Epiphone ETCCVSNH1 Casino Coupe Electric Guitar

Only slightly smaller than the full sized Casino this is a beautiful guitar, well made and sounds great once tuned. The set up was good straight out of the box and did not need any attention to string height, truss rod and all that stuff that sometimes needs to be adjusted with a new instrument. Maybe I was just lucky and some others may need a bit of attention. This guitar is equally at home playing jazz, rock, country and almost anything you wish to play although your amp has a lot to do with the sound you get from it. I am not into metal but I think this probably would not be the guitar of choice for a metal freak.For the price this is a bargain and I thoroughly recommend it.

This Epiphone Casino Coupe is a really good guitar. You can't beat it for the price, well set up when it arrived plays and sounds great.

This guitar came as suspected, well packaged (epiphone products always are) and was simple to set up. It plays feels and sounds great. Perfect if this is the kind of tone and look you are going for. Would recommend over a full size casino or other hollow body guitars.

Excellent piece of equipment, easy to play, great sound, good value for money.

This is an excellent take on the full size Casino .. proportionally a bit smaller, but loses none of the Casino quality of sound and for many will be an easier playing option than the full size Casino.Everything the Casino is renowned for, just a tad smaller.

Excellent guitar, extremely versatile! Looks just like John Lennon's Casino, this model is known as the Beatles guitar. Brilliant delivery too and very wellPackaged. Cannot fault the guitar or service.

Great guitar with a smooth and slick sound. Looks flash too. No issues with delivery. All round decent buy that looks cool from Manchester to Nashville.

amazing guitar 0 best guitar for the money that i can think of- so versitile.

