The Epiphone 50th Anniversary 1961 Casino TD, Royal Tan Semi-Acoustic Guitar celebrates 50 years of the Epiphone Casino in 1961, their most famous Semi-Model due to it's close association with the Beatles.
The 50th Anniversary 1961 Casino TD by Epiphone has the unique features and styling from 1961 when they were made Gibson's at the Gibson factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan. 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 1961 Casino TD 50th Anniversary has these faithfully reproduced 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.
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.
The 50th Anniversary 1961 Casino TD 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.
The Epiphone 50th Anniversary 1961 Casino TD Main Features Include:
- 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: 2 x Volume, 2 x 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
- Colour (Trapeze): Royal Tan
- Includes: Vintage Hard Case, Numbered Certificate of Authenticity
Epiphone 50th Anniversary 1961 Casino TD Semi-Acoustic Guitar, Royal Tan (code 83778)
Limited Edition, 6-String Semi-Acoustic Guitar, 335 Style, Includes Vintage Hard Case, Maple/Birch Body, Mahogany Neck, P-90R Pickups, Royal Tan
£579.00 (inc vat)