A Dream Machine

This Casino is a John Lennon tribute model bearing Lennon's original serial number 328323. It is one of only1965 made. I see why The Beatles loved this guitar so much and why Paul McCartney still plays his. It has fantastic tone and versatility.

Almost perfect, has some slight downsides but I still love it.

This has been my dream guitar since the first time I started playing seriously and looked up guitar models and saw it, it instantly caught my eye. After a long time of waiting I could finally get one and I love it. There are some downsides to it, it sounds a little muddy even on the new 2025 model with the updated pickups, but it pairs nicely with my Vox AC4C1-12 which people usually criticize for being too bright so it balances it out. The pickguard sits a little too high, most people take them off but I just left it because I like the look. The frets are a little sharp but it doesn't bother me much like on some other guitars, and the high fret access is limited but I don't go that high anyways so that doesn't bother me. It has a nice loud acoustic sound as well as a nice plugged in sound even with the slight muddyness.e

Well Built!

I picked up this 2020 model second hand. I was just looking for something reasonably inexpensive with p90s in it that didn’t feel unfamiliar from my 2007 Gibson ES335 (my main gigging guitar). Wow! I was impressed! Fit and finish was top drawer.(love the satin finish)Fantastic tonal variety! There is a gap of course between it and the Gibson (you do get what you pay for) but over $3k difference? Not so much! What I got was a lively very playable and super gig-worthy instrument! The P90s give me a different voice and at a fraction of the price! Highly recommend!

Great Guitar for the Price

This is currently a bit of a bargain.

The neck is quite slim and the guitar being hollow bodied, is very light. The hardware is good enough, with no obvious issues; the latest pickups are lower output and therefore brighter and more vintage (Epiphone have clearly listened to complaints on this), but it is still a fairly warm/dark sounding guitar if you are used to Strats. I think any upgrades would purely be for personal taste rather than necessity.

I gave 4 stars as mine had a bit of paint missing where the neck joins to the body, but I was able to touch this in, as the paint is easy to match (auto paint). Also, the bridge pickup was squealing with very little gain which was easily fixed by adjusting the pickup mounting screws (keep in mind that this guitar will feedback fairly easily but can be controlled, or used creatively).

I did also swap the pickguard for a cream one to match the binding as (IMO) the white just looked wrong.

Smooth Player

Really good when it comes to comfort, couldn't be happier with this instrument

From Gear Setup

Good guitar but a pain to own.

I have mine since 2014. It is a pretty good guitar, but my main concern refers to the electronics, not because they are bad (they are not the best nor the worst) but this guitar makes it almost impossible to access the output jack or the knobs without dismantling it. Sometimes the jack gets loose from use and ends up falling into the hollow body.

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Great guitar, feels and looks great, needs new pickups

Mine is a 2007 Chinese sunburst model, looks perfect, feels amazing when set up properly, I actually love the unplugged sound a lot! I’m thinking maybe some of the Beatles recorded sounds around the Rubber Soul/Revolver period that we think are an acoustic are this guitar unplugged 🤔 But the stock pickups are way too high output with not enough punch and treble, very dull and woofy sounding, so I’m swapping them for some Lollars(on the way). The electronics are cheap also, might need to replace some of it…

If it's good enough for John Lennon, it's good enough for me.

This is a great guitar for the money. The neck in particular feels very nice, it sounds awesome and it is very well built! I have the vintage sunburst made in china version and it blew me away.

My brand new Birthday purchase

I was born in Liverpool, and brought up on The Beatles, so its only natural that I would have one of these beauties on my purchase radar. Its my Birthday today 19th Feb, and I have jumped in with both feet and bought it, to pick it up later this evening. I've gone for the classic sunburst colourway. Can reaaly give a review of how it plays just yet, but it looks spectacular, and I cant wait to get it in my hands.

Looks good, sounds good, plays good.

The epiphone casino has a long history of being used by the best. A relatively affordable guitar at around £400, you get a guitar with a lot of potential. The acoustics on it are wonderful and make it perfect for noodling when unplugged. There are few ES style full hollowbodies out there and this has to be the best value one. The P90 pickups blow me away, they have a huge amount of output and a very unique and powerful sound. The casino is good for lead but really shines on rhythm sections - switching to the bridge pickup offers a really powerful driving mid and bass. There is room for modification with these guitars, I recommend changing the tuners for grovers and adding a bigsby bar if you are so inclined.

Overall a really solid guitar that will look great on you, feel fantastic to play, and sound like no other.