Jan, 29, 2024: First guitar had the problems I described below. Guitar Craftory responded quickly to my inquiry and to when I returned the first guitar they sent me. The second guitar exceeds my expectations in every way. It plays beautifully. The P90s sound exactly like they should. The timbre is dead on. The pickups distort and sustain controllably, and they reproduce the sounds you would expect, which is a pretty wide range. The Casino's light weight (both guitars have been at 6.5 pounds), smaller body size, and thin body were what I wanted because I have an injured neck. I bought this guitar in the hope that I could play more often. I have played guitar for forty years and it has been frustrating to be unable to play because my existing guitars weigh 10 to 16 pounds, except for one, which is also light like the Casino, but the body is too big and forces me to hold it in a way that gives my neck problems. The intonation is smooth all the way up the neck: full bar chords of every shape have tight overtones all the way up. When I get a chance to play it more I will add a review of the second guitar, but coming straight out the box, I played it for an hour and a half, and it was really great to play, sounded great, and had no weak point in timbre, volume, could control feedback/distortion/sustain at the pitch you wanted. Guitar Craftory responded to me quickly both in sending the guitars and in response to my problems with the first guitar.the first guitar Guitar Craftory sent had high E and B strings that did not activate the soundboar the pickups or soundboard strongly where the other strings did. It also had a G string tuning problem— a string with a notch catching over the bridge. or (it's a thin walled semi hollowbody guitarJan. 18, 2024:Seller, Guitar Craftory, responded quickly, and so I am happy with the seller so far. I am return/replacing with exact same guitar. Amazon says the return is free. I liked the weight, size, pickup(s) tone, and feedback characteristics of the guitar a great a lot. They guitar arrived undamaged and is not damaged now. However, there appear to be bad frets or a neck problem. The B and the high E string are deadened, not responsive, appearing to drown out on following higher/following starting around the tenth fret. The G string tuner is glitchy. Am waiting for replacement.About Jan 9th: The seller is Guitar Craftory. The guitar arrived very quickly after order, arriving Dec. 19, 2023 and in perfect physical condition with no electronic problems (but pickup wiring oddity in middle position of 3 way switch). Contacted seller Jan. 10, 2024. Will change rating and review as they respond. Two problems that may be serious described in detail below (bad frets or neck twist), and one that may be minor (bad tuner gear). I describe the electronic oddity as well. I have played electric guitars for 40 years. I've played the guitar five or six times for between one and two hours since the 19th of Dec. 2023.I wish for instructions frome the seller as to whether I should:1) return the guitar and expect the same model sent back to me2) change the strings,3) take to approved repair location,4) change the set up myself (truss rod adustment, bridge/saddle, and etc)5) Something else.I would change the strings, the money is nominal and is expected for a new guitar, but don't want to touch the setup of the guitar and so affect the seller's judgment of the guitar—If they choose to respond. So I will wait.The rest of this post is a review of the guitar, as it is right now, including detailed descriptions of the problems with b string, high e string, string action, g tuner, and the electronic oddity, a pickup wiring oddity that may or may not be a defect.No damage, scratches, or any indication the guitar was damaged in shipping. The weight is very light and as described (6.5 pounds. I measured.), the timbre/tone of the P-90 pickups (or copies) is exactly as expected, perfect. It is a thin walled hollow body, like my old Gretsch Clipper, and the cheap Taiwanese knock off of a Guild hollow body I also have.The Low E, A, D, and G strings vibrate the sound board very well. On my Gretsch and the knockoff, the e and have both electronic and unamplified presence, resonance, activate the soundboard. On this Epiphone, the E and B strings do not activate the soundboard, do not resonate, and are quiet, have no presence when played through the amplifier. My Gretsch Clipper is the cheapest model of what was the cheapest American made guitar in 1965. It should not perform better than this Epiphone. The guild is well built, but a little bit thicker walled than this Epiphone and the Gretsch, it should not outperform the Epiphone on the E and B strings.The mechanical timbre/tone, overtones and volume, of the b and high e strings is affected both unplugged and plugged in. It is a bit of a downer even though I personally spend more time soloing on the other strings. I do want the e and be to have presence in the mix for strumming, and I want to have the choice to use them for soloing. It is not as if I rarely use them for soloing. It is not unreasonable ot expect the strings to have more presence.There are playable guitars that sound fine for less than half this price at stores in town, but they lack the four tone/volume controls, or are heavier. I took the risk of ordering this guitar on line because it is very light weight, has four tone/volum controls, and has P-90 or p-90 knockoffs, and the locals had no idea if they could get this model. The pickups do sound very good.The guitar feedsback/sustains controllably and at the right time with my tube amplifier.I use tube amplifiers, and I believe that Gibson style P-90s sound better than Humbuckers on tube amplifiers. Les Paul himself preferred the P-90s on his original Les Paul models, according to some accounts I read. With solid state or with modern digital equipment, the difference is almost nothing with tone adjustment, or the P-90s are a bit dirtier, not necessarily a bad thing at all, but you want to have the choice. You lose tend to lose some lower midrange overtones with humbuckers, from top to bottom pitch. Of course, any single coil, like a P-90, has more electronic noise from light bulbs (especially neon, modern lightbulbs that are adjustable for light volume (reostats), ground faults, and