Epiphone's Refreshed Casino, Watch Before You Buy

To celebrate 150 years Epiphone has refreshed three of their iconic archtop models! First up for review is the newly refreshed Epiphone Casino. Made famous in the 60's by legendary artists like Keith Richards, John Lennon and George Harrison the Casino has become iconic in its own right. Newly refreshed, this take on the classic provides the best combination tone and playability with phenomenal value. Check out this full review before you purchase a new archtop or hollowbody guitar to see if the Casino is the guitar for you.

0:00 Intro
0:38 History
1:51 Specs
7:02 Demo
9:09 Thoughts

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[coopergreenberg]

As many of you have pointed out, yes this guitar goes for $699, not $799. Our mistake!

[craigdockstader]

I absolutely love my Casino. I’ve changed nothing on it and will likely never. It’s perfect for me and what I need. Great review.

[craigbragg]

Just purchased one of these a few moths ago and love it. Such great tones and very comfortable to play. And it was one of the few models available to a lefty like myself!

[Rockfish]

Thanks for this. I think the Casino remains under appreciated, even with the Beatles and other associations. A couple of things you forgot to mention- 1) It’s light! very comfortable to play sitting or standing 2) it’s a great songwriting tool because it sounds so good unplugged. You can just grab it off the stand and work out that idea that just popped into your head.

[gui-texzan]

Man, Cooper's got the skills to pay the bills.

[mortonwilson]

Great to see this, just got an email from Epiphone yesterday announcing the 3 re-issues. Not clear if there are any significant differences / improvements on the version that's been available for the last few years? I bought a sunburst 2 years ago and switched to Lollar P90s + 50's Loom + Bone Nut and it's beautiful (that said it was already fine - just thought I'd pull out the stops and see if I could get closer to the US model the Fabs had in the 60s). I just play acoustic at home lot of the time - the neck is the best for me of all my guitars. The Casino really is a classic - every home should have one! 😀

[DoctorQ]

I really wanted them to contrast the previous Casino model with the new Casino model. If they did, it got lost in the review.

[garrywing]

Super playing as always Cooper! Nice sounding guitar!

[billykittleman]

8:30-ish was some great riffin'...enjoyed the video, thanks y'all

[djsangre]

I own a Casino Coupe (the smaller 339ish body variant) and it's awesome. Definitely built better and sounding better than my vintage Gibsons.

[billhorton]

My Casino is a pleasure to play. Lightweight and sounds really good unplugged. The P90s are amazing pickups. I play mostly classic rock and classic country, with just a few classical pieces, and my Casino sounds great no matter what I'm playing.

[GlindaQuadling]

Thanks so much for spending time on clean tones. I know you did it because of the Beatles but some of us are interested in this guitar for the same reason the Beatles loved Casinos--players like T-Bone Walker, Howlin' Wolf, Hubert Sumlin, etc. Not to mention, hillbilly-boogie, early rockabilly, Western swing, which this guitar is amazing for, if you hate Bigsbys and don't want to go Gretsch. Grant Green on the ES-330. OTOH I guess we should be grateful for the Beatles' monster popularity, which is the reason this very-nice-indeed true hollow with P90s is in currency and reasonably priced.

[architectsofmelancholy]

I have a Japanese Elitist model, and the fit and finish and playability was amazing right out of the box.

[belmontbutty]

Correct me if I am wrong but the only difference to the previous Chinese model (I own a 2019) is an upgrade to Epiphone Pro pick ups and a switch from Pau ferro to Indian Laurel on the board. In the UK, these 2023s are retailing for over £700. Better off buying one of the older versions, switching out the pick ups if desired and putting some relic wax on the Pau board. I think, overall, Epiphone has upped its game but some of these new releases are asking more price wise of the Epiphone fan base than is justified.

[gregmock]

I bought the Casino when the lockdown happened and fell in love with it. I put a bone nut on mine and had it setup but it's truly a singer songwriter's guitar. It's sort of like a thinline acoustic electric but the pickups go from clean at 7 to edge of breakup at 10....wonderful guitars. I bought the Inspired by Gibson ES 335 58 reissue with the wider nut and between those two guitars I feel I can cover a lot of sonic territory.

[TyasAnugerahDjumali]

Great video& cool playing, thank you guys ! *sorry for my English. I have my humble hollowbody, a 2013 chinese made 'Inspired by John Lennon' Epiphone Casino vintage sunburst model; but I have to change/an upgrade a bit immediately : I put a .015uf capacitor only just for the neck PU and change the wiring too ('50s wiring) for the neck & bridge PU. I had to buy some good potentiometers too (CTS, 500k). It have genuine Gibson P-90 PUs from the factory. Love my guitar because it have kinda elegant/cool jazzy vibe with warm and a bit 'rock & roll bitey raw' sounds too

[eddiemautone]

😊😊😊😊😊I ordered one it arrived today same guitar only left handed wow it is awsum

[akgeezer]

I have a Korean model, Casino. They were later manufactured in China. This is a great sounding guitar. I can't express how extremely easily this guitar is to play. What a great neck!!! The value of having an electric guitar, that you can pick up and play acoustically and actually hear each note clearly, is beyond my capability of describing. A great practice tool. It's just a great guitar to have plugged in or just siting on the couch playing it acoustically. Yes, they can feed back, if pushed too hard in a loud venue, but that can be dealt with. Epiphone got this right from the

[happytrails]

Watched alamo video few months ago and inspired me to buy a e-hummingbird. It was set-up very nice also. They really do well maybe with the setups.

[sjazzp]

Great playing and sounds, beautiful guitar that is a legend. Funny thing, all Epiphones and Gibsons are import guitars in Australia 😉