Available in Natural, Vintage Sunburst, and new Turquoise color finishes.
Featuring Dogear P-90T Classic™ pickups and a 5-ply maple body with basswood top bracing. Shortly afterward, John Lennon and George Harrison bought Casinos for the Beatles' 1966 world tour. Howlin' Wolf took a Casino on his first tour of the UK, appearing on Thank Your Lucky Stars. New, this amp and guitar combo had a list price of less than 400. The original 1962 price for an Epiphone Crestwood Custom was 290, plus 50 for a hardshell case or 15 for a chipboard case. The 2 under the serial number means it was a second when sold. It could be a 65 as well, according to some websites. It’s in great condition with normal wear for 54 years. All original with no modifications or repairs. This a a wonderful playing and sounding guitar.
The Casino was adopted by Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones who used a Casino to record the demo for “Satisfaction” at Chess Records in Chicago. The U.S.-made Crestwood Custom was discontinued in 1970. Epiphone Casino (Single Pickup) E-220-T 1963 sunburst. First introduced in 1961, the Casino was just one of several new thinline archtops designed and produced at the company’s adopted new factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan that it shared with one-time competitor and new partner, Gibson. Since 1961, the legendary Casino has been Epiphone’s best-selling archtop and a rock ‘n’ roll standard. Epiphone’s Best-Selling Archtop and a Rock ‘N’ Roll Legend
