But perhaps the biggest change was the pickups. In terms of construction, the guitars were fairly similar, both had a maple top back and sides, rosewood fretboard and parallelogram neck position markers - though this reissue had a three-piece maple neck replacing the single piece mahogany of the original. The guitar pictured appears to be in Walnut finish - previously not available, though the text only lists Wine Red and Antique Sunburst - both darker than the Cherry and Sunburst offered in 1960s instruments. Although a respectable copy, there were a number of significant differences from the US-produced original, though perhaps not immediately obvious. The 1976 advert (right) shows an accurate reissue, but with a list price of ¥65000 - roughly equivalent to $600 - was most likely too expensive in comparison to US-produced guitars.īut by 1982, the Casino was being shipped to the US. These Epiphone Casino reissues had been produced by Aria at the Matsumoku plant in Japan at least as early as 1976, though not immediately available in the United States. Most importantly, they offered a guitar with the characteristic Gibson/Epiphone set neck. Epiphone's reissued Casino was fairly similar in looks to the mid-late 1960s Gibson Kalamazoo-made original, with Trapeze tailpiece, pearl parallelogram block markers, and chrome dog-ear covered pickups.
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