Epiphone Casino

The Chinese made Casino I have is just a fine guitar. I paid around $700 for it case and all. I.ve never put any different keys or pick-ups on it. The pick-ups by the way, on mine at least, are just excelleny. Even the bridge pick-up has a good "throaty" sound, not tinny at all. The only change I made was taking off the white pickguard, which I think made my cherry finish Casino look better. That's just an opinion though. I got the case that goes w/ it, black w/ Epiphone written on it.

I play a "Beatle-ish" style. I use a Fender Twin, a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, and I use a Morley Wah and a Boss Rotory Speaker Simulator. I also use an old Boss Delay-Pitch Shifter effect. You can't get 'em anymore, don't know why. I have a Boss 1180 studio that I've been running the guitar through w/ an Ampeg bass amp, getting all the different effects and amp sounds. The Casino sounds good w/ that although if I turn it up too much it'll feed back. That's single coils for you.

The finish is just great, very comparable to great old Gibsons. I like it. The pick-ups were amazingly just about right, right outta the box. I did raise the screws on the lead pick-up.

There's not a thing wrong w/ this guitar. Since Epiphone sold to Gibson way back in the early '60s, it is only now that they again have their very own designated Epiphone factory. until recently, Epiphones have been farmed out to Samick etc. So the Chinese Epiphones are the best that have been made since they were made here in the US so many years ago. Totally dependable.

Never dealt w/ customer support.

I,ve been playing almost all my life and I'm 55 now. I have all kinds of other insruments. I just got this Casino because I thought it'd be a good one and I was right. I really mostly just liked the way it looked though. I also knew the Beatles liked 'em and used them a lot. I relly didn't, for some reason, expect it to be so good. I don't have a vibro bar on this one. I kinda wonder if they stay in tune good w/ a hollow body and all.

1995 korean made casino ch. made at peerless plant korea. bought it used, today. For $450. the original owner put new sperzel tuners on it. thats good, since the stock tuners arent super. This is my third casino. i really want to say. the second casino i bought was made in china. IT WAS HORRIBLE. JUNK. even unpluged, it acoustically was a dud. The korean ones are a better instrument. My favorite guitar is a casino. And i have gibson les paul std., special and american strats. Oh yeah check your serial number here: http://www.guitardaterproject.org/epiphone.aspx

i play 60's style original brit rock...if you like the sound of the kinks, or the beagles (the beatles) this is it. Put on a set of flat wound strings and play through a ac30 or your favorite tube amp and it is phenominal...p90's is the sound of the 60's. Warm rich tone, that you really can only get from this guitar. i use a vox ac30, ac50 and a marshall jcm2000. mostly i use amp dist. but also really like the fulltone ocd.

well this guitar is 15 years old. actally made in 1994. The set up that the previous owner has is pretty good. has a set of 9's standard round strings on it. the bridge, neck, body and head stock seem good. no manufacture defects. but it is used and there are a few scratches and maybe a ding or two. But i think that i gives the guitar more character. i only buy old used guitars. Because their made better and more interesting than new ones.

These guitars hold up nicely. this is a completely hollow body guitar. and just like acoustic guitars their tone improves with age. ive played many shows with this as my main guitar and never had any problem.

I really like this guitar. the only thing better than this would be a gibson 330. which probably sounds a little better. and would be made out of better materials. but that is for a guy with $3000+ to spend. john lennon played one these. and he was a millionare. who could have easily bought one. so there must be something to them.

Made in China, 2008.
22 Frets.
Laminated Maple Top.
2 Volume, 2 Tone and 3-way selector.
2 single coil pickups.
Alnico V P-90 pickups.
Passive Electronics.
Maple body, Mahogany neck.
I believe the finish is polyester.
The body is similar in shape to the ES-335 (or ES-330 which is what this guitar is modeled after) and is completely hollow.
The bridge is Tune-O-Matic and the tailpiece is trapeze.
Tuners are Epiphone stock chrome tuners.
Rosewood fingerboard with parallelogram inlays.

Features sufficient for this type of guitar.

