NGD 1990 Epiphone Casino
Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2020 8:04 pm
Way back in the day I wanted to get a Casino as a "do it all" guitar, but being dumb I bought a Sheraton, which was a beautiful instrument but wasn't what I was after. Skip forward 12 years and the Sheraton is long gone, my collection is full of Fenders and copies, but I still haven't scratched that itch. After looking around (and being fairly shocked by current prices) I tracked one down in Japan which came with a case for less than a lot of new Chinese ones are going for now. After thinking it might have been MIJ by Terada, the mahogany neck and scarf joint in the headstock have convinced me it's MIK by Peerless, even though the serial number is a weird six digit which indicates Japan rather than Korea. I think it's probably an early one just after they switched manufacture. Anyway it's a really great guitar, and after I went after all the rattles and buzzes with a soldering iron and clear nail varnish, it plays beautifully. I think it looks pretty good too.
