jdogric12 Posted November 17, 2011 Posted November 17, 2011 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
Supersonic Posted November 17, 2011 Posted November 17, 2011 I didn't know any Casinos had spruce tops.
RobinTheHood Posted November 17, 2011 Posted November 17, 2011 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.
bonzoboy Posted November 18, 2011 Posted November 18, 2011 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.
RobinTheHood Posted November 18, 2011 Posted November 18, 2011 Epiphone has used spruce on a lot of their archtops, but not any of the ES style guitars that I am aware of.
jdogric12 Posted November 18, 2011 Author Posted November 18, 2011 Thanks everyone! I've been misinformed all these years!
Blueman335 Posted November 18, 2011 Posted November 18, 2011 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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