Ti-Ti Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 32years ago I bought a EA250. I was quite satisfied with the sound for rock at that time. After a couple of years of using, the guitar was retired due to the fact that the neck attach failed (bad quality I presume). Does somebody know something about this guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweed1 Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 I was working in a music store back in the early 70's when we got a new EA 250 in. If I remember correctly, made in Japan, bolt on neck and pickups that looked like humbuckers, but were actually single coils. Good build quality hollow body guitar for not a lot of money. Gibson was said to have been really watching the quality as made in Japan guitars still had a "lesser reputation" with some people. At the time, I didn't really consider it comparable to the Casino, although it was a hollow body and a similar shape. Seems to me that the pickups changed as they progressed. From single coil humbucker lookalike to actual humbuckers, but when I dig back in the old memory backs that far, things tend to get a little out of focus. The EA 250 may have been available before then, but that was the first one I recall seeing. It'd be interesting to see how they are looked at these days, value and desirabilty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyg Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 I owned an EA250 in the early 70's. Straight off I'm going to say it was one of the worst guitars I ever owned. The sound could only be described as fair and that's being generous. The tuning problems with the guitar were horrendous even after a pro setup and new Schaller tuners. I don't know whether this was due to a very flexible neck or an unstable neck/body joint but I never solved the problem. Compared to their contempories at that time, Ibanez/Antoria etc, I think the 70's Epiphones rate as also rans. A current Casino, or any other current Epi semi, is ten times the guitar the EA250 was IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ti-Ti Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 Thanks for these replies; I agree to the fact that the neck to body was not perfect (big failure without reason). For the tuning, I removed the spring (of the bigsby) and after that I was not annoyed. Are you shure about hallow ? I don't remember very well, what I remember is this guitar was very suceptible to feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyg Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Thanks for these replies; I agree to the fact that the neck to body was not perfect (big failure without reason). For the tuning, I removed the spring (of the bigsby) and after that I was not annoyed. Are you shure about hallow ? I don't remember very well, what I remember is this guitar was very suceptible to feedback. Yes, the EA250 was completely hollow. With regard to the bigsby, I took the whole thing off and replaced it with a regular trapeze tailpiece and it made no difference. I don't know if you're thinking of buying another one but IMO your money really would be better spent on a current model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ti-Ti Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 To be honnest, I'm pleased with my Casino B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyg Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 To be honnest, I'm pleased with my Casino B) I'm sure you are, the Korean Casino's are said to be better than the current Chinese ones. What I meant was, a current Casino would be a better buy than a used EA250 IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ti-Ti Posted October 5, 2010 Author Share Posted October 5, 2010 Right, if I invest on hallow Casino, I would try an Elitist or an '60-'70 one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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