The dot inlay gave way to parallelograms by 1963. 'The Casino, introduced in 1961, is the equivalent of the Gibson ES-330 - a fully hollow thinbody guitar with one or two P-90 pickups. The group used them on various recordings and promotional films. Fans around the world saw the Casinos on the Beatles' s world tour of 1966. McCartney put his on record almost immediately, playing the guitar fills on the group's 1965 hit 'Ticket to Ride' on his Casino. All three Casinos were Sunburst, and George's had a Bigsby vibrola tailpiece. Near the end of 1964, Epiphone scored an unexpected coup when the Beatles bought three Casinos - one each for George Harrison, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney. King, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Hendrix (while playing with the Isley Brothers) were all playing Epiphone Casinos. Introduced in 1961, the Casino was Epiphone's $335.00 version of the highly popular Gibson ES-330. Housed in its original gray hardshell case with royal blue plush lining (9.00). This totally unfaded custom-color guitar is in excellent plus (8.75) condition, with a minimal amount of belt buckle scarring on the back, some finish checking, a small surface chip (measuring 1/2 x 1/4 inch) on the back of the guitar, another small surface mark (approximately 1/8 inch square) on the top of the guitar, a small indentation in the back of the neck behind the seventh fret, some wear to the edge of the headstock, and a few other minor marks. Trapeze tailpiece with raised diamond on cross-bar and Tune-O-Matic retainer bridge with metal saddles.

Black plastic ribbed-sided conical-shaped 'Witch Hat' knobs with metal tops. Four controls (two volume, two tone) plus three-way selector switch, all on the lower treble bout. Four-layer (white/black/white/black) plastic pickguard with bevelled edge and silver and black Epiphone stylized 'E' logo. (The serial number is also on a rectangular blue label inside bass f-hole.) Two chrome-covered P-90 pickups with thumping great 7.50k and 7.72k outputs. Serial number ('051888') stamped in black on the back of the headstock. Individual dual-line Kluson Deluxe tuners with oval metal buttons. Headstock with inlaid pearl 'Epiphone' script logo. Single-bound laminated maple top, back, and sides, one-piece mahogany neck, and rosewood fretboard with 22 jumbo frets and inlaid pearl single-parallelogram position markers. and has a nut width of 1 9/16 inches and a scale length of 24 3/4 inches. This super lightweight 16-inch-wide guitar weighs just 6.10 lbs. Super Rare Mid-Sixties Burgundy Mist Epiphone Casino

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