Epiphone Casino China Vs Korea

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Aug 11, 2010 I bought a 2004 Casino, made in Korea at the Peerless factory about 2 years ago. Awesome guitar - brilliant clean tones, awesome neck. The guitar was very top heavy, and when you let go of the neck, the headstock would head for the floor.not the biggest of deals, but one negative. Considering buying an Epiphone Casino and know some were made in Japan, some in Korea and now they're being made in China as I understand it. Any advice on buying one of these guitars (vintage or new) would be greatly appreciated. I bought a brand new standard Casino back in May this year and it says made in Korea. The only flaw was the pickguard was installed slightly crooked. I was surprised it was Korean. I thought the standards were all made in China, now.

PROS: Great fit and finish; fantastic neck; highly responsive and articulate P90 pickups.
CONS: None.
PRICE: $599 w/out case

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The Casino has been around for decades, first brought to worldwide fame by the Beatles. Since then, Epiphone’s production has moved around the globe a few times, first from America to Japan, then to Korea and now China. While some aficionados maintain that the Korean-made Epis of the 1990s were better made than the contemporary models coming out of the brand’s Chinese facilities, this reviewer begs to differ. The production-line Casinos being produced today, in 2014, are perhaps the finest in the brand’s long history.

Fit and finish are immaculate – the binding, the fret edges, the neck contour, the pickup routing. We were incredibly impressed by the aesthetics, even more so since it came in our preferred “natural” finish. What sets the Casino apart from other 335-style guitars is its completely hollow body (no sound block here like on the Dot) as well as its single-coil pickups (as opposed to Gibson/Epi’s standard humbuckers).

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Those two factors alone give the Casino a lighter, more articulated tone. We greatly preferred the detail and clarity we heard when A/B’ing it against similar guitars with semi-hollow constructions and full humbuckers. Those sounded a bit muddier to us – and yes, while they had a louder output and will perhaps overdrive an amp quicker, the P90s (yes, the stock pickups) in the Casino are so incredibly versatile, we couldn’t fine a genre they didn’t fit into with ease.

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The age-old problem of feedback was even a non-issue. We picked up a tiny bit of squealing just once, and never again; no need to stuff the sound holes. So all in all, if you’re in the market for a mid-range guitar that can pretty much tackle any job you throw at it, test-drive the new Casinos and fall in love like we did.

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  • Body: 5-ply maple with basswood top bracing
  • Neck: mahogany
  • Neck Joint: 16th fret, Glued-in
  • Fingerboard: rosewood with parallelogram inlays and 22 medium jumbo frets
  • Fingerboard Radius: 12”, 24.75” scale
  • Nut Width: 1.68″
  • Neck Profile: SlimTaper “D”
  • Pickups: Epiphone P-90T and P-90R