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    Epiphone USA Made Casino

    in The Gibson Lounge

    Posted

    Just now, Larsongs said:

    When I strap on my new USA Casino, plug it in & play I could care less which way the Inlays face or whether or not the Headstock is long or short… Recently before I got those things started messing with my head.. But, it’s such a great Guitar in all the important aspects those 2 nits seem ridiculously trivial & unimportant… 

    I wanted a great USA Casino & now I’ve got one…. 

    Which one did you get? The Royal Tan or Sunburst with black pick up covers?

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    Epiphone USA Made Casino

    in Epiphone Electrics

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    8 hours ago, Larsongs said:

    I own 3 Casinos. 2 with USA Pickups & Components & 1 MIK Peerless which is also superior Casino to the MIC’s in build quality & Sound.

    I found this Video laughable.. While I agree about the new USA is not a 100% 1965 Beatle Tribute Spec Guitar it is a far better Guitar than the Entry level MIC Casinos. Just the difference between MIC P90’s & Gibson P90’s in a real life comparison renders a huge difference in sound quality… Forget all the other far superior Materials, Construction & high quality USA Components..  That was the worst Comparison Video I think I’ve ever seen.. Plus the Guy can’t tune a Guitar or play for Beans! Thru a Marshall no less? He made Casinos sound absolutely horrible! Nothing could be further than the truth. He even makes the MIC’s sound worse than they really do……

    Was thinking the same thing, and I get a ton of sustain from my USA one, its sounded nothing like mine.

    New Gibson calibrated t-type humbuckers, any thoughts?

    in Gibson Gear

    Posted

    some more info here

    Can you tell us about the development of the Calibrated T-Type pickups?


    “That was something Jim DeCola was working on. Some of the most musical and underrated Gibson pickups ever were those made in the late 60s through the 1970s, with the ‘T’ on the top of the bobbins. Jim remade them as ‘T-Type’ instead of ‘T-Top’ since they are covered anyway and we weren’t going to remould the bobbins.

    “But otherwise they are the same specs. Alnico V magnets of course. And ‘Calibrated’ refers to the fact that they are intentionally selected for neck and bridge – slightly underwound neck pickups and slightly overwound bridge pickups. We selected them for the Gibson USA ES models because they sounded too good not to use them!”

    https://guitar.com/features/gibson-mat-koehler-memphis-to-nashville/

    New Slim Harpo "Lovell" ES-330 OR USA Epiphone Casino Vintage Sunburst?

    in Gibson ES

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Larsongs said:

    I have  different kinds of Guitars with Single Coils, Humbuckers, DynaSonics & P90’s.

    I have 3 Casinos & they are my favorite Guitars. I’ve had  a Royal Tan USA Casino on Order for about a year. They’re saying August. I hope they’re right. I’ve  been a big P90’s fan for some time.. I think they are the best sounding versatile all around Pickup you can have on a Guitar.

    That Gibson would’ve been very cool  but I’m happy that you were able to get the new USA Casino. Congrats on your NGD! Enjoy!

    I believe the Epiphone site might have them in stock now, or at least last week they did, I almost ordered from there.

    Epiphone USA Made Casino

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    It's really hard to put the guitar down. 
     
    I have been playing guitar for about 40 years. Own a 335, Tele, and Strat, (owned a Les Paul years ago), and love them all. This is the first P90 and hollow body electric guitar I have ever owned, so a lot is new here for me. 
     
    The P90's completely blow me away. I know my way around single coil and humbuckers pretty well, but I am  totally ignorant about the P90, and cannot believe I have not crossed its path before. 
     
    Its the perfect pickup, a almost perfect cross of the two. Has the dynamic range and touch sensitivity I like in single coils, but a little more heft of the humbucker. There is no bad setting between the 3 pickup combinations, but the middle setting with both pickups is just outstanding. 
     
    That combined with the hollow body gives it one of the most rounded pleasant tones I have ever heard, no matter what amp I play it through. It takes every pedal I can throw at it. 
     
    The Guitar feels balsa wood light, it barely feels like it's there, almost like a toy guitar. Playing it involves almost no work, it has to be the easiest instrument I have ever played. 
     
    Will give more later, but I have to get back to it.
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    New Slim Harpo "Lovell" ES-330 OR USA Epiphone Casino Vintage Sunburst?

    in Gibson ES

    Posted

    44 minutes ago, SteveFord said:

    Good.

    It looks beautiful from here.  When you get some time on it, write up your impressions, please.

    It's really hard to put the guitar down. 
     
    I have been playing guitar for about 40 years. Own a 335, Tele, and Strat, (owned a Les Paul years ago), and love them all. This is the first P90 and hollow body electric guitar I have ever owned, so a lot is new here for me. 
     
