NGD - 1994 Epiphone Casino

[walrus]

Purchased last week from LTGer @M-30. I've been playing it non-stop, and I am really enjoying it! I've had two Casinos before, a 2003 Asian made, and a 1966 single pickup Casino. This one was made in the Korean Peerless factory, which has a very good repuation for quality.

Excellent condition, excellent "fit and finish". It's been upgraded with Kent Armstrong P90's and Gotoh tuners. I've been playing it to make sure I can handle the thinner neck on these, and I seem to be adjusting fine. It makes my Guild F-30RCE neck seem like a tree trunk!

Here's a few pics from what was in the LTG ad, plus another to show that even the case is a quality case. And yes, I'm a Beatles fan, but I have always taken the pickguard off of any archtop I've owned, including Guilds - it's not just a "Lennon thing".

Got my go-to D'Addario XL110W strings on there, and it sounds great!

Lastly, I highly recommend @M-30 as a seller - a pleasure to deal with!







walrus

 

[GGJaguar]

Nice one, congrats!

 

[Iceman]

I had one like that, back in my younger days!
You are gonna enjoy it.

 

[Wilmywood]

Purchased last week from LTGer @M-30. I've been playing it non-stop, and I am really enjoying it! I've had two Casinos before, a 2023 Asian made, and a 1966 single pickup Casino. This one was made in the Korean Peerless factory, which has a very good repuation for quality.

Excellent condition, excellent "fit and finish". It's been upgraded with Kent Armstrong P90's and Gotoh tuners. I've been playing it to make sure I can handle the thinner neck on these, and I seem to be adjusting fine. It makes my Guild F-30RCE neck seem like a tree trunk!

Here's a few pics from what was in the LTG ad, plus another to show that even the case is a quality case. And yes, I'm a Beatles fan, but I have always taken the pickguard off of any archtop I've owned, including Guilds - it's not just a "Lennon thing".

Got my go-to D'Addario XL110W strings on there, and it sounds great!

Lastly, I highly recommend @M-30 as a seller - a pleasure to deal with!







walrus

Congrats, I have a '96 Casino out of Peerless, love it.

 

[HeyMikey]

Nice, congrats Walrus. I’ve read a lot of good user reviews on those Peerless Casinos. Never tried one though. Have fun!

 

[chazmo]

Very slick, @walrus ! Enjoy!!!

 

[M-30]

So glad you are enjoying it.It is an easy guitar to bond with.
All the best Walrus!

 

[crank]

Super nice, high quality and easy to play guitars those Korean Epiphones are. I have a 96 Epi Sorento. Only difference between that and the Casino is the Sorento is a cutaway.

I took the pickguard off years ago.

 

[M-30]

They are great guitars for sure.Sorrentos are lovely.I like the reissues with P90s better than the originals with mini humbuckers.

 

[crank]

They are great guitars for sure.Sorrentos are lovely.I like the reissues with P90s better than the originals with mini humbuckers.

Mine has the P90s.

 

[M-30]

NICE!

 

[M-30]

So does mine.

 

[Wilmywood]

P90s on the '96 also ...

 

[shihan]

Those are the gigging guitar for a lot of traditional blues guys in SoCAL. They are great guitars. Congratulations!

 

[jp]

Nice Casino, walrus! Like others have mentioned, I noticed that that era of Epiphones are really great quality.

Super nice, high quality and easy to play guitars those Korean Epiphones are. I have a 96 Epi Sorento. Only difference between that and the Casino is the Sorento is a cutaway.

I took the pickguard off years ago.

I've always wanted one of those mid-90s Sorrentos. So cool! When the time came, however, I went for a T-100D. Sorrentos are still one of the most under-rated, best buy guitars out there.

 

[Minnesota Flats]

My all-time favorite guitar was a Kalamazoo-made Epi Riviera that was probably made in about 1965 or 1966. Unfortunately, I foolishly sold it off during the early 1980s. I have an ES-335 that I swapped Harmonic Design Z-90s ('Bucker-sized P-90s) into. My favorite basses are all Guild Starfires.

I think I just may have a "thing" for that body shape...

 

[M-30]

I love the figured maple.Its subtle.
Class!

 

[bobouz]

The Peerless Casinos (and other Peerless-made Epis) had great build quality at their price points, and were typically the best offerings out of the four Korean factories used by Gibson to manufacture Epiphones. I purchased one new in 2004, and it was a very nice player. I finally let it go after buying a Terada-Japan made Elitist Casino in 2009 that worked a little better for me. But double-cut P90 mania took over, so three Gibsons were to follow: an ES-330L in 2010, then a ES-335 w/P90s in 2011, and finally the one that fully cured my fever, an ES-330 VOS in 2012. All were purchased new & remain with me. Watch out Walrus, it's a very slippery slope!

 

[M-30]

That last one is stunning.
ES330 VOS?

 

[Cougar]

I've been playing it non-stop, and I am really enjoying it!

Nice one! Major congrats! I still have a couple Epiphone electrics... I might have to break one out in celebration of your NGD....

I removed the pickguard, too, put it in the drawer of a rickety old side table with all the other pickguards, then later put the table on the curb with a "free" sign when we were moving.... forgot the pickguards were in there. Table was gone the next day. Oh well....