Great craftsmanship. Sounds incredible. Easy fret board to navigate. Very happy.

Duke

Germantown WI

As you can see from my previous posts, I liked the Casino, but was not too thrilled. However, it's been a few years now of owning not one, but two. 1 neck joined at the 16th fret the other 17th fret. 17th gets round wounds, 16th gets flats. Love the variation in sounds. I must say, with age, these guitars only get/sound better. Now.... these guitars stay in tune. I can put them in the case and take them out 2-3 weeks later and they are still in tune. (humidify them of course) Better than my Gibson LP, which always goes out of tune. I haven't done any setup work on them since I got them. The intonation is still dead on after 5-6 yrs. I think I adjusted the G string intonation once on one of them. That's it. I will stress and I do this on all my guitars you have to take care of them. Clean and oil the fret board and graphite the nut slots at every string change, clean the bridge, output jack and pots of dust now and than, and you will have no problems. I have friends asking me to bring one along for gigs. BTW, I never bought the Elitist. I didn't need to.

Ray

Throggs Neck, NY

very good feel right away, salesman was trying to sway me to a gibson midtown which had a grittier sound but this had a better feel, neck is perfect width for my hand, had owned a sheraton and dot studio in the past but this guitar is much better and with the natural finish a real good looker too, set-up with .10 gauge strings, I'm a semi-pro musician on a budget that needs an ax that is reliable, versatile and stays in tune, the casino fits the bill.

burningstone

holiday,fla

First let me say that I collect guitars. I own an Gibson ES335, Rickenbacher 325, Gibson 12 String Acoustic, well you get the idea. I think people like Ray have no idea what they are talking about. Maybe he just enjoys bashing guitars. However let me say that the Epiphone Casino is a little of the Beatles for a reasonable price. I have the Natural Casino and love it. Action is good, neck and workmanship is nice, and overall a great guitar for the money. I normally would not buy an Epiphone but this is one guitar with a great reputation. No Humbuckers so you do get that Beatles sound. Buy this guitar, and you will enjoy it. Isn't that the whole idea. Having fun and making some nice music. Remember some people like Ray like to bash guitars, then there are people like me that just enjoying playing the Epiphone Casino. Just buy one and see what I mean.

Steven

Long Island, NY

I Got the Casino VS Today and if you want to sound like the Beatles- This is a must Have! The P-90's are awesome and the guitar itself unplugged sounds great! I think this is the best guitar ever made.

Joe Osuna

Goleta, CA

I previous reviewed this guitar badly and rightfully so. I bought one over a yr ago and it was horrible out of the box and I returned it. However, a few months ago I received one as a b-day gift against my wishes from past experience. I was saving up for the Elitist. [...]Totally different then the one I bought. Right out of the box it was playable. Other then tuning, nothing needed to be done. All I can say is, change the strings. I waited a while to write a revised review as I wanted to put it through my ropes. Hardware is solid, feel and sound are good. Please people, this is no Beatle Casino in sound, hardware, and feel. So stop making the reference. However, it is a good guitar and you can get a similar tone. I would recommend this guitar not cause it looks like the Beatle one, but because it has a different tone that's unique and slightly different then a 335. The quality is good [$]you'll get good wear out of it, if you take care of it. I have my eye on the John Lennon inspired casino now.

Ray

NY NY

This is the guitar that George Harrison played, in addition to his Gretsch Country Gentlemen. It has a jazzy sound.

Ilan Freedman

New York, NY

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!

adam parker

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