What really put the brand back in business in more 'recent' times was the conspicuous use of Epiphone by Noel Gallagher and Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs in the early days of Oasis. As a result, a 60s original costs a bloody fortune.

The ES semi-solid thinline guitars are Cream era Clapton, Alvin Lee of Ten Years After and BB King and his infamous squeeze 'Lucille'.Īnd Epiphone? The Beatles played Casinos in the mid-60s. The Firebird is blues icon Johnny Winter, dead Rolling Stone Brian Jones and Joe Bonamassa.

The SG is synonymous with rock pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Mod god Paul Weller, Robbie Krieger of The Doors and Angus Young of AC/DC, natch. P-90 pickups with chrome covers, ~7.You want brand ambassadors? The Gibson Les Paul Standard has been clutched by Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, top hat model Slash, Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac, Bluesbreakers-era Eric Clapton, Dire Straits' legend Mark Knopfler, hirsute hombre Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, and thousands more.

Bound rosewood fretboard with block inlays.Laminated maple hollow body, 6.2 pounds.All our guitars are professional setup and inspected before shipping. There is no fret wear to speak of and only light signs of handling and minor hardware tarnish. We warranty all repairs for two years, but headstock repairs are typically stronger than the original structure. We list this guitar as very good condition: It had a headstock crack repaired by us and professionally refinished. If you don't have a 335-ish guitar in your arsenal, we highly recommend the Casino. The Casino is a true hollowbody, and combined with vintage voiced P-90's has tremendous mojo and character that no center block semi-hollow can really cop. Korean Epiphones have a great reputation, and the Peerless factory in South Korea is often considered one the better factories used by Epiphone. Here is a very clean made in Korea 1991 Epiphone Peerless in gloss Turquoise finish and Bigsby licensed vibrato. USED Epiphone MIK Casino Peerless Turquoise 1991 Electric w/HSC.

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