I play mostly 60's music but the best way to describe my style is clean with little or no effects. Tremolo, reverb and light overdrive or distortion is the most I'll use for now.
I am playing through a Peavey Bandit 112 'Solo Series' amp made in the U.S.A.
Now before you shake your head and tsk tsk tsk about Peavey, bear in mind that this amp is made in the U.S.A. is is a much older Bandit than the ones presently being made. It is an incredible amp for the price I paid with a very nice and deep reverb, surprisingly good sounding distortion and crystal clear clean channel.
The guitar sounds like every guitar sound that ever caught my ear and many more that did not. Great classic tone.
It is capable of a myriad of tonal varieties ranging from thick Gretsch-like twong to nasal country twang. Pickups are very bright and glassy although noisy due to their being single coil. Hum does not bother me at all and the feedback can be subdued. The tone more than makes up for this minutiae.
This guitar covers all bases. Rock, Jazz, Country, Bluegrass, you name it.

This guitar needed to be set-up. Period. Never expect a guitar to be perfect when you get it. Thankfully the tune-o-matic bridge made intonation easy. The neck did not need adjusting, thankfully. Action was fine when I got it but it can be set very low without string buzz even with thick strings.

However, there are flaws that really shouldn't have been (especially on what is supposed to be Epiphone's signature electric guitar) but for the most part this may be just nitpicking on my part:

The input jack was loose
The poly finish is nice for the most part but there is a spot on mine where it looks rough.
The wood is very nice with nice grain but in certain areas the contours of the body on the top and bottom have inconsistencies in the wood.
The contours of the f-holes are painted black and they could have done a much neater job.
For a guitar that costs eight-and-a-half bills at the store they could have used some better quality knobs and seated them correctly on the pot (some were loose, some seated lopsidedly). This can be fixed by removing the knob and using a flatheaded screwdriver to gently pry apart the pot shaft.
E logo is flimsy and pointless and should have been moulded or set flush into the pickguard.
Selector switch feels cheap and loose.
Tuners could be better.
The pots could be better as well.

Despite the cosmetic flaws guitar seems well built and sturdy.
I don't know how long the poly finish could last. It seems thin and already has inconsistencies. However, if the guitar is well-cared for it will provide years of playing enjoyment. Strap buttons are solid. I do not play live but I don't see the guitar falling apart on you while on stage.

Never dealt with the company.

I have been playing off and on since 1998. I own an Epiphone Viola bass that is a factory 2nd and must admit that it fells like it was built better than this guitar although the bass was made in Korea. I may just be comparing apples with oranges.
This guitar was a great purchase and I am thoroughly satisfied. I was looking for a semi-hollow guitar and I like it much better than the Epiphone Dot 335 that I was looking into. I recommend it to anybody looking for classic tone.

My Casino is a 2008 model made in China with a Vintage Sunburst finish, which looks stunning by the way. It has 22 frets, although it is extremely difficult to reach much beyond the 17th-19th frets where the neck joins the body.
If there's one thing I can fault about this guitar it would have to be the tuners, they don't hold tune very well and it can be very difficult to tune right.

This is where this baby shines, it's tone cannot be faulted at all! Really full, rich and warm sound. It does give out some quite versatile tones, think The Beatles 'I Want You (She's So Heavy), the bright intro progression part as well as the Bluesy lead solo sounds from the verses. At the moment I'm just using a Vox AD50VT-212 amp with it, saving up for a Marshall 1962 Bluesbreaker although I might be waiting some time. However, the Vox does seem to bring out the tone of the guitar beautifully (the Boutique Clean setting is really nice, especially if you crank the gain all the way up, great crunchy tone).
I've read people complaining about the P90 pickups being a bit noisy but for me they've been surprisingly clear. Haven't had any trouble with the infamous bridge rattle as of yet.
Although this baby's strongest feature is her clean tones, it can handle some moderate distortion quite nicely, as someone else on here said, think along the lines of Paul Weller's 'Sunflower' and 'The Changingman', as well as The Beatles 'Taxman' and 'Revolution'.

Mine was brand new from the factory and the action did need lowering a little, and of course the strings needed changing. Only had to make a few minor adjustments to the intonation as well, otherwise it was set up pretty nicely.
The Vintage Sunburst finish is absolutely stunning! Although I wish they'd bring back the more orangey sunburst of the late 60s, that was gorgeous.

So far this guitar hasn't let me down, everything is sturdy enough.

Haven't needed any customer support as of yet.

Overall this is a fantastic guitar, the neck is nice and fast (although nothing beats my old strat), and most importantly its a real tone monster!
I've been playing for about 6-7 years and have had a few guitars since the Casino, I started off with an old Squire Strat, although the pickups were cack I've never found another guitar as comfortable to play. Also had an Epiphone Firebird, which was good for studio recordings as the humbuckers on it are silent, but the neck on it was far too fat an awkward for me, plus I hate the shape of it, just wont stand up anywhere. So far the Casino has to be my favorite, nice and comfortable to play, plus the most amazing tone!