other electronic equipment than a humbucker: noisy at low volume/not playing. If you are a freak about that 60 cycle hum (I am not: what matters to me is what happens after the strings vibrate, and you won't hear that electrnic noise once you play or the band does. However, I can see where it would drive other people crazy.).The total price of the guitar as sent to me is $550, and there are playable guitars at the local stores for less than half that, but don't have, either:1) two pickups with 4 volume/tone controls; or,2) they are heavier than this guitar's 6.5 pounds (old man neck).So I chose to risk buying this guitar online with Guitar Craftory despite the higher price.Also, although pretty much all pickups are usable by adjusting tone, dstortion and etc, I like P-90 pickups, so this guitar design is a good fit. I am hoping we can resolve my issues because I love the weight of the guitar and the tone of the pickups.Problems in greater descripion; balance of action, intonation, string thickness, string vibration, tone; possible tuner problem; electronic oddity, :1) The b and high e strings have no resonance/overtones, they are too quiet, sound dead, even though the guitar was sent to me with:2) very high action starting around the 10th/12th fret.I like high action on the neck at that location. This is higher than I like. I have played guitar for 40 years. That this guitar still has this lack of life on the b and e strings, despite high action, is worrying.The strings are not particularly thin, so with that high action on the strings, there should be no deadening out on the frets. This lack of life, if the strings are ok, is usually a sign of bad frets or neck twist.It could be the strings or set up. I have two other electric archtops at the moment (and have owned three others). Both of those guitars are cheap. One is relatively new, and a Taiwanese knock off of a guild, the other is a 1965 guitar that is the cheapest model of the brand, Clipper, of the cheapest brand at the time (Believe or not, Gretsch was once the least expensive American made guitar back then). Neither has dead sounding b and estrings. No other guitar I have has that.3) As you tune the G string, the tuner slips or there is a gouge/burr in the string, and the string tension slips up or down, everywhere but at in tune. It does seem to stay in tune once I get it there, after some irritating struggle. I suspect this is a gouge or burr on the string issue, but will not change the strings until I get ok from seller. A bad tuner is simple to change. I did not expect the strings to be in good shape, and have no problem paying for them. However, I do not want to do anything without seller's apprval. String change can affect the neck (of course) complicating the seller's judgement. The other two issues could be serious.The problems with the e and b string occured the first time I played it, and have not changed. The neck appears stable and it is tunable. As I move up the neck, using bar chords of every type, there is some atonality, but that could be, likely is, partly or completely the result of the high string action. As you push them to the fret, high action strings have further to go, and so raise the tension more, which moves the intonation out of whack. You can often change this, but it gives the strings less room to vibrate, and can cause problems for string bending (when action is low). You can put on thicker strings and lower the action, because they require higher tension, they are both louder and need to move less. I tend to use heavy strings, but have guitars set up from extra lite to extra heavy gauge strings. This guitar has a Tune-o-matic type bridge with individual intonation adjustments for each string, the strings are not particularly thin, so it should not have a lot of atonality as you move up the nekc, relative to other other guitars. It has a little more than I would expect.This could be old or damaged strings, but I will not change the strings until seller responds.This atonality as you move up the neck is not something I normally freak out about. I spend time at the middle of the strings (middle between nut and bridge) and choose to play them there if want that breadth, some amoung to clashing overtones. I will adjust tuning for that, and accept tonality being a bit off for work closer to the nut playing open chords. I set different guitars up differently. That intonation issue is fine, if it is a choice rather than fret or neck problems— a choice just like the double G/B saddle, timbre harshness of the G string on an old Telecaster. But it can also be an indication of neck or fret problems that will become worse and is, more importantly, not a choice, but permanent and worsening.I am an experienced guitar player, 40+ years. I've played and owned $5000 guitars and $150 guitars. Some of my cheap guitars were wonderful. I do not have unreasonable expectations for this downsized sort of copy of an ES mode Gibson. I do not expect this guitar to sound like an ES Gibson or my old Les Paul at all, or to even remotely play/finger like one. I prefer high action, but this guitar as sent to me is too high. It actually has really good tone and timbre in spite of the problems with the e and b strings (well, great elswhere, underwhelming, unhappy at b and e strings, and the whole reason to play is... play... even when gigging if possible). I also don't spend a lot of time soloing on the b and e strings, personally, but don't want to give them up for soloing and have them at low volume while strumming.It may be all it needs is a new set of strings and truss rod/bridge/saddle adjustments. However, if that is the case, the guitar should not have been shipped like it is. That is an expense added on— the adustments I mean, not string changing.I could change the strings. That would be expected on a new guitar, the price of strings is not an issue, but that will change the action on the neck, and will complicate the seller making any judgments about the condition of the guitar.Waiting with interest to see how they respond and whether buying an instrument online at Amazon is a good idea or not. I like the tone, like the weight and want this guitar to work.Will update as seller responds. Somewhat interested in the novelty of buying an instrument online and the risk it entails.

