sledge57 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Since I've posted anything, even longer since I bought a guitar and longer yet since I had an Epiphone. But today's a HNGD, just got a Gary Clark Jr Casino. Always wanted a Casino and I love this one. Time to get playing........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 And it's BLUE!!!! HNGD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweed2 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Welcome back. Always good to see a familiar face. Still think the Casino is the best guitar Epiphone ever made. Hope you enjoy yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve112 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 HNGD, sledge57. The GC Jr. Casino is a gorgeous guitar and those Gibson P90s are the icing on the cake! How is the tuning stability with the Bigsby? I know that when carefully configured, it should be no hassle, just wondering. Congrats on a beautiful Epi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peskypesky Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sledge57 Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share Posted January 9, 2016 Thanks everyone, it's a lot nicer than the pic shows and it the best playing Epi I've owned, except the Bigsby. Going to have to spend some rime sorting it out, seems very stiff and effects the tuning a bit. Still love the guitar though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaSTuS Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Nice score Doug, a real looker, congrats mate and HNGD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyphre Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Dammitdammitdammit... the GAS... It burns!...!.!..! So beautiful. So very very beautiful... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon S. Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Very nice! Congrats!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Thanks everyone, it's a lot nicer than the pic shows and it the best playing Epi I've owned, except the Bigsby. Going to have to spend some rime sorting it out, seems very stiff and effects the tuning a bit. Still love the guitar though. Go to the Reverend Guitars site and search for soft touch sprint in the parts page. That will solve the stiffness. Tuning can be improved with nut lube. Big Bends Nut Sauce works great. There is even a youtube video that explains how to use it on bigsby equipped guitars. Congrats on the casino. Looks nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sledge57 Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 Go to the Reverend Guitars site and search for soft touch sprint in the parts page. That will solve the stiffness............ Congrats on the casino. Looks nice! Thanks for the tip, ordered...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Doug let us know how that works. I replaced the spring in in my Country Gent with one of these. Made quite a difference for me. I plan to replace all of them eventually. (I have three other bigsby loaded gutiars) /ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesh Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Looking good on that new guitar! Saw one of these at my local the other week; they do seem great but I didn't pick it up. Congratulations! And yes...GAS flare-up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinTheHood Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Sledge! Nice to see you. HNGD! That Gary Clark Jr. Casino is a beaut! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sledge57 Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 It's Bigsby fixin day, I'll let you know what I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis G Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Welcome back and congrats on a great guitar. I have an Elitist Casino that I added a Bigsby to. I have no tuning issues (and have a few other guitars with Bigbsy's as well, with no issues) but then again, I don't "dive bomb", only use it for subtle effects. YMMV, but congrats on a great guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sledge57 Posted March 13, 2016 Author Share Posted March 13, 2016 Welcome back and congrats on a great guitar. I have an Elitist Casino that I added a Bigsby to. I have no tuning issues (and have a few other guitars with Bigbsy's as well, with no issues) but then again, I don't "dive bomb", only use it for subtle effects. YMMV, but congrats on a great guitar. I would prefer the Trapeze tailpiece to the Bigsby, I rarely if ever use it and have taken the bar off my 2 strats, but I thought I'd give it a go and didn't like it. It was very stiff, creaky and wouldn't stay in tune, so I ordered the BricksBiggsfix roller and a soft spring from Reverend Guitars. Bricks sells one too but I already had the spring from Reverend before I was able to order the roller. The results so far are mixed, the roller is a definite upgrade, guitar stays in tune now when using the Bigsby, the spring however is a total "No Go" it's about 1/4" longer than the original, totally unusable on the Casino. So It's still stiff and creaky (I did lube it, no help) but stays in tune and I still wish I had the Trapeze tailpiece. I could buy one but the holes in the top of the guitar for the Bigsby would just piss me off looking at them.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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