dougg330 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 It's new, and it's vintage, and I'm happy. Here's my 1966 Epiphone Casino E230T. It's an ice tea sunburst that's done more in the Gibson style than the traditional Casino style... but who cares? It's beautiful. Light as a feather. Great tones from the single P-90. And the neck is to die for!!!! Best shape on any guitar I've ever had - including 2 '66 ES-330's and a '62 ES-330. I'm a total idiot at uploads, so I hope these work. So now I have my '09 IBJL Casino, my '66 Casino, a '96 Riviera with minis, a '95 Sorrento, and a '95 Howard Roberts. Plus a '62 ES-120 converted to a 125TD. I think I'm done. Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordy01 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 It's new' date=' and it's vintage, and I'm happy.Here's my 1966 Epiphone Casino E230T. It's an ice tea sunburst that's done more in the Gibson style than the traditional Casino style... but who cares? So now I have my '09 IBJL Casino, my '66 Casino, a '96 Riviera with minis, a '95 Sorrento, and a '95 Howard Roberts. Plus a '62 ES-120 converted to a 125TD. I think I'm done. Right?[/quote'] OK, you're done..... and I have a nice bit of dry land to sell you in Florida. If you're like most of us, you will be chasing tone for the rest of your life. Beautiful Guitar BTW. Ice Tea is delicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdsmith3 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgrmatt Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Congrats man, she's gorgeous!!! mgm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midiman56 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Oof! Is that thing a sock in the guts or what? Beautiful guitar, man ... really! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianh Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Wow Doug, that's a nice one, almost looks brand new. Congrats and enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teegar Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 That is a screaming beauty. Tell us how the middle position sounds for the P-90, compared to neck/bridge most of us are used to. How could you be done? Where's the acoustic(s)? The solidbody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motowntom Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 What a beauty Dougg! a have it's cousin, we should compare serial#'s to see how close together they were born. Again congrats! you are gonna love the whole package. I was lucky enough to get mine over a year ago, and its like SEX. Nice score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoop Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 That's very nice. I do like that finish and, like many others, really wish Epiphone would offer it on current models. As much as I like vintage sunburst, it's nice to have an alternative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smips65 Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Oof! Is that thing a sock in the guts or what? Beautiful guitar' date=' man ... really! Jim [/quote'] I'm still doubled over... Beautiful. Congrats!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anfontan Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 It's new' date=' and it's vintage, and I'm happy.Here's my 1966 Epiphone Casino E230T. It's an ice tea sunburst that's done more in the Gibson style than the traditional Casino style... but who cares? It's beautiful. Light as a feather. Great tones from the single P-90. And the neck is to die for!!!! Best shape on any guitar I've ever had - including 2 '66 ES-330's and a '62 ES-330. I'm a total idiot at uploads, so I hope these work. So now I have my '09 IBJL Casino, my '66 Casino, a '96 Riviera with minis, a '95 Sorrento, and a '95 Howard Roberts. Plus a '62 ES-120 converted to a 125TD. I think I'm done. Right? [/quote'] ]You can hope you are done-but I know they keep sneaking into my collection all too often!! A single P-90 can do some amazing sounds-I have a 59 reissue melody Maker that has a monster tone~ [/b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anfontan Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 It's new' date=' and it's vintage, and I'm happy.Here's my 1966 Epiphone Casino E230T. It's an ice tea sunburst that's done more in the Gibson style than the traditional Casino style... but who cares? It's beautiful. Light as a feather. Great tones from the single P-90. And the neck is to die for!!!! Best shape on any guitar I've ever had - including 2 '66 ES-330's and a '62 ES-330. I'm a total idiot at uploads, so I hope these work. So now I have my '09 IBJL Casino, my '66 Casino, a '96 Riviera with minis, a '95 Sorrento, and a '95 Howard Roberts. Plus a '62 ES-120 converted to a 125TD. I think I'm done. Right? [/quote'] You can hope you are done-but I know they keep sneaking into my collection all too often!! A single P-90 can do some amazing sounds-I have a 59 reissue melody Maker that has a monster tone~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougg330 Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share Posted July 19, 2010 The position of the single P-90 on the Casino gives it a really rich and wonderful mid-range, and it's very different from just having both PU's on in the 2 PU models. You lose a little of the lowest tones that the neck PU would get and a little of the highest tones the bridge PU would get... but it finds some nice stuff in the middle: good jazz tones with Tone rolled down to 1-3; great r&b/funk sound from about 5-7; strong rock tones from 8 on up. Just a comfortable guitar to play, too - feels right, is very light on the shoulder. Wish I was home playing it instead of working right now (first day back from vacation - always tough to adjust.) And thanks to all for your kind words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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