I have always loved Epiphone guitars. For me, they have always epitomised cool tunes and even cooler players. One of my first recollections of a seeing a song performed on the TV was the Beatles at Shea Stadium, their last ever live gig (unless you include the top of the Apple building in London, where Lennon also played an Epiphone Casino) where John and George both played these iconic instruments. I didn’t realise that they were, in fact, the same guitar but the 1969 version having the sunburst finish removed.
All the way through my formative musical years the Epiphone guitar has seemed to be ever present and keeps cropping up on songs that resonate with me. It is a strange thing when you hear a song, like it and upon seeing the band live realise they are playing an Epiphone. Good taste if you ask me!! < Nowadays, Epiphone have a rather unusual reputation amongst guitar players in general. The quality of the guitars is variable depending on where they are made and they are considered by some to be unworthy of the name which was made famous when they were made in Kalamazoo, Michigan at the Gibson Factory between 1957 and 1969. The truth is that they still produce some fantastic guitars which are extremely playable and look fantastic. I have owned an Epiphone free casino games for around five years and I have to say that it is great to play the finish is beautiful, even on, what was a completely stock guitar. The sound is very ‘woody’ and there are lots of complex overtones you just won’t get with a solid body guitar. The pickups are Humbucker P90s and are very expressive. The sustain, due to the ‘trapeze’ tailpiece is also fantastic and, in my opinion, unmatched.
2011
May 12