binding: Single-ply on body and neck
  • Pickups: 2 Gibson USA Tribute P-90 single-coils (P-90T bridge and P-90R neck)
  • Controls: Vol/Vol/Tone/Tone with 3-way toggle selector switch
  • Hardware: Nickel
  • Bridge: LockTone Tune-O-Matic
  • Tailpiece: Trapeze
  • Tuners: (1965 - Vintage Sunburst) Vintage-style; 14:1 ratio with small metal buttons (Revolution - Lennon Natural) Gold Grovers

A legendary rock icon knows his stuff. You can't go wrong with a guitar built to impress. Order yours today

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Very nice

| Review By: John Rutenberg | 7 months, 5 days ago

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i have had two Casino Elisits and returned them for inferior craftsmanship. I have a 2008 Gibsone LP Standard and it seems to have been assembled by the folks reposible for the Elitists I returned.  Very let down by Gibson.

 

The JL Casino is markedly better and remarkable for the fit and finish.  Tone delivers.  Don't be fooled.  This thing can go way beyond The Beatles.

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20 + years
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rock
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A solid member of my collection

| Review By: Bevan-P4P_o | 8 months, 3 weeks ago

6 people out of 6 found this review helpful

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Though I haven't picked this guitar up in a while, I have no intentions of letting go of it.  As my preferences change, some of my gear tends to come and go.  This one's a keeper, if only because I like to play a hollowbody from time to time.  The natural resonance reduces the need for reverb, and it's fun to have a variety of tonal options on hand.  Mine came with a white pickguard, which I removed to honor the instrument's namesake.  If John Lennon didn't want a pickguard on his, I certainly can't have one on mine!  I understand he liked his Casino so much he had it refinished, revealing the natural wood grain.  Go figure.  But it's a cool axe, and I enjoy it very much.

Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
Yes
Musical Experience:
Hobbyist
Style of music you play:
Good Time Boogie
Where you live:
Atlanta, GA

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Excellent Axe but not the same as the John Lennon

| Review By: Tammy | 11 months, 1 week ago

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I own the Masterbuilt Casino, the Inspired by JL, a stock Casino, and the real John Lennon NOS Casino that was made in the Gibson Custom shop (parts were made in Japan on the original Kalamazoo machinery after Yoko Ono allowed Epiphone access to his guitar to take as many crucial measurements as possible (and has the same serial # as John's Casino). I just ordered the 50th anniversary with the tremelo (this is very close to George Harrison's Casino). I bought the inspired by Casino in the revolution finish because my Lennon Casino is the NOS version. The first release with the Lennon serial # is by far the best of all of them and was priced that way, The inspired by isn't even close but a good guitar in it's own rite. Still it is a really good buy. The Elitist is an excellent guitar however it doesn't sound much like the Lennon guitars but it is a really well made guitar and has it's own tone that is closer to modern than vintage guitars. The big surprise is the new 50th Anniversary Casino with it's version of the 61 cosmetics and vintage tone, it is also the least costly except for the stock Casino's The Inspired by is not even close to a John Lennon Casino and I doubt it will be collectable but it is a decent compromise and fine for a gig or to just play more authentic sounding Beatles music and at this price I don't freak out at every dent or scratch.
Do you own the product?:
Yes
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No
Musical Experience:
Active studio musician, Berklee alumni
Style of music you play:
Blues, Rock (hard Rock, acid rock, Zep and Beatles
Where you live:
Boston area

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Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!!

| Review By: Still rockin' at middle age | 1 year, 1 month ago

4 people out of 4 found this review helpful

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It is a beauty!!      Not only for the eyes, also for the ears!!!      Plug or unplugged sounds beautiful.      I have been playing it through my CyberChamp and it is just heaven.      Got it about 2 weeks ago and I have not played any other guitar in my collection (Les Paul, Strat, acoustic-electrics).      Comfortable neck, better than my LP Studio, yet my Strat has a better neck.      Beautiful tone, bluesy scent.      Light weight.      Always wanted a semi-hollow/hollow guitar yet did not want to spend a lot of $$$.      Still not a bargain, yet," all worth it!!!


Played it straight out of the box.      It still has the ""new wood"" smell.      The case is great!      I did not install the pickguard (why ruin its looks!!).

For the money.

Do you own the product?:
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No
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Hobbyst; record own songs
Style of music you play:
Classic rock", latin jazz, country-rock, easy list
Where you live:
Mason, Ohio

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Great value for less than the Elite version...

| Review By: Bones-huHGl | 1 year, 3 months ago

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My wife got me this for my b-day. What a nice guitar! I got the natural one - with the later look Lennon version with the stripped off natural finish and gold Grover tuners in place of the vintage ones. The tuners are better than the standard tuners - but they are gold and all the rest of the hardware (bridge, pickup covers, strap buttons) are chrome so they don't match. But - that's how Lennon's looked after he had it stripped. I love it but it may bother some. The pick guard is NOT on it but they do include it in the case if you want to put it on. I prefer to keep the natural finish uncovered. The P90s are great - real Gibson P90s instead of the usual ones on the standard Casinos. THey sound a bit punchier and hotter and I think they are Alnico IIs but not 100% sure. Very smooth and great for blues and classic rock-n-roll. I love the flat, matte finish. It's almost like bare wood but with just enough to keep it from getting dirty. You pretty much can't use any kind of cleaner on it as it would mess with the finish. The included case is really sturdy and lined with an olive green  velveteen material - very classy. It's the nicest case I've seen other than Gibson cases. Comes with the wrench for truss rod and a manual and the pick guard and a few other goodies. It has "Inspired by John Lennon" on the back of the headstock in gold and a small original Lennon drawing under that also in gold. Very nice and not too large - just enough to make it authentic. I give this one a 5 all across the board. Good job Epiphone!
Do you own the product?:
Yes
Have you used the product?:
No
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Active Musician
Style of music you play:
Rock, Blues, Alt
Where you live:
Santa Cruz, CA

Did you find this review helpful? yes no1023688

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