It's a new guitar "hand crafted" in China. I've always wanted one and got the plain wood version(John Lennon 1968 onwards). The finish was fantastic; gleaming wood and brightwork, no blemishes at all. However, I thought it was worth paying for a setup and got the standard machine heads replaced with chrome Grover Rotomatics. The guitar now plays like a dream, the action and intonation is great. I bought the guitar new for GBP 347 and spent about another GBP 100 setting up and replacing the heads. Well worth it! As far as I'm concerned, the guitar sounds great, the P90s deliver that authentic Sixties sound and the iconic status of the Casino is a bonus. Overpriced John Lennon "Special" anyone?

It sounds great, either clean or through an effects processor. I've used the Casino through a V-Amp 2 and old combo and you can get a very pleasing range of sounds and tones. Is there a problem with feedback ? - likely if you're cranking up the volume in a limited space. I've yet to try it live on stage. The pickup combination means that you can get a bright, chiming sound on lead and middle settings and a chunky rhythm setting.The mid to late Beatles guitar sound is easily achievable with a bit of experimentation and practice

Paid for a professional set-up. I was happy with the guitar finish and appearance, but had reservations about the action and the machine heads. The set-up cured any minor problems and was well worth it. I would particularly recommend upgrading the standard machine heads to Grover or Gotoh as this will practically eradicate tuning difficulties.

The guitar is equal to long term playing in my opinion and will age well. However, I'm an amateur musician, and not in a position to assess long term durability. The guitar is well made with simple electrics- what's to go wrong?

I've been playing guitar for over 40 years. I have had a variety of inexpensive guitars, some of which are still going strong after 35 years. My amp is an old Laney combo which has seen better days. I have an Epiphone J-200VS which I think sound like its Gibson sister. I researched the guitar fairly thoroughly and sourced it through a reliable and well established online company

Mine says "limited edition custom shop" on the back of the headstock, but it's just a standard Casino. I heard these necks were originally made for the Casino with a Bigsby added. By the way, I installed my own Bigsby on this, more on that later.

The tuners are high-quality kluson-type (made by Kluson?), the hardware, electronics, and pickups are all of medium quality and work fine. The pickups are decent, not really worth switching out for anything else unless you have good ones laying about. Why put $200 pickups in a $400 guitar? I don't get it, but that's what a lot of people do. Just buy a 70's vintage or custom shop guitar - they already come with better everything for not that much more. I saw someone selling one of these Korean Casinos with better parts for $1200 on craigslist and it just blows my mind...

I like the P90's that come with the guitar, but they are not balanced in output and not too adjustable. I would like a higher output for the bridge pickup because I like that one to be louder. If you adjust the screws too high on the pickup the low E string hits the screw with your palm and sounds less than great. If you adjust them too low it tends to have a weaker sound that becomes unacceptable at a certain point (especially since P90's buzz a lot anyway).

There is noticeable hum with these guitars but I would argue that hum isn't a factor when playing with a band or making recordings (just turn at the right angle where there is the least hum) because it blends and gets lost in the mix. I only notice it if I play alone at home, and even then I'm too busy paying attention to the music than being bothered by a little hum.

It does feedback at very low volumes which is awesome for live performances (especially with the Bigsby to manipulate the feedback). What you can't do with these is crank up your amp too loud or with too much gain and stand within a 5 foot radius of it. I learned that the hard way last Saturday night - it squeals like a pig. Hollowbodies are powerful tools in the right hands (is Ted Nugent really powerful, though?), but if you aren't ready to ride the balance, or you play through some expensive overdrive something or other all the time (instead of just cranking your amp like you are supposed to), expect to be humiliated by your guitar. I'm sure you will sell her immediately to find another victim and someone like me who appreciates such things will pick her up and make her sing like she should.

I'm a huge fan of the quality control of Korean CNC Manufactured Epiphones these days, even though they're not perfect by any means. If you've ever played a vintage Kay or Harmony or even a Silvertone, you will know that the cheap "US Made" vintage guitars that are so highly coveted (and overpriced) now were made with crappy whammy bars, thin and sharp-edged frets, horrible sunbursts, non-adjustable pickups, necks without trussrods or that were just plain horrible designs, bad neck-to-body joints, and cheap nuts and bridges that broke and fell apart (that's why people pay top bucks for replacement parts on eBay - suckers!).

