My wife has GAS

SillyOctpuss

SillyOctpuss

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Mrs Octpuss has been kinda learning to play guitar for a while now using my her purple tele. She's always liked looking at guitars but has never had actual GAS for one until I showed her this yesterday and said she'd look good playing a casino.

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Well I inadvertently woke some GAS and she's spent the last two days looking pics of this one and searching ebay/reverb for casinos for sale. Apparently the Gary Clark Jr Bak n Blu would be an acceptable substitute for the one posted above. :ROFLMAO:

This is the original link to the guitar posted above

www.atbguitars.com

1967 Epiphone Casino Pelham Blue + OHSC - Pretty Rare!

We love Custom Colours here at ATB Guitars and when we found this guitar it was a no brainer! In fact this is the only Pelham blue Casino we have ever seen…Made iconic by The Beatles and played by the likes of Keith Richards, Paul Weller and Otis Rush, the Epiphone Casino is held in high regard...
www.atbguitars.com www.atbguitars.com
 
cdwillis said:
Wow! That aged Pelham blue looks amazing
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Yup. It's a fantastic colour and has given me an idea for a project but god knows when I'll have the funds or time to complete it. I've got some searches setup for casinos and as soon as the right one turns up I'm grabbing it for the good lady Octpuss.

Step 1 - cheap casino with some cosmetic problems
2 - strip the finish
3 - send it off for an aged Pelham blue nitro refin
4- send it to the guys at Feline Guitars for reassembly setup, fretwork and an earvana nut
5 - give it to good lady Octpuss
6 - steal it from her anytime she puts it down and play the life out of it 🤣
 
Holy crap that's a great looking guitar. Casinos are warmer sounding but the P90's make them kinda nasty when they need to be. A bit tougher to play, especially at volume but certainly worth the effort and I've always thought the neck pickup was more usable than 335s. Very jealous.
 
SillyOctpuss said:
Casinos are very different to a 335 style guitar. The neck joins the body at the 16th fret vs a 335 around the 20th. Also the fully hollow construction vs centre blocked 335 make it a very very different guitar. I've played a load but I've never owned one.
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I almost pulled the trigger on a lefty 335 (O should have done it it was only $250) but never seen a lefty casino
 
Paradox916 said:
I almost pulled the trigger on a lefty 335 (O should have done it it was only $250) but never seen a lefty casino
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I've never seen a left handed casino either.

Well I've just had a look and they do sell them lefthanded but I've definitely never seen a second hand one come up for sale before.
 
SillyOctpuss said:
I've never seen a left handed casino either.

Well I've just had a look and they do sell them lefthanded but I've definitely never seen a second hand one come up for sale before.
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My wife promised me a new guitar for my birthday next year ( whatever I want) I’m not sure what I want quite yet but Strandberg is about to start production on some lefties… at the moment that’s got my interest.
 
Paradox916 said:
My wife promised me a new guitar for my birthday next year ( whatever I want) I’m not sure what I want quite yet but Strandberg is about to start production on some lefties… at the moment that’s got my interest.
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Awesome. A stranberg sounds like it would fit in well with the music you play in your demos. They look pretty cool but I'm far too stuck in my ways to go for something like that for myself tbh.

The next guitar I buy for me will be a gold top les Paul to replace the R7 I had to recently sell.
 
I had a ‘62 ES330 for bout 15 years. I loved everything about it, but the damn skinny neck. I finally couldn’t take it anymore, and the value had really increased during when I owned it (it was used, not vintage, when I got it…). Not sure about Casinos, but 330s have had both neck joint positions, with the longer neck versions replacing the shorter neck. The shorter neck, while it has less upper fret access, is a much more lively guitar. That Pelham blue is dreamy!
 
SillyOctpuss said:
Awesome. A stranberg sounds like it would fit in well with the music you play in your demos. They look pretty cool but I'm far too stuck in my ways to go for something like that for myself tbh.

The next guitar I buy for me will be a gold top les Paul to replace the R7 I had to recently sell.
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I’m not sure I deserve a guitar in that price range, but maybe it’s the guilt I would need to push to the next level🤣
 
Paradox916 said:
I’m not sure I deserve a guitar in that price range, but maybe it’s the guilt I would need to push to the next level🤣
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Honestly sometimes a guitar of that quality can be an aspirational thing that inspires you to play. My PRS was like that, it inspires me to play and I've often outplayed myself at gigs. By that I mean I've played things in the heat of the moment at a gig that I've not been able to replicate later at home. Some guitars will literally drag music out of you.

You won't know until you try one.
 
When Gibson reissued the ES-330 (around 10 years ago maybe?) I had one and was very impressed. It went to help me afford the ES-225 when Gibson decided to reissue that for a years some time later. Then earlier this year I managed to snag a USA Epiphone Casino which is even nicer to play than the 330 was and it's a keeper. As others have said it has a warm, sweet sound but can get plenty nasty (in a glorious way) on the bridge pickup if needed.

Yes being fully hollow it can be a handful at times but I'm used to hollowbody guitars having gigged them for years. @Gordo I'm surprised that you find the neck pickup more usable than on a 335 - the 335 neck pickup is probably my favourite neck pickup sound ever! The Casino neck pickup is a wonderful sound too, of course, and quite similar, but the 335's neck pickup has been a favourite of mine since I first had one almost 40 years(!) ago. Clean it's beautiful, slightly dirty it's sublime.

FWIW the Casino/330 sounds are incredibly versatile and the ES-225 is similar but kinda deeper. The bridge pickup on a 225 can be even throatier than on a Casino and is one of the best electric guitar sounds I have at my disposal. Being completely hollow helps the Casino, 330 and 225 have a huge dynamic range which semi-solids and solid bodies can't compete with.
 
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