BBill Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 When did Epiphone stop putting tremlos on Casinos- and can you retro-fit one with-out a lot of trouble? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pohatu771 Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 The Bigsby, on modern Casinos, was a Custom Shop limited run. The Casino is one of the easiest guitar to attach a Bigsby to, though. Since there's no stop-bar, there are no unsightly holes to fill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbirchett Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 First of all, a pet peeve. Fender had it backwards. The pitch changing tailpiece (or electronic effect for that matter) is a vibrato. The amplitude shifting effect that Fender (and others) put in their amps is tremolo. Secondly, Epiphone, for a time, offered their own Bigsby vibrato clone that they put on certain guitars as an option, including the Casino, the Riviera, the Sorrento, the Jorma K., a Les Paul or two and a couple of others. I heard that they did not work quite as well as the regular Bigsbys but never tried one. This is one of the Casinos from that era: Wish it was still an option on several guitars. A year or so ago, they offered that great looking Casino in the best sunburst of any of their regular guitars along with a Bigsby 700 Vibrato as a limited edition that . Pohatu has it right about installation. It is one of the easier ones to mount one on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieman15061 Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Yeah the sunburst is pretty sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbirchett Posted September 3, 2008 Share Posted September 3, 2008 Back in the days, I always thought that Epiphone sunbursts were nicer than Gibsons. They seemed to have smaller borders of the dark colors and had lighter sunbursts overall. Very nice Cookieman. I'm not looking for another guitar but that is one that would tempt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBill Posted September 4, 2008 Author Share Posted September 4, 2008 I think I'd do about anything for that turquoise one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbirchett Posted September 4, 2008 Share Posted September 4, 2008 I think I'd do about anything for that turquoise one! Check with Elderly to see if they still have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBill Posted September 4, 2008 Author Share Posted September 4, 2008 Who or what is Elderly-never mind just found their web-site, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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