[epiphone casino, dot, or hagstorm viking deluxe?]

The hofners are now made in china. Having said, the neck is pretty comfortable, but it has playability issues for me, i suspect a bad nut job to blame here. They sound a tad brighter than a semi should, but could be due to the Vox I use to test it on

[epiphone casino, dot, or hagstorm viking deluxe?]

I'd go with the viking

 

Why people don't like the Viking as much? my guess would be it doesnt even stand a chance in the cosmetic department. The Casino trumps all in terms of vibe, it has every combination right for a winning "old faithful" look. I let my casino go as well, as much as I love it, sonically there's not much that I can do with it except blues and jazz! The limited fret access to me was a bit of a bother as well. The Viking on the other hand has the winning combination of a versatile guitar - semi hollow construction, easy fret access.

 

Ric,

There are no elitists in Singapore. Perhaps try www.soft.com.sg. the classifieds page, one or two may pop out occassionally.

[epiphone casino, dot, or hagstorm viking deluxe?]

Vikings of the past hahaha are definitely finer instruments. It really depends on the genre you play. I love mine, but it didnt suit my styles of playing so i let it go. It's a real beauty. But for harder rock, gotta look elsewhere.