Casino?..Dot?...Sheraton?...

[Dennis G]

Neither. The feedback intro on "I Feel Fine" was done on John's Gibson J-160E, an electric-acoustic guitar. At first it was accidental --- John hadn't turned the volume all the way down when he leaned the guitar against his amp, but he was so captivated by the sound he asked George Martin if they could use it somehow, and Martin spliced it into the intro. John then learned to recreate it intentionally for live performances --- again, with the J-160E.

Correctomundo! And it just fits so perfectly into that songs riff!

[JefferySmith]

After an Elitist Anything, it's hard to go back, but the reasonable prices will allow you to digress. The Sheraton feels and sounds most like my mid-1960's ES-335, so it will always be my favorite. If you want a sound like the mid-vintage Beatles (some distortion), then the Casino is a good choice. If I had to have only one guitar, it wouldn't have P90s. If you can have 2 guitars, get a Casino.

 

As a 15-year-old, I thought of the Casino as a 335 clone with cheap, crappy pickups. When 3 of the 4 Beatles ate them up, I had an attitude adjustment.

[Gordy01]

JefferySmith. Is it really you? It has been a while since you last posted, that I can remember.

Nice to see your return.

[Jeffery Smith]

JefferySmith. Is it really you? It has been a while since you last posted, that I can remember.

Nice to see your return.

 

Thanks much, Gord! I just noticed the belching avatar of Sledge. Good to be back home!

[cookieman15061]

McCartney got his Casino because it would feed back--apparently he'd just seen Hendrix and he wanted a guitar that would do that. Interesting that the first recorded use of guitar feedback (according to John Lennon, anyway) was Lennon's intro on "I Feel Fine"--I don't know if he used a Casino or the Rickenbacker 325 for that one. I understand that Lennon and George Harrison got their Casinos after Paul did.

And that's crazy, having those double dots at the 11th fret. It does happen sometimes, and not just on Chinese guitars--there's a '60's Gretsch out there with a headstock logo that spells "Gertsch"...

Wow you really need to go back and fact check your Beatles facts.

[CasinoGambler]

Have had my IBJL sunburst Casino for some time now and have been really pleased with it.

 

Used it for home/studio use and gigged with it too. It's fantastic, try and give one a play, am pretty sure you won't be disappointed.

 

Cheers

[catnine]

I haven't seen the re-issue casino's yet. I know in about 1999 or 2000 or sometime about then I tried out a re-issue and it must have been a Gibson because it was black and had humbuckers.

 

I had a 1967 sunburst casino and it was a great guitar. The only problem was by the mid 80's I had to keep raising the bridge . Then I looked at the top and it was sinking down right where the bridge was placed up to the bridge PU. The back was fine. I tried to keep it real humid to see if the top may have been dry but 5 ply tops usually don't sink in. I was not about to have the top removed which is what I was told need to be done so I sold it before it was worth something. Now that I know how to repair guitars I wish I had kept it. I have seen other casinos just as old and none had this issue.

 

I did move from IL where I got it to southern FL then to Calif so perhaps that had something to do with it.

 

I would like another one but with no money to even think about it, it's not likely now. I always liked casino sized F hole electrics and most of my guitars were that type most were double cutaway . then I got into strats and to think I traded the casino for a 1984 american standard strat still bums me out.