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Spruce on Casino tops - when?


jdogric12

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Hi everyone. I remember shopping for my first Casino back in the mid 90's, reading the Musician's Friend catalog, and learning that the Casino used a spruce top instead of maple like other models, which apparently gave it a bright resonant tone. I settled on a locally purchased turquoise '97 Epi Casino with Vibrotone that I love and still have, and I just acquired an '05 MIK sunburst without the vibrato, and it's much more resonant without that big hunk of aluminum on there! But I was surprised to learn my '05 has a maple or maple/birch top, not spruce. Does my '97 have spruce? If so, when did they switch? Thanks, J

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Nope, They were (and still are) maple. I double checked the catalogs I have. I skipped a few, but i referenced 1961, 1964, 1966, 1974 (EA-250) & 1982. The 1975-1989 Matsumokus were maple. The 1987-1993 Teradas were also maple, and 1995 through present are most definitely maple.

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The only woods I've heard of being used on Casinos is maple and birch.For example the 1965 and Revolution John Lennon Casinos are maple/birch/maple/birch/maple.It could be that spruce was used at some time but I've certainly never seen it advertised in vintage guitar ads.

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Hi everyone. I remember shopping for my first Casino back in the mid 90's, reading the Musician's Friend catalog, and learning that the Casino used a spruce top instead of maple like other models, which apparently gave it a bright resonant tone. I settled on a locally purchased turquoise '97 Epi Casino with Vibrotone that I love and still have, and I just acquired an '05 MIK sunburst without the vibrato, and it's much more resonant without that big hunk of aluminum on there! But I was surprised to learn my '05 has a maple or maple/birch top, not spruce. Does my '97 have spruce? If so, when did they switch? Thanks, J

 

That turqoise was an interesting color for those, kind of rare. Mine is the (discontinued) ebony model. Great guitars.

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