Acoustically it was also very impressive being fully hollow. I picked it up, and the thing just felt great. Immediately noticed they had a Casino which has been one of those guitars for me that have always been on my list of trying. Naturally I gravitate towards their guitar inventory. Well, I made a trip to Guitar Center to pick up some velcro to wrap our cables with.

I've found Casinos to be more resonant than the 335, even more pronounced with the difference in PAF and P90s.Ok, I never buy new guitars. Of course, big difference in sound partly because of the center-block construction. I felt the overlap of tones could be somewhat redundant. I also have 2 Epiphone Casinos, both Peerless models (one Cherry stain, one Vintage Sunburst). But as much as I love P90s, I do have a Gretsch 5622t-cb, with cats-eye sound holes and fitted with 3 Super Hilo-trons. I had actually come close to pulling the trigger on one of the newer P93 Riviera models, as they are plentiful and cheap on the used market, even locally to me. The only other guitar I own with mini-humbuckers is a '62 reissue Epi Sorrento, another great find. All 3 of those have the more classic PAF style humbuckers.Īs of this writing I have an opportunity at a locally offered clean '03 Riviera fitted with the Mini-humbuckers, original HS case included. Once I had that easily sussed it became a great player and a sound investment.Īs the 335 body style is about as iconic as the Les Paul, I have since acquired a Korean-made Sheraton in alpine white, and more recently an '01 Supernova. Anyway, the guitar itself was cosmetically fine on arrival, but had some minor fret buzz and sprouting, likely why it was a return. It was listed as a 'blemished' or a return on one of the online retailers sites (can't recall which Music-Go-Round or Z-Sound). I do own a newer Epi ES-335 Pro with a natural finish, which I do like, especially for the entry-level cost of $400. Next to Gretsches, I have mostly Epiphones, and lean toward the older Korean-made ones.

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