Let's put it this way - there were several dead spots on the fretboard when I dropped the action low, partly because the nut was too low and the frets weren't leveled. The pickguard flew off in the middle of a gig one night, and one of the saddles kept breaking high E strings. But I haven't played a better guitar in this price range for action, playability and construction. The neck joint is flawless, the cherry finish is quality without any visible flaws, the knobs all stay on and the jack hasn't come loose after an initial tightening. The pots are smooth (better feeling than my Gibson SG Standard), and the neck is dead-on straight with well-finished frets. All the hardware (screws, plastic pieces, etc.) were properly installed and the tuners are pretty straight (although one of the screws was stripped out - I think that was my fault from hitting it against a cymbal or something). I think it's reasonable to assume that if you want this guitar to play like a Gibson you will need to level the frets, replace the nut with a Gibson one, and file the saddles. This can all be done by a luthier for under $100, no? It's worth it if you play professionally and demand playability from your instruments. If you just play for fun or aren't that serious, a basic setup would suffice, too. I am going to do the work myself because I am poor.

One thing to be aware of when purchasing this guitar, or an ES-330 (Gibson's version of the same thing), is that the neck is hard to reach after the 15th fret because the body connects right there. So you can't play up high (like in A). I don't do that much on this guitar, but it's something to be aware of. Gibson woke up to this and just reissued the 330's with the neck connected the same as the ES-335. If Epiphone has any geniuses working there that read this, they should do the same...

One last thing. If you want to put a Bigsby on this guitar (which I HIGHLY recommend), then you buy the B7 or B70 and DON'T bother buying a new bridge. I installed a B70 in about 30 minutes and bought another bridge that was the wrong size from StewMac. The existing bridge stays in tune just fine for me, and I use this guitar so much more now. You can get a Bigsby B70 for around $90, and they do not cause the top to cave in or anything like that. For me this has been a 100% safe operation. Just make sure that you line up the Bigsby with the old strap button hole (should be dead-center), and make sure the poles that you put the string eyelet on lines up with the saddles (you can pretty much eyeball this or use a piece of string.

Super reliable and durable, I needed a backup guitar for my last tour and put all the old funky "vintage" guitars for this one because it was new. I've had a few minor issues with it (always do with a new guitar), but I can depend on the guitar and the hardware has roughed it through thirty gigs or so without fail. The pickguard is cheap, so it flew off, but you don't actually need that I realized. This is a great workhorse guitar that sounds professional and I don't have to worry about leaving it in the car for more than fifteen minutes or sleep with it next to my head on tour like I do with my Gibson. Once you've had a guitar stolen, you never fully trust anyone ever again...

I bought a guitar. It doesn't come with or need customer support.

Great guitar for the money, sounds great - leave the pickups in and learn how to play the guitar instead of blaming the "cheap overseas" crap on it. Do you know how pickups are made? Do you know what makes a Lollar pickup better than an Epiphone one? Just because things are made on machines with minimum labor doesn't mean they don't sound good. Some of the best pickups I have ever played were on cheap no-name Japanese guitars from the 70's. The original pickups for Fender were made by women who weren't musicians or guitarists, and each one is radically different from the next. Don't believe in hype, and learn to play your ******* guitar before you waste money on **** you don't know anything about!

Love your guitars for what they are - pieces of wood that are fussy and fragile that may not do everything you like all the time. If you're lucky and you treat them right and love them often enough, you might actually get laid by that pretty girl standing under you.

I bought a used 2001 Made In Korea (Peerless factory) Epiphone Casino NAT.

The fit is practically flawless, it is lightweight, has 2 P90 pickups, fully hollow-body, separate V & T controls for each pickup.

The pups have been replaced, and I think they are Seymour Duncan P90s (from discussion on the Epiphone forum).

It has a tune-o-matic bridge, and the tuners are Grovers.

The neck is superb, touch and go. The action is low. It has the famous Gibson Slim Taper neck.

I also have a Gibson ES-330, basically the same guitar, and the Casino is 90% the guitar that the Gibson is for about 1/4 the price.

I would have given it a 10 in features, but I guess you could have added a Bigsby or something else. It is a basic, 2 pickup electric guitar.

The sound is awesome. Note: The previous owner changed the Pups from the stock Epi P90s to what I believe are Seymour Duncans (judging from my description and the responses on the Epiphone forum).

