The Epiphone Casino: A Short History

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I need to thank the good folks at Carter Vintage for their permission to use the clip of R.J. Ronquillo playing an original '69 Casino.

I'd like to think Mick Taylor from That Pedal Show for giving his permission to use his edge of your seat Casino playing. See the entire video here:

The Casino has been on the Short History list ever since I started playing my own fully hollow double cut, the diminutive ES-390. The video covers a good bit of Epi history to explain the relationship between Epiphone and Gibson as well. I hope you like it.

Thanks for watching.
All the best,
Keith

[jts]

Thank you Keith. The Casino is a great guitar that stands on it’s own. It’s not a poor man’s Gibson, it’s proudly an Epiphone with it’s own pedigree and history that can compare favorably to any guitar.

[RickBeato]

Ok you sold me on one Hypes! I should never have sold my old one. Great video!!

[danwilson]

My first electric guitar was a ‘65 Casino. My grandparents bought it for me when I graduated jr high in ‘82. They paid $350 for it with a Kustom amp. The amp is long gone, but my Casino is sitting 3’ away.

[furtherdefinitions]

The Epiphone Casino plays and sounds like no other guitar. It's so simple and yet so versatile

[jtcolecomedy]

Paul Weller playing a Casino into old Marshalls is the stuff of legends!

[stevieboy]

If only....If only the whole music industry could adopt Keith's mantra of "I'd like to thank". It solves so many unnecessary problems.Personally I'd like to thank JS Bach for my entire understanding of music theory which informs absolutely everything I've ever done musically.

[drstrangelove]

The Beatles and Radiohead were plenty to have an excuse to fall in love with them

[Kevin-cygc]

My wife gave me a Chinese Epiphone casino for Christmas. I love it! It's a unique guitar and you can get such an array of tones with it.

[andrewswift]

Dave Davies also played a Casino starting in 1964.

I enjoy your work.

Thanks.

[buzzawuzza]

These videos really make my day. I don't need a room full of guitars but I still like seeing and hearing them. Thanks

[angeldquintas]

As a Beatles fan, I always wanted to have an Epiphone Casino. I struck gold with the Worn Olive Drab Casino. It’s honestly my favorite guitar!

[edryba]

A round of APPLAUSE for Mr. Williams, please? Great installment!

[andrewpaul]

In 1965 I saw an Epiphone Casino and Gibson es330 sitting side by side. They each cost $307. I was told they both came off the line together. The Beatles played Casinos. I saw them sitting on a table in front of the stage, Thank You for letting me have the chance to comment.

[hudsonelowsky]

Love this. My dad growing up had a '61 Gibson ES-330 that he stills owns. We banged that guitar around, playing it all the time when I was in elementary/middle school until I realized that it's a golden-era vintage guitar.

[Rwtheking]

Man, I can’t explain how much I appreciate what you do. I learn so much every time I watch one of these.

[LZcool]

You seriously should make a channel reading mistery novels, or narrating some other stuff, the voice tone you use for your videos is super cool.
Sir, again, thanks for the great content. For some reason Youtube stopped notifying me of your new videos and your live videos, I've fixed it I think, but I am surprised.

Do you think you could make other music related themes as "A Short history"
Like "Blues, a short history"
and start with Robert Johnson, how the blues made it to England, returned to the USA through Clapton and then again to England via Hendrix and how it exploded?

Even a series, since I assume it is a LOT of work a topic like those.

Thanks a lot for the video, I prefer your videos over Beato's (No disrespect to your friend, he does great videos I also watch, yours are just better)

[johnnathancordy]

20:20 Keith graces the video with his playing!!!

[andreaschlapek]

I saw Paul McCartney live and on a few songs he brought out the Casino. Legendary!!

[robinleebraun]

I learn a lot from your videos, Keith. I am constantly amazed at how expensive guitars used to be in today’s dollars.

[toms]

Great video, but it tugs at the heart a bit. I was wanting a 335 of some sort for long time. I was just about to pull the trigger on a Casino but then found the P93 Riviera. The big draw to me was semi-hollow, a middle P90 and a Bigsby. I loved that guitar, unfortunately my wife dropped it and snapped the neck. I got it repaired but only got to enjoy for a few short months. She's on her second repair and I'm just hoping she's still playable. Otherwise it'll be retired as a wall decoration.