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. 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. Epiphone Elitist 65 Casino Features: Color: Natural finish. 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. The Epiphone Elitist 65 Casinos appointments are nothing but the finest including real abalone and pearl Inlays, bone nuts and saddles, hand-rubbed finishes, USA strings, and goes through a meticulous adjustment and set-up. Since 1961, the legendary Casino has been Epiphone's best-selling archtop and rock 'n' roll standard.
