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    USA Epiphone Casino (Gibson Made) Nickel Dogear P90 pickup height

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    5 minutes ago, Larsongs said:

    I bought a Bigsby B-7 about the time I received the Casino to have installed on it… About a year ago… But, the Guitar is so beautiful I haven’t been able to bring myself to having it done.. I’m feeling like it’s disrespectful to the original design of this Guitar.. Even though, it would be useful & would adorn this Guitar beautifully.. I’m struggling with the idea of doing it! I’ve never had that problem with any of my Guitars before.

    I do agree these Casinos have an amazing Sound and are so versatile… I play it more than all my other Gibson Electrics including my ES-335….

    I can see how that would be really hard to do. I would struggle with that too. Making a permanent modification to it. The bigsby does seem to change the vibe of an ES guitar too so I get it.

    Yeah this guitar sounds and plays so well and is so versatile I'm surprised its not a more popular model!

    USA Epiphone Casino (Gibson Made) Nickel Dogear P90 pickup height

    in Gibson ES

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    Thanks for posting! I agree this new USA made casino is incredible. I'm in love. I can't believe how versatile it is how good it sounds and plays. I've tinkered with a vintage casino in a guitar shop and a few 330's that were newer and I think one vintage one. All of them were hard to play. The chinese casinos were pretty easy to play but always felt cheap to me.

    This USA made casino feels very nice (far from cheap) and has a buttery feel to its playing. I love that the neck is a little bigger than most guitars nowadays and I love that they went with 1 11/16" nut width instead of the thin vintage ones. Honestly they did an awesome job with this model. I think it's highly underrated. 

    USA Epiphone Casino (Gibson Made) Nickel Dogear P90 pickup height

    in Gibson ES

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    Recently got a used USA made Epiphone casino in royal tan. Dang what an awesome guitar this has been so far. Did some minor setup tweaking and it plays like butter. Loving the variety of sounds I can get out of these P90's with the hollow body: everything from almost acoustic sounding cleans to over the top blow your amp up fuzz tones sound great.

    I've always heard P90's can really rip and can be almost as high of output as an average humbucker but I'm finding these don't quite have that much output. They do have a lot more output than my Strat pickups though but now as much as my Les Paul Standard with humbuckers.

    I do think I might like a tough more output from the bridge pup which got me researching and I found a lot of people were saying P90's should be put really close to the strings, especially the bridge for the best tone. One article here: https://wgsusa.com/node/2730

    suggests 2.6 mm for the low E string! They don't say where this is measured from though. Now it's tricky to measure the height because the bridge pickup on a casino is at an angle but at the closest point on the cover from the low E string when I press the last fret I'm about 4 mm away. If I measure from the top of where I currently have the pole piece set (which is obviously in the middle of the pickup) I'm right about 2.6 mm away from my low E string.

    Should I be looking into shims? If so are there any that don't look ridiculous with Nickel covered dogears? I know some will suggest swapping to black covers but I don't like the black as well. I like the look of the Nickel on my Royal tan and for years have wanted that Nickel dogear P90 look on an ES style guitar so I really want to keep that vibe going.

    USA Made Epiphone Casino Vintage Sunburst Color Variations

    in Gibson ES

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    On 2/22/2023 at 10:32 PM, Larsongs said:

    To the OP…  Sunbursts do vary somewhat.. Always have.. Different pieces of Wood I believe has something to with it as grains of wood vary & the Burst can vary partly because of that.. Different Painters have slightly different techniques & levels of experience.. Supply issues could also have something to do with it.. 

    As an example, the Nickel Chrome Dogear Pickup are made by an outside Supplier in Runs periodically.. When they aren’t available to Gibson they make a change as I in the Royal Tan USA Casinos that now have the black Plastic Covers. That’s just one example but changes can & do occur.. I’m sure Paint can be another…

    I hope you are able to find one in a finish you like.. The USA Casino’s compare with the best of the best! Outstanding Guitars!

    Thanks for the response!

    USA Made Epiphone Casino Vintage Sunburst Color Variations

    in Gibson ES

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    Has anyone noticed there are some significant color variations among some of these new USA made Epiphone Casinos. The Epiphone website shows a 3 color Sunburst but I've noticed as you shop online and look at review videos it varies. Some of them look like 2 color bursts and some seems to have the red added in as well.

    Am I crazy? Is Gibson artisans just making the decision to do 2 or 3 colors on the fly as they assemble these or did they maybe start 2 color and are now 3 color? Anyone know?

     

    Thanks

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