The sound us super clean, bright or mellow, with lots of overtones. From Beatles or early Rolling Stones bite, to mellow jazz tones, to blues sounds, this is one versatile guitar. I wouldn't use it for metal, but I'd use it for just about anything else.

I play in a middle-of-the-road duo http://www.s-cats.com doing mostly country clubs, yacht clubs and private parties for the adult audience (baby boomers and up). IMHO It is the perfect guitar for those ears.

The only flaw I could find on this guitar is a slight gap between the dog-ear pickup cover and the body of the guitar itself right at the spot where the neck almost touches the pickup. Since the original owner changed the pups, I cannot fault the guitar. Besides, the gap is so small, it would take a thin pick to get into the gap.

I am gigging with it without a backup. 'nuff said.

Never had to use support.

I have been playing guitar off and on for over 30 years. I also own/play sax, wind synthesizer (WX5), flute, bass (faux P-Bass), keyboards and drums.

The other guitars Leilani (my wife) and I own are, Gibson ES-330, Parker PM-10, ESP/LTD EC50, Ovation, Alverez Classical, and Epi flat-top.

If I was restricted to one guitar, I would own either a Casino or a Gibson ES-330 (they are basically the same guitar). I'd also choose the 330 since it is worth more for resale.

If anything happened to the Casino, I'd replace it.

Why did I choose this one? (1) P90 tone (2) lightweight (3) great neck (4) "Gibson" scale and radius (5) Gibson style V & T controls (6) I love my 1970 Gibson ES-330, but the 330 is now a collector's item and worth about $4-5K. Since I double on sax, flute, wind synth, guitar, percussion controller, vocals and sometimes keyboards on stage, and since I often have to switch instruments in a hurry, I didn't want to ruin the 330, so I go the closest thing to the 330 that was available at the time. I'm very happy with it. (Note: Gibson just re-issued the 330 so if I had to make the choice now, I'd have to weigh having the genuine Gibson for $2K or the Epi for 1/4 that amount

2008 made in china, vintage sunburst model.

All standard features - fully hollow, 2 p90 pick ups etc..

Not overly feature Laden but great for what I use it for and an absolute steal for ??350 brand new.

Having now had it for 2 weeks and put it through its paces, it's time to review.

Having read practically all of the reviews on here before even ordering the Casino, then waiting for the thick end of 4 months for it to arrive after ordering, it was with some trepidation that I opened the big cardboard box, plugged in and started to play.

I have to say that I fell in love with it instantly, even though I'd pretty much set it up to fail. I use it with my Fender Blues deluxe amp and its like they were made for each other. On clean and on the bridge pup it rings out like a bell. Neck pick up is pure chunky rhythm, or fat blues lead. With the amp on Overdrive mode, I get fantastic lead sounds in the bridge and Neck and great rhythm sounds when the selector is set to the middle.

I play in a band and so have tried the casino with a couple of other amps - Marshall JCM 2000 again sounds very good clean and overdriven, but if you want to use heavy distortion, then it does get noisy (a bit of hum and certainly a whole load of feedback). And some Fender stack amp which suits the casino very well also.

On the issue of feedback, much has been written on these pages, some of it unfairly, some justified. As already written, this thing will feedback - its hollow, no getting away from it. However, its very controllable and very musical. I've been using it as an atmospheric addition to some of my bands tunes and even the other guys in the band think it sounds awesome. However, if you really don't want feedback at all, then look for something else.

The style of music I use it for is similar to early Verve, mid 90s sound. I can get fantastic Paul Weller sounds ranging from great chunky rhythm parts to fairly dynamic leads - think Changing Man or Sunflower - spot on.

If you want it to nail your beatles stuff from 65-68, then you don't have to worry - but it's so much more capable than that.

It doesn't give you a whole spectrum of variety admittedly, but as I have mentioned, for my needs it seems to fit the bill and I love the fact that it feels half the weight of the les Paul, looks beautiful and sounds sweet as a springlamb or as fearsome as a Lion depending on what you're after.

The set up straight out of the box was pretty good if a little high for my taste - it took 2 minutes to sort this out. there is a little string buzz that will take some fine tuning concerning the height of the strings from the fretboard, but nothing to worry about.

The finish is beautiful, the wood grain is lovely and the paintjob immaculate. I have seen better finished fretboards, but they have generally have been on guitars worth at least double this one.

The white pick guard looks ok, but I removed it as a matter of taste.

