The Elitist Casino is made at Epiphone's factory in Japan and features a 5-play Maple top, back, and sides with Spruce bracing. The Casino’s 24.75” scale Mahogany neck has a classic SlimTaper “D” profile with a glued-in neck joint joining the body at the 16th fret, just like vintage models from the ‘60s.

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Since its introduction in 1961, the legendary Casino has been Epiphone’s best-selling archtop and a standard instrument found throughout the rock ‘n’ roll landscape. When it made its debut, the Casino was just one of several new thinline archtops... more

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Since 1961, the legendary Casino has been Epiphone’s best-selling archtop and a rock ‘n’ roll standard. First introduced in 1961, the Casino was just one of several new thinline archtops designed and produced at the company’s adopted new factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan that it shared with one-time competitor and new partner, Gibson. The Casino was first adopted by Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones who used a Casino to record the demo for “Satisfaction” at Chess Records in Chicago. Howlin' Wolf took a Casino on his first tour of the UK, appearing on Thank Your Lucky Stars. Shortly afterwards, John Lennon and George Harrison bought Casinos for the Beatles 1966 world tour. Featuring Dogear P-90T Classic™ pickups and a 5-ply Maple body with Basswood top bracing. Available in Natural, Vintage Sunburst, and new Turquoise color finishes.

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P-90 Single Coil Pickup

Legendary Tone

First introduced in the early 1950s, Gibson's legendary P90 single coil pickup produced a raw powerful tone that helped define the blues and rock and roll in their formative years. Today, the P90's traditional combination of high output and brilliant tone is still considered a favorite among many top musicians. Known by such familiar nicknames as the 'Soapbar' and the 'Cobalt,' the P90 still cuts through any type of music, all while displaying amazing tonal sensitivity for everything from blues and rock to mellow jazz riffs. It's perfect as a vintage replacement, and features vintage, braided two-conductor wiring. It's also fully wax potted to eliminate any chance of unwanted microphonic feedback.

Casino Specifications

Body

Archtop

Layered Maple

5-ply layered Maple with Basswood bracing

Headstock: None

Epiphone Casino Elitist Price Chart

Neck

Mahogany

SlimTaper™; D-Profile

24.75' / 628.65mm

Pau Ferro with Pearloid Parallelogram inlays

12'

1.68' / 42.67mm

16th Fret neck joint

Hardware

Nickel

LockTone™ Tune-O-Matic

Traditional Trapeze

Vintage-style Epiphone

3-ply; White/Black/White with metal 'E'

Vintage-style Gold with metal inserts, and with pointers