    The P90's completely blow me away. I know my way around single coil and humbuckers pretty well, but I am  totally ignorant about the P90, and cannot believe I have not crossed its path before. 
     
    Its the perfect pickup, a almost perfect cross of the two. Has the dynamic range and touch sensitivity I like in single coils, but a little more heft of the humbucker. There is no bad setting between the 3 pickup combinations, but the middle setting with both pickups is just outstanding. 
     
    That combined with the hollow body gives it one of the most rounded pleasant tones I have ever heard, no matter what amp I play it through. It takes every pedal I can throw at it. 
     
    The Guitar feels balsa wood light, it barely feels like it's there, almost like a toy guitar. Playing it involves almost no work, it has to be the easiest instrument I have ever played. 
     
    Will give more later, but I have to get back to it.

    Epiphone USA Made Casino

    in Epiphone Electrics

    Posted · Edited by Mike Manhost

    3 hours ago, LesB3 said:

    I'll chime in and say that I've enjoyed my Royal Tan Casino quite a bit.  MIK models I used to own (and MIC models I have played in stores) are mere toys compared to the USA model.

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    Enjoy your new Casino!

    Gorgeous guitar you have there!

    I am absolutely loving mine. First Casino and P90 guitar and I am absolutely in love.

    I played the MIK ones a couple of months ago, so my memory is probably not that great, but what differences do you notice?

     

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    Epiphone USA Made Casino

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    Just now, Notes_Norton said:

    I rather like the smaller headstock. I think the headstock on my made in Korea Casino is too long for my tastes. Probably because I'm used to the USA Gibson ES-330 that I've had since the 1970s,  But it doesn't bother me, I love the guitar.

     

    For me, I like the longer headstock. Being a huge Beatles fan,  I have always loved the one on Lennon's

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    Epiphone USA Made Casino

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    Posted · Edited by Mike Manhost

    5 minutes ago, pohatu771 said:

    I'm very curious about the thought process in using different covers on different finishes.

    My local store initially got one of each finish, with the Royal Tan pre-sold, then a week later got a second Royal Tan that had been ordered for me. None since then.

    They have a waiting list of a dozen people, and almost everyone wants the Royal Tan. I'm curious if it's due to the finish itself or because of the pickups. Although in my case, it was both.

    I did get an email from Gibson/Epiphone, and it seems they are in stock and available.

    The Chrome pick up covers might be more historically accurate? Maybe that's why the higher demand? 

    And BTW, I do not believe you have this beautiful  guitar until you post some amazing pics of it 🙂

    I'll wait.....

    Epiphone USA Made Casino

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    1 minute ago, pohatu771 said:

    I'm 50:50 on that. The most famous Casinos have an hourglass headstock, but I like that this one doesn't. It's only the second time (the first being the 2011 50th Anniversary model, which has many cosmetic differences) they've done that since 1963.

    I am loving the black pick up covers on the Vintage Sunburst though. 

    I feel like the chrome ones wash out on the Royal Tan version.

    Epiphone USA Made Casino

    in The Gibson Lounge

    Posted

    Just now, pohatu771 said:

    People are acting like Epiphone announced this as a 1963 reissue and then got the specs wrong, but they never did. This is simply a modern Casino (therefore using modern Gibson specs) that takes some design cues from the 1962/1963 models in the headstock shape and pickup covers.

     

    Yeah, totally.  

    I don't mind the inlays the wrong way, LOVE the black pickup covers, only quibble (and a small one) is that  I would have preferred the larger headstock.

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    Epiphone USA Made Casino

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    7 minutes ago, pohatu771 said:


    I've had mine for about three months now. I spent a year questioning how it could be better than my Peerless-made 2001 model, but it was obvious from the second I picked it up (before buying it).

    The Gibson USA P-90s are smoother and more mellow than the Korean P-90s, but with more clarity. The neck is a round 60s profile that I've come to expect from my 60s-inspired Wilshire and actual 1964 Cortez, rather than the flat profile on my original and still on recent Qing Dao-made models.

    I haven't been able to play it as much as I should, but I really enjoy it. It is absolutely a better instrument.

    Wow, thanks. I'm super excited, the only quibble (and its small) is that I wish it had the larger headstock.

    Epiphone USA Made Casino

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    Posted

    I just called them, and spoke to a guy there named Allen who gave me unbelievable service.

    He said the guitar came in Friday night, went up on their wall, and was pulled down minutes later for them to ship to me.

    The only person who has touched it, was him, and he said he played it for about 3 minutes.

    He is having is vintage guitar guy set it up,  great guy and incredible service.

    While I was on the phone to him, someone handed him a 20k vintage flying V. 🙂

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