Each Epiphone guitar we’re looking at has features and specifications that make them comfortable for contemporary guitarists, with style and attitude from the Golden Age.

We’ll take a look at each model in turn, but it’s worth noting that both of these are for players of today, not the past. They have always been original Epiphone designs, albeit ones that have taken due inspiration from the Gibson ES-335 and 330 models.īoth the Riviera and the Casino have a sensibility that is very ‘sixties’, whether by association with artists from the period or just the fabulous retro design of each model. Unlike the ‘Inspired by Gibson’ 335 and 339 we looked at recently, the Riviera and Casino are not Gibson replicas. If last week’s exclusive blog (click to read our Epiphone ES-335 blog) whetted your appetite for all things Epiphone, let us indulge you further with some new, hot-off-the-press images of the BRAND NEW Epiphone Casino and Riviera guitars! We’ve been well-impressed with Epiphone’s recent moves and see only further evidence here to prove that they are currently smashing it out of the park! Now, the Casino and the Riviera are relatively specific guitars, so let’s have a look and see what Epiphone have been doing with them this time round. Would you like to see more new Epiphone guitars?īrand New Epiphone Semis: History in the Making Made with a select maple body and top with f-holes, trapeze tailpiece, mahogany neck (24-3/4' scale), neck and body binding, two volume and two tone controls, and parallelogram inlays.The Return of the Epiphone Casino and Riviera!ĭid you see our reveal of the new Epiphone ES-335 and 339 guitars? Equipped with two vintage P-90 single-coil pickups, the Casino still delivers those Beatlesque tones at a price every player can afford. Ever since The Beatles purchased three Casinos back in 1964, this hollow Epi model has taken on a life of its own. The Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar is the guitar that put Epiphone on the map.

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