Featuring Dogear P-90T Classic™ pickups and a 5-ply maple body with basswood bracing. Shortly thereafter, John Lennon and George Harrison purchased Casinos for the Beatles' 1966 world tour. Epiphone Casino in Natural (Image credit: Epiphone) Epiphone Casino in Natural (Image credit: Epiphone) Leading the way is a new-for-2023 reboot of Epiphone’s best-selling archtop from 1961, the Casino a bona fide rock ‘n’ roll staple having been used by the likes of John Lennon, Keith Richards and countless others. Howlin' Wolf took to casino on his first UK tour, appearing on Thank Your Lucky Stars. 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. First introduced in 1961, the Casino was just one of several new slimline archtops designed and manufactured at the company's newly adopted plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan, which it shared with one-time competitor and new partner, Gibson.
Since 1961, the legendary Casino has been Epiphone's best-selling archtop and rock 'n' roll standard.
