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).
The Casino, also designated by Epiphone as model E230TD, is a thinline hollow-bodied guitar with two Gibson P-90 pick-ups. Metallic Light Blue (ML) are rare and quite costly. Ĭasinos have been manufactured in the United States, Japan, Korea and China.The Korean models, those made at the famed Peerless plant in particular, are highly sought after. The guitar debuted in 1961 and has been associated with such guitarists as Howlin' Wolf, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Noel Gallagher, Keith Richards, Dave Davies, Brad Whitford, Shirley Manson, Paul Weller, The Edge, Josh Homme, Daniel Kessler, Brendon Urie, Gary Clark, Jr., Glenn Frey, John Illsley, and Peter Green. The Epiphone Casino is a thinline hollow body electric guitar manufactured by Epiphone, a branch of Gibson.
Mahogany on most models in most periods sometimes maple
