Featuring a unique tone, the Casino hollow body is a comfortable lightweight guitar with plenty of loudness. Since 1961, the legendary Casino has been Epiphone’s best-selling archtop and a rock ‘n’ roll standard. First introduced in 1961, the Casino was just one of several new thinline archtops designed and produced at the company’s adopted new factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan that it shared with one-time competitor and new partner, Gibson.
The Casino was first adopted by Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones who used a Casino to record the demo for “Satisfaction” at Chess Records in Chicago. Howlin' Wolf took a Casino on his first tour of the UK, appearing on Thank Your Lucky Stars. Shortly afterwards, John Lennon and George Harrison bought Casinos for the Beatles 1966 world tour. Featuring Dogear P-90 Classic pickups and a 5-ply Maple body with Basswood top bracing.
Epiphone Dogear P-90 Classic: The Limited Edition Casino is powered by Epiphone Dogear P-90 Classic single coil pickups inspired by the first generation of P-90 pickups that gave the Casino its unique tone. Epiphone Dogear P-90 Classics are made with 18% Nickel Silver covers and designed and tooled from the ground up with new bobbins manufactured to historic dimensions, Elektrisola magnet wire, sand cast Alnico V magnets, and pole shoes manufactured using correct alloys and to Gibson's original dimensions. Each pickup has its own Volume and Tone control with Gold "Top Hat" knobs with metal inserts and pointers and an Epiphone all-metal three-way selector switch.