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You know, the pickup people. They've started doing a $300 Casino copy:



... here's a surf green one for Roachello:



Nifty SG2000 for those of a postpunk persuasion, too:



Can I just say: you Americans do get some lovely cheap guitar prices.

The casino/ES330 copy looks wonderful.

nice! do want!

It's not a true Casino cause it's semi-hollow. I do dig the 335, though.

330 then or something. Still lovely.

Wow...I'll take one of each

I would bet money that these are made in the same factory as the current Epiphone Casinos.

Not likely, methinks.

The last of the MIK Casinos from the Saein/Samick Factory came out in 2004 from what I know, and GFS only started having their overall line built in China as of early 2008. I can imagine it happening, but it wouldn't seem like a Gibson/Epi thang to split their high-output Qingdao factory with a successful noob. And for the record, aren't Casinos and 330s structurally the same guitar, both lacking a center block?



"Bernie, check out what Mei and Fong just pulled off with the R&D team: This Casino half was friggin' carved from a single plank of solid maple! I'm telling you, the Chinese are gonna make us squillions by helping us save tons of laminated wood every month!"







"Liu, Liu...No, no, no, sweety!...this is a doggone ferrule from a F@&%#r Smell-e-caster. Gibsunz don't believe in ferrules, especially one that goes through the bridge pickup route...Block that up with putty and repaint it!"







"AAAARRRUGH! I don't care if you're a stoopid fan of Jimi Hendrix. No flippin' pickup jacks on the upper assbout for fake lefties, Jiang."

what about epiphone japan didnt they make alright stuff?

Hmm, $289.00 for the Yamaha clone, tempting. I like the fact they have chambered the body, but the headstock looks bland. I would like to have a go with one of these.

Fran wrote:Hmm, $289.00 for the Yamaha clone, tempting. I like the fact they have chambered the body, but the headstock looks bland. I would like to have a go with one of these.

Fran's gonna get his Santana on! If coil splits and the like were included(as on the Yamahas) I'd be tempted to do the same.

i think it looks more like an ibanez artist copy.



vs.

william wrote:

my mynd is beying bloywn.

ultratwin wrote:

Fran wrote:Hmm, $289.00 for the Yamaha clone, tempting. I like the fact they have chambered the body, but the headstock looks bland. I would like to have a go with one of these.

Fran's gonna get his Santana on! If coil splits and the like were included(as on the Yamahas) I'd be tempted to do the same.

I have a no frills 1982 Yamaha SG200 and its one of the best guitars i've owned, the SG2000s are way too expensive so this is a great choice. The Ibanez Artists were great but too heavy for me, thats why the chambered body is appealing.

That is a very pretty guitar Fran. Still got it? Bloke at work is a big Bill Nelson fan, and he's always on at me to get an SG2000, but I just can't fall in love with the look (which is what 90% of a guitar is to me, obviously).

benecol wrote:That is a very pretty guitar Fran. Still got it? Bloke at work is a big Bill Nelson fan, and he's always on at me to get an SG2000, but I just can't fall in love with the look (which is what 90% of a guitar is to me, obviously).

Yeah i still have it. I used it for the Essex Pistols recording just straight into my Marshall jcm 2000... amazing natural sound.

Pretty Vacunt

You can pick the SG200s up for under £200 usually, which puts me off that GFS a bit. I was turned onto the Yamaha SGs by Stuart Adamsons (The Skids/Big Country) early sound.

ultratwin wrote: And for the record, aren't Casinos and 330 structurally the same guitar, both lacking a center block?

yes

Tis what I thought too. Wasn't the Sheraton the 335 Epi equivalent?

I can't say I've paid much attention to semi hollows and such.

have you all seen the new colors of their strat/tele clones? orange, pink, yellow? very interesting!