I will certainly be using this at our next gig, but I would never gig without a back up, because of the spectre of string breakage...

I can't comment on whether it will stand up to the riguours of live performance, but should it fail I will post an update.

I agree with a number of posts here that remark on the quality of the selector switches on their casinos...it seems to be the trade off for the relatively cheap price tag, again the tuners could be better but presumably, you will have tried and tested this guitar before making your purchase, so if these factors are important to you and you go ahead and buy anyway, can you really complain too much?

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Been playing for 11 years now, I also own a Fender Tele '72 deluxe and an epi les paul. Two very good guitars, but this Casino just looks the business and seems to cope with exactly what I want it do (maybe its still the honeymoon period talking) and being the only guitarist in my band allows me to stick with it, rather than change between the other two depending on the needs of the song. I find the P90's very adaptable.

Its my first hollowbody and I would definitely consider investing the money in another of these as I cannot remember feeling this excited about the overall feel from either of my other two guitars. Maybe there's now a little experience coming into play, some refinement into what it is I'm trying to get out of a guitar - this is ticking all of those boxes so far.

If you are currently reading this and mulling things over heres a summary:

Excellent value (350 quid)
beautiful - people respond to this guitar
P90s offer a unique alternative to humbuckers and normal single coil
Will not cope with screaming distortion
Prone to 'musical' feedback
switches, tuners not particularly sturdy
Light!!!!
Provides a real 'kid in a sweet shop' factor

Its a Casino! I'd buy again, I wouldn't change a thing about it - it is what it is and it's for me.

Standard 2-pickup Gibson features.

My custom strat is my main axe, but this work really well for a lot of specialty work. When I bought this guitar I was disappointed in it's sound. For being used by Lennon on every album from 1966 on...it didn't sound much like it to me. Then I discovered Thomastik-Infield flatwound strings. It nails the Beatles. (Try a Boss Blues Driver set pretty light and play Revolver tunes.) It's great for jazz. It's been called the perfect rhythm guitar and after 8 years of owning this guitar, I may finally agree. It's hums. It does suck that it hums. But it's so versatile. The bridge does rattle. I gotta fix that. Once your plugged in and playing though...
In short, put some high quality flatwounds on it and hope for a venue without much hum.

It's a damn good thing sound is most important. The finish around the f-holes is awful. The tuners were badly set and don't hold tune very well. I replaced with grovers. Neck feels unstable. Electronics are cheap and should be replaced. Bridge buzzes. Can't...make it....STOP!
You can't tell from the sound of it, but this is a cheap guitar.

It's lasted me 8 years. It's not my main guitar though. I don't trust this guitar to be a main axe like Lennon's. I plan eventually retire this guitar to the living room in favor of an Elitist Casino for stage and studio. I've seen and played one and it is very much an upgrade.

Great entry level jazz guitar or first beatle guitar. Then you learn to play over the course of time and tune in to a guitar's strengths and weak points. You'll move on to a really jazz hollow body for jazz and an elitist casino for 60's british tones. This is, though, a great entry level hollow body. If lost or stolen, I'd move up to the elitist.

Standard casino with case. The rest has been covered.

I love rock and play mainly brit rock. I will say at first i played a casino on honeymoon in singapore and fell in love with the clear crisp clean sound. When i eventually got home and bought one i was so dissappointed cos i couldnt get the same sound there was loads of feedback every time i looked at an amp. However after sitting down for a few hours and playing with my JVM410H I have got it set up beautifully to the point where i am really keen to keep it now. the only dissapointment is that I cannot use the OD1 or OD2 channels now without horrible squealing feedback. I palyed last night at a gig with the casino for the ifrst time worried that it was just going to squeal and low and behold it did when i switched it on, but i reduced the gain on the amp and turned the guitar volume down and it was no problem sounded sweet! Given 6 cos i can only use half of my amp with this guitar.

It looks immacualte, so cool!! There is a small buzzing sound which i believe to be the metal bratcket that holds the scratch board in place or how close the scratchboard is to the fretboard that when it resonates it vibrates the scratchboard. 9 because of this buzz.

Nothing has failed on it yet but the pickup did come loose but just a nip up and its all good.

not used them yet,touch the guitar.

I havent played anything worth a large sum of cash yet, as i am working my way up the ladder. My first guitar was a rockwood strat which i traded in for a epiphone les paul which will soon be part ex'd for a gibson but not made my mind up which. I also own a telecaster which is also going cos i cant be bothered with it, i love my noisey casino too much.