Although he was the Beatle’s Bass player, he used his Casino for his studio forays into guitar work, including his guitar solos on Ticket to Ride – 1965, Drive My Car – 1965 and Taxman – 1966. Paul McCartney was the first Beatle to acquire a Casino in 1962. Howlin’ Wolf took a Casino on his first tour of the UK, appearing on Thank Your Lucky Stars. 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. It wasn’t long before the legendary Casino became Epiphone’s best-selling archtop and a rock ‘n’ roll standard.
When the Epiphone Casino hollow body electric guitar made it’s debut in 1961 it created an immediate sensation.Įpiphone had not long before become part of the Gibson family and the Casino was one of several new thinline archtops designed and produced at the company’s adopted new factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
EPIPHONE CASINO HOLLOWBODY ELECTRIC GUITAR
