The Limited Edition 50th Anniversary 1961 Casino TD celebrates one of Epiphone's most famous designs (partly thanks to John Lennon and the Beatles) - the archtop Casino. Epiphone is making just 1,961 50th anniversary Casinos so we recommend you order early to secure one. This 1961 Casino TD has a trapeze bridge and is finished in a stunningly vintage sunburst finish.
Here's what Epiphone say about the 1961 Casino TD
Celebrate 50 Years of Epiphone's Classic Casino! Epiphone has made a name for itself by producing some of the greatest and most innovative musical instruments for over 135 years. While models such as Masterbilts, Broadways, Wilshires, Coronets, Emperors and Texans are some of Epiphone's most memorable models, the Casino is arguably their most famous due to its close association with the Beatles. Now, Epiphone brings back the first Casino in celebration of it's 50th anniversary - the "1961" Casino.
Classic Vintage Styling and Unique Features
Originally introduced in 1961, this version of the Casino had a unique set of features that ultimately were never offered beyond that first year. These include the pre-Gibson era triangle metal logo badge on the headstock, "Dot" fingerboard inlays, a blank two-ply "bullet" trussrod cover, a tortoise-colored pickguard with foil "E" and black dog-ear P-90 pickups. Epiphone has faithfully reproduced these features for a one-of-a-kind retro look not found on Casinos produced after 1961. Other attention to detail includes the correct "burst" patterns on front and back, a neck joint at the 16th fret (instead of the 17th), vintage style tuners with small plastic buttons and the historically accurate rectangle "blue label" inside the sound hole.
Premium Electronics
Because these Casinos were originally made alongside Gibson's at the Gibson factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan they featured Gibson electronics and this reissue is no different. In the neck position is a Gibson USA P-90R dog-ear pickup and in the bridge position is the Gibson USA P-90T. Widely known as Gibson's first successful single-coil pickup, these lean and mean P-90's offer a stellar combination of high output and biting treble response. They also feature vintage two-conductor, braided, shielded wiring and black plastic covers. Other electronics faithful to the original include a Switchcraft 3-way toggle and 1/4" output jack.
Quality Construction, Hardware and Add-ons!
Unlike an ES-335, the Casino is completely hollow which contributes to it's unique, signature sound made most famous by the Beatles. The body is made of 5-layer Maple/Birch with a solid Mahogany SlimTaper neck attached using the traditional mortise and tenon neck joint hand-fitted and glued to the body using TiteBond glue. Hardware includes a tune-o-matic bridge and your choice of either a Trapeze tailpiece or Epiphone's new reissue of the original Tremotone vibrato. Cool! To top it all off, each 1961 Casino features an original-style hard case with gray exterior and blue plush interior and a numbered certificate of authenticity. As with every Epiphone, it also comes with the piece of mind you get from a Limited Lifetime Warranty backed by Gibson Musical Instruments famous 24/7/265 day Customer Service.
Specifications
- Body Material: 5-Layer; Laminated Maple/Birch
- Neck Materials: Mahogany
- Neck Shape: SlimTaper
- Neck Joint: Glued-In; 16th fret
- Truss Rod: Adjustable
- Scale Length: 24.75"
- Fingerboard Material: Rosewood with pearloid "Dot" inlays
- Fingerboard Radius: 14"
- Frets: 22; medium-jumbo
- Bridge Pickup: Gibson U.S.A P-90T
- Neck Pickup: Gibson U.S.A. P-90R
- Controls: Bridge Volume, Neck Volume, Bridge Tone, Neck Tone, Switchcraft 3-way toggle,
- Switchcraft 1/4" Output Jack
- Bridge: Tune-o-matic
- Tailpiece: Trapeze
- Nut Width: 1-11/16"
- Hardware: Nickel
- Binding: Body and Fingerboard
- Machine Heads: Vintage-style, 14:1 ratio with small plastic buttons
- Includes: Vintage Hard Case, Numbered Certificate of Authenticity