Yo andaba buscando un sonido Jazz, sin tener que pagar miles de euros, y lo he encontrado. Esta guitarra es impresionante, venía bastante bien de ajustes y acabados aunque con unos pequeños retoques ha quedado de 1ª (cuerdas de níquel de entorchado plano, rebaja de la altura de la cejuela, rectificación mínima del alma). La recomiendo 100%. Estas pastillas en combinación con caja hueca es lo más, ni ES-335 ni leches, este sí es el sonido Jazzy.

Fantastic! Love it! instant favorite! I have many guitars, some expensive, some not so expensive, but I believe I have a guitar for any occasion from electric to acoustic. This guitar is amazing. The range of sounds that I can obtain clean through the amplifier are amazing. Of course a lot has to do with the amplifier, Fender Twin Reverb (1976 tube amp), but the pickups on this sweetheart sound like no other. The P90R and P90T dog-ear single coil pickups have there own unique sound. Very different to the Stratocaster's single coil pickups and totally different (of course) to the Gibson's Les Paul's humbuckers. I don't know if the hollow body has anything to do with the particular sound, but I can say it sounds great! As for the guitar itself, it is gorgeous. The glossy finish on the laminated wood is beautiful especially on the natural look. Its not heavy at all and you can play it without an amplifier, great if you want to practice quietly. As for play-ability, the action is sweet, not too high to stress your fingering, and not too low to cause buzzing on the frets. I adjusted the string height to my liking, but it was "good as is" right out of the box. This is a great guitar, whether gigging, learning, or just for fun! Pick it up and you won't be able to put it down! BTW if you want a case to protect and store the guitar, purchase the Epiphone Hardshell Case for the ES339 (#H77232000001000). This is the case for this guitar. Don't even think of a Gig Bag!  Epiphone Hard Shell Case for ES-339 and Ultra 339 Electric GuitarEpiphone Hard Shell Case for ES-339 and Ultra 339 Electric Guitar

Très bonne guitare, John Lennon et Brian Jones avaient la même. very nice

Nach der letzten Preiserhöhung auf 449,- dachte ich mir Schlag beim nächsten Warehouse Deal zu.Genauso ist es gekommen. Danke Amazon und lieber Kunde dem die nicht zusagte so kam sie zu mir.Die Gitarre kam im Grund neu bei mir an Kleber auf den PUs und der Garantieschein hing auch noch dran.Ok das war sehr erfreulich, noch erfreulicher war das bei der Gitarre alles passte Einstellung der Saitenlage, Intonation alles i.O.Die Verarbeitung ist tadellos ich hab nichts zu bemängeln. Die Mechaniken laufen gut und halten die Stimmung perfekt!Der Sound der leeren Gitarre überzeugt, kein Sustainblock also eine echte Hollowbody Gitarre und das Hört man. Toll, ich bin begeistert und frage mich wieso ich nicht früher die Coupé gekauft hab.Sie lässt sich gut spielen, der Hals liegt mir, 60er SlimTaper?Die Lackierung ist perfekt die Bindings ebenso, der Hals perfekt im Korpus eingeleimt!Die PUs sind Scharf, haben ein klaren Klang toll für Blues und Jazz aber auch Rock und angezerrt machen Sie mir ein guten Sound, nix matscht und macht viel Freude mit ihrem schönen Klang.Die Potis und der Schalter sind sehr gut und machen kein billigen Eindruck!Eigentlich ist es die Gitarre für mich nehmen und auch mal nur Akkustisch spielen und wenn man will auch am Amp.So steht sie im Wohnzimmer jederzeit griffbereit!Die Gitarre hat nichts anderes verdient als 5Sterne!Amazon ebenso diesmal war mit DHL auch alles klar. Guter Logistik Partner!!