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Post by BlixaFan » Wed Feb 24, 2021 7:41 am

so... long story short, i tried one over a decade ago and loved it, but went home to think about it... and when i went back the next day, it was gone. my luck as a lefty i suppose.

i walked into the shop the other day, and there was one hanging on the wall. it's one of the new chinese made ones (which i honestly never thought i'd buy...but) so i sat down with it for a little bit, and i took it home. :w00t:

going through a major Beatles phase right now also doesn't help :D :D

it's a great sounding and feeling guitar, and is really well made. i'm quite impressed actually! it needs a minor setup, but nothing huge, which usually isn't the case when you pull a guitar off the rack.
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Post by stevejamsecono » Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:45 am

Nice! Definitely one on my long term "must have" list even though it never seems to be an immediate priority. Similar to you I've played a few over the years and always liked them, it's just not my usual "thing" so it hasn't led me to grab one yet.
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Post by MKR » Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:34 am

congrats. casinos are the best. :w00t:

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Post by Fiddy » Wed Feb 24, 2021 1:07 pm

Congrats, Chinese gear gets a lot of undeserved bad rep..

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Post by Dave » Wed Feb 24, 2021 1:31 pm

BlixaFan wrote:
Wed Feb 24, 2021 7:41 am
so... long story short, i tried one over a decade ago and loved it, but went home to think about it... and when i went back the next day, it was gone. my luck as a lefty i suppose.

i walked into the shop the other day, and there was one hanging on the wall. it's one of the new chinese made ones (which i honestly never thought i'd buy...but) so i sat down with it for a little bit, and i took it home. :w00t:

going through a major Beatles phase right now also doesn't help :D :D

it's a great sounding and feeling guitar, and is really well made. i'm quite impressed actually! it needs a minor setup, but nothing huge, which usually isn't the case when you pull a guitar off the rack.
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Post by BlixaFan » Wed Feb 24, 2021 9:26 pm

thanks guys! it's really great. i'm definitely a strat guy in general, but this guitar is killer! :w00t:

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Post by Maggieo » Thu Feb 25, 2021 9:41 am

Congrats! One of the classics. :-*
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Post by mjet » Thu Feb 25, 2021 6:56 pm

True. Chinese factories produce what they are asked to produce - when companies want them to churn out cheap corner-cutting junk, they can do it. But Chinese factories also produce Apple products which are among the highest quality-controlled commercial products in the world. There's no inherent reason to think that they can't produce good quality items. I'm surprised that nobody has (at least I'm unaware of it if it has happened) asked them to start producing hand-wired guitar amps. They've got the hands and they produce the wire, so what's keeping them? It's not rocket science, after all...
tribi9 wrote:
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Congrats, Chinese gear gets a lot of undeserved bad rep..

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Post by Fiddy » Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:09 pm

mjet wrote:
Thu Feb 25, 2021 6:56 pm
True. Chinese factories produce what they are asked to produce - when companies want them to churn out cheap corner-cutting junk, they can do it. But Chinese factories also produce Apple products which are among the highest quality-controlled commercial products in the world. There's no inherent reason to think that they can't produce good quality items. I'm surprised that nobody has (at least I'm unaware of it if it has happened) asked them to start producing hand-wired guitar amps. They've got the hands and they produce the wire, so what's keeping them? It's not rocket science, after all...
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Congrats, Chinese gear gets a lot of undeserved bad rep..
You must have missed my thread in the amps section..Also Vox, i believe makes some handwired amps there.

My thread

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Post by mjet » Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:17 pm

Happy to be wrong!
tribi9 wrote:
Thu Feb 25, 2021 7:09 pm

You must have missed my thread in the amps section..Also Vox, i believe makes some handwired amps there.

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Post by MrFingers » Sat Feb 27, 2021 11:34 pm

mjet wrote:
Thu Feb 25, 2021 6:56 pm
. I'm surprised that nobody has (at least I'm unaware of it if it has happened) asked them to start producing hand-wired guitar amps. They've got the hands and they produce the wire, so what's keeping them? It's not rocket science, after all.
https://www.birdsongamps.com/

A buddy of mine did exactly that. And they are great.

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Post by BlixaFan » Sun Apr 30, 2023 12:59 pm

well as many of us have experienced, my love affair with the Casino has passed. the honeymoon phase didn't last super long, and really i just don't play or write anything that warrants a semihollow/hollowbody guitar.

it's a nice guitar to look at at this point, but I am not really into keeping guitars just for the sake of it.
no sentimental value, not a vintage Casino bought at a steal... so.....

I traded it for a well-loved Black Beauty Les Paul that I might go pick up shortly (or tomorrow..probably tomorrow) 8)

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