CajunBlues Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Take a listen... I believe all of these are stock casinos (not a great example with the bumble bee sound) good example.... I think it's your amp :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Summerisle Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Take a listen... I believe all of these are stock casinos (not a great example with the bumble bee sound) good example.... I think it's your amp The clips you posted are interesting' date=' but I'm not sure that they prove much... A few of them are clips of a stock 1966 Epiphone Casino which looks to be in superb condition. I'm not convinced that showing him the real deal is going to rebut the original poster's complaints about his "cheap" modern Asian Epiphone. Another clip was enjoyable and nicely played, but the musician used some pretty substantial effects - to be honest, blindfolded I wouldn't have been able to tell you if I was listening to an Epiphone Casino or a Parker Fly! My personal feelings on this...Casinos just aren't for everyone. [img']http://reelboating.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/504_shrugging.gif[/img] I owned a Casino for several months last year. It was a modern MIC natural model...looked beautiful, played nicely, had the Casino P-90 tone aplenty...but I just didn't take to it, and couldn't get on with it. I just didn't like it as much as a 335 style semi-acoustic, and I found that whether I was going to a gig or recording at home, my Hagstrom Viking beat out the Casino every time. After sitting on its stand forlornly for a while, the Casino went to (hopefully) a more appreciative owner. I notice that there are often threads posted here with titles such as, "Casino vs Sheraton" or "Casino vs Dot." This makes me wonder whether people are inclined towards making the miss-assumption that a Casino and a Sheraton have much in common apart from a passing physical similarity and Epiphone's name on the head-stock. My own opinion is that they are very different animals, and that the Casino is an acquired taste...It seems that those who do acquire this taste savour it quite passionately. Personally, I need my ES-clone to have a big piece of lumber running from nose to tail, with a pair of humbuckers stuck in it. To the original poster...Are you sure that your guitar sounds "cheap", or does it just produce a tone you had not anticipated and do not particularly appreciate? It may simply be the case that your Casino is not "cheap," but rather that a Casino is not the guitar for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stig Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 ...well' date=' according to "Mojo" magazine Robertson is now hard at work on his autobiography - writing it himself rather than contracting it out to a ghost writer [i']a la[/i] Clapton. It will be interesting to read his side of things. Neither Levon Helm's autobiography, Hoskyn's book Across the Great Divide, nor, surprisingly, Bob Dylan's Chronicles, Vol. 1 present a particularly flattering or appealing portrait of The Band's virtuoso guitarist... I can't get over the impression that I've always had, which is that Robbie Robertson is kind of a ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Summerisle Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 I can't get over the impression that I've always had' date=' which is that Robbie Robertson is kind of a ****.[/quote'] Perhaps...but a superbly talented d*ck, if so... [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBIqih5gWz4[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CajunBlues Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 The clips you posted are interesting' date=' but I'm not sure that they prove much... A few of them are clips of a stock 1966 Epiphone Casino which looks to be in superb condition. I'm not convinced that showing him the real deal is going to rebut the original poster's complaints about his "cheap" modern Asian Epiphone. Another clip was enjoyable and nicely played, but the musician used some pretty substantial effects - to be honest, blindfolded I wouldn't have been able to tell you if I was listening to an Epiphone Casino or a Parker Fly! [/quote'] Lord... I tried to provide him with either Korean or Chinese Casinos... there may be one in there that is a USA/Japanese... But most of the ones in there are either Chinese or Korean... My point is that running it through a Fender Deluxe Reverb is a hell of alot different than running it through a berringer solid state with an 8" speaker... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Summerisle Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Lord... I tried to provide him with either Korean or Chinese Casinos... there may be one in there that is a USA/Japanese... But most of the ones in there are either Chinese or Korean... My point is that running it through a Fender Deluxe Reverb is a hell of alot different than running it through a berringer solid state with an 8" speaker... A fair point...can't really argue that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Flick Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 ...well' date=' according to "Mojo" magazine Robertson is now hard at work on his autobiography - writing it himself rather than contracting it out to a ghost writer [i']a la[/i] Clapton. It will be interesting to read his side of things. Neither Levon Helm's autobiography, Hoskyn's book Across the Great Divide, nor, surprisingly, Bob Dylan's Chronicles, Vol. 1 present a particularly flattering or appealing portrait of The Band's virtuoso guitarist... Some Guy with a Riviera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Summerisle Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Some Guy with a Riviera The same Riviera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Flick Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 The same Riviera? Looks like it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caramello Koala Posted June 16, 2010 Share Posted June 16, 2010 Really' date=' all I need to do is buy a whole new amp and spend a lot of money even though at the start of the thread I stated I cant afford to splash out on something expensive such as a new amp?Helpful.[/quote'] Sorry I didn't catch the part in your OP that you were short on money, looks like you're stuck with what you've got I'm afraid. If you want to get rid of the 'cheap' sound of the epiphone casino then your only real option is to buy a new amp, as improving the pickups isn't going to make a hairs difference unless you have a good amp to articulate the changes in tone and dynamics that new pickups provide, the epiphone casino is a pretty solid sounding guitar on it's own anyway, so it's definitely not the guitar that sounds 'cheap'. Think about it, save up some money and buy yourself a new amp, a vox ac15 would be perfect, they're quite cheap, you can probably pick one up second hand for a few hundred, and they'll be happy to punch out beatles-esque tones for you. If your cruddy tone is worrying you then save up some of your hard earned money (get a job if you haven't already) and in a couple of months you should be able to get a new amp, your wallet will actually thank you for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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