800" deep at the 1st fret, graduating to. The three-piece maple neck has a slender, fast-feeling C-shaped profile carve at the nut, growing appreciably rounder and fuller in the higher registers of the fretboard with generous shoulder. We've had this Casino professionally setup here at Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar, dialed in for optimal action and intonation with fresh 11-49 roundwound strings. Offering a refinement far beyond most modern Casino reissues, this vintage Japanese iteration is simply a compelling, easy-playing guitar, weighing a mere 6lbs 11oz and balancing well on a strap. The pickups yield a broad bass register growl when overdriven, and with a fuzz box you're firmly in Lennon "Revolution" territory. The guitar has a smooth and lively acoustic tone, translating well through the original pair of Maxon-made P-90 pickups, delivering the rich midrange bark and percussive cut associated with a P-90, and a dynamic, glassy snap in the top end. Produced in Japan at the Matsumoku factory and featuring a gloss Natural finish with densely packed microscopic birdseye figuring across the entire body, this is an uncommon and early Epiphone reissue which preceded the "Elitist" line. Up for sale a 1985 Epiphone Casino in exceptional, 100% original condition and in perfect working order, complete with the original hardshell case.
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