Lennon used his customized Casino in the last public appearance by the Beatles - an impromptu concert in January 1969 on the rooftop of Apple Records in London, footage of which was included in the film "Let It Be". He also replaced some of the hardware and removed the pickguard. He customized it in 1968, having it sanded down to a natural finish and coating it with lacquer. John Lennon made his Casino his one of his main guitars and used it for the rest of his time with the Beatles and into the 70s. Paul McCartney used his in the solo in Taxman and the Casino sound is very prevalent throughout Revolver and their later albums. These can be seen in some pictures of their later concerts and the Casinos were much used in the studio as well. All three were sunburst finishes, Paul and George's were factory fitted with a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece. Paul McCartney was the first to acquire one and John Lennon and George Harrison followed suit soon after. The Casino is famous for being used by The Beatles. It is a genuine hollow body electric guitar with P90 pickups.
It has a very heavy sound and is a very good rhythm guitar due to its fairly thick sound when strummed. The Casino was made in the shape and configuration of a Gibson ES-330 guitar. The most famous Epiphone model introduced by Gibson after taking over was the Casino.
McCartney still uses this same guitar on tour during the concert performances of "Yesterday". The company was bought out by their main rival, Gibson in 1957.ĭuring an appearance on the Ed Sullivan show, Paul McCartney performed " Yesterday" for the first time on an Epiphone acoustic guitar. In 1951, a four month long strike forced a relocation of Epiphone from New York to Philadelphia. Unfortunately, control of the company went to his brothers, Orphie and Frixo, who were not as capable an owner as Epi. They produced their first guitars in 1928. The company produced its Recording Line of Banjos in 1924, and, four years later, took on the name of the Epiphone Banjo Company. Just after the end of World War I, the company started to make banjos. After two years, the company was known as The House Of Stathopoulos. Anastasios died in 1915, and his son, Epaminondas, took over. Stathopoulos moved to the United States of America in 1903, and continued to make his original instruments, as well as mandolins, from Long Island City in Queens, New York. The history of Epiphone dates to the 1870s, in Izmir, Turkey, where Greek founder Anastasios Stathopoulos made his own fiddles, lutes, and Lioutos.
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