Model: Epiphone USA Casino
Color: Cherry Red
Year: 2023?
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Used in...
- 2024
- played live during the Council Skies tour
Details
The USA Casinos seem to be Noel's recent guitar obsession: after the Royal Tan and the Sunburst ones, he debuted a Cherry Red one in the first gig of 2024 at Poole Lighthouse, playing it for Open The Door, See What You Find.1
The guitar is not available in this finish: it seems to be a different, lighter hue of red than the usual Gibson Cherry and it was probably custom made for Noel.
The original Epiphone Casinos were made in Gibson's factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan, starting in 1961. Production was later moved overseas: Japan, Korea and then China.
In 2021, Epiphone announced a new, US-made version of the Casino: it features two dogear Gibson P-90 pickups, vintage braided wiring and wax potting to reduce feedback.2 The Casinos are fully hollow guitars, i.e. they do not have central blocks like 335/345/355: because of this, they are quite prone to feedback at moderate volume.
Noel is a fan of this new USA model: he's described the Royal Tan one as a "fuc*ing great guitar" during the Council Skies recording sessions - where the Casino was extensively played.3
During the Summer 2024 gigs, the red Casino appeared without its white pickguard.4
It was the only Casino played during the gigs, effectively replacing the Royal Tan and the Sunburst ones.
The Sunburst Casino was still brought on tour and kept as a spare.
In early September 2024 - just days after the reunion announcement - one of the USA Casinos was spotted (link to the blog post!) being taken from Noel's residence back to the studio. It's hard to tell which one, since Noel owns at least three of them!
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Thanks!
- Thanks to live4ever forum user ccd204p for the heads-up! ↩︎
- https://www.guitarworld.com/news/epiphone-unveils-made-in-usa-casino ↩︎
- Council Skies Scrapbook, part 2, February 2022 ↩︎
- Thanks again to ccd204p! ↩︎
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