Óscar Aranda Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Hello. I recently purchased an Epiphone Casino guitar. I have taken a surprise, since it makes the behind headstock push "Limited Edition Custom Shop". What do you mean? How is it different from a normal Epiphone Casino? The guitar is normal, no Bigsby bridge. Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Summerisle Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Hello. I recently purchased an Epiphone Casino guitar. I have taken a surprise' date=' since it makes the behind headstock push "Limited Edition Custom Shop". What do you mean? How is it different from a normal Epiphone Casino? The guitar is normal, no Bigsby bridge. Thanks for the help.[/quote'] I'd like to know the answer to that, too. I played a natural-finish one of these in Guitar Center 3 weeks ago. It had an EE07 Serial Number, but the salesman claimed that it had only been on the rack in the store for 4 days (when I tried to haggle over some minor scratches and a busted tone knob). Looked like a regular Casino, and was priced as a regular Casino ($699) but it had the Custom Shop logos. Still, there was nothing special about it, and I ended up buying a Hagstrom Viking elsewhere (sublime guitar for the $$) Hope yours is better than the one I tried! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stig Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Hello. I recently purchased an Epiphone Casino guitar. I have taken a surprise' date=' since it makes the behind headstock push "Limited Edition Custom Shop". What do you mean? How is it different from a normal Epiphone Casino? The guitar is normal, no Bigsby bridge. Thanks for the help.[/quote'] Is it made in China? I'll have to look, but I think my Ltd. Edition with the Bigsby also has the custom shop logo on the back of the headstock. It just means that it's slightly different from the normal ones in some way, and it gets a little extra love from the US factory when it's shipped in from China (I think.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stone1281734000 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I have taken a surprise' date=' since it makes the behind headstock push "Limited Edition Custom Shop". What do you mean? How is it different from a normal .[/quote'] It depends. Could be the scale, dimensions, woods used, pickup configs, hardware or a combo of all. Places like MF will order special limited runs to their own specs and have that sticker slapped on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 333 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I saw the Casinos with the Custom Shop logo frequently after the Limited Edition with Bigsby run was sold out. The most likely explanation is that Epiphone applied the decal to more bodies than they eventually installed Bigsbys on. Red 333 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Marketing Ploy! LOL! CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Nelson Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Marketing Ploy! LOL! CB uh huh. "Limited" meaning they only had so much chartreuse metal flake paint to do only so many guitars but they got such a good deal on the paint that they just couldn't help themselves...or they discontinued a model and had an abundance of component parts left over so they stuck them on another model's body and created something completely different..though an example of that doesn't come immediately to mind...can you think of one, Charlie ? lol Mr.Nelson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Hello. I recently purchased an Epiphone Casino guitar. I have taken a surprise' date=' since it makes the behind headstock push "Limited Edition Custom Shop". What do you mean? How is it different from a normal Epiphone Casino? The guitar is normal, no Bigsby bridge. Thanks for the help.[/quote'] Well, in all seriousness...since you didn't mention finish or color...is it an unusual color, does it have any seemingly "Custom" features, that aren't on standard production Casino's? As in, better tuning machings (Grover's for example), a neck joint at the 16th Fret, instead of the normal "Asian" versions, which attach at the 17th fret. (16th fret body attachement IS "historically correct" to the original USA Kalamazoo models, and the later "Elitist" Japanese versions, as well.) Does it have USA pickups, and/or hardware? If your answer is "no" to all of the above, then the "Custom Shop" sticker is the only thing custom about it, apparently. It's impossible, really, for us to know...without seeing it, anyway. And, even with pictures, it might be hard to tell? But, they might help... CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racer3J Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 I have a 2009 Limited Edition Custom Shop Epiphone "Dot." It has the orange label. It is a perfect "tobacco burst," and came equipped with all gold hardware and the deluxe contoured case. It has no Bigsby, I replaced the original Grover tuning machines with Grover 18:1 Locker tuners. I also upgraded the bridge and tailpiece/stopbar with aluminum "Tone-Pros "pieces. Later, I installed a unique Dusenberg Bigsby style vibrato. It is the same mechanically but just replaces the stopbar. I have a Bigsby lever and hardware for it. But, I also have a gold Series 70 traditional Bigsby for it, but I have yet to install it. It is an extraordinary guitar. I judge that as the owner of a Gibson Custom Shop "Lucille" ( special order, before they were integrated into the Gibson line) and my share of Gibson Les Pauls. I build acoustic guitars and an LP Jr. style guitar that includes binding on body and neck and custom fretboard inlays. My brand is "Highway 61" [tm] either in script or with a white pearl "highway" sign with inlaid black pearl "61" [tm]. I do P-90's or HB's custom-made to choice of customer. All hardware is premium, with price range by customer's choice from ABR-1's to Tone Pros. Several builds I have done used Stew-Mac's "Parsons Street" pickups and I find them to be equal to many big-name custom-wound pups. THIS IS NOT AN ADVERTISEMENT. I offer the above only as it relates to my opinion on the Epi "Dot." I am a "nobody," and with my opinion and $5 you can get coffee at Starbucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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