The bound rosewood fretboard features pearl parallelogram inlay and medium jumbo fretwire that has its full factory height and well-rounded crowns, only exhibiting a hint of wear beneath the plain strings on the crowns of frets 1-2. 865' deep at the 1st fret and 1.015' at the 12th.

The one-piece mahogany neck has a modestly chunky C-shaped profile carve with nicely rounded shoulders at the nut, measuring. Featherweight at 6lbs 5oz, this Casino has been professionally setup here at Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar with 11-49 strings, low action, and spot-on intonation. These pickups can produce dynamic cleans or thick overdrive equally easily, and there’s great harmonic complexity on tap. The Gibson P-90s pickups are wound to vintage spec with plenty of midrange bark and a glassy, percussive quality.

This now discontinued upscale model was produced in Japan at the Terada factory, loaded with the original pair of Gibson USA P-90 pickups.Īcoustically, the fully hollow all-maple body has an articulate and smooth tone, capturing both the clear note attack of maple as a tonewood and the warmth of the hollow construction. Up for sale, a 2009 Epiphone Elitist 1965 Casino in near-mint, 100% original condition and in perfect working order, complete with the original hardshell case.

Epiphone elitist 1965 casino