If you're looking for a cool good-looking guitar and you don't really care about the tone then go for the Epi and you'll be 100% satisfied, cause they may not sound very good but they play so nice. The neck profile is pretty slim with very. This particular top had the most grain Ive seen - many look really smooth with no grain. Feels very satiny - but nothing like the worn nitro finishes that Gibson does. First Impressions: The Worn finish looks great in person. Otherwise go for a good american Fender, Gibson, Rickenbacker, Gretsch, PRS.you can't never go wrong with these guitars. Hey Yall, just got my Epiphone Casino in from Sweetwater. If you're looking for a serious guitar with a good tone keep in mind that you will have to spend some money on it. In the other hand, you can have a beautiful guitar for a reasonable price. Been supporting myself solely as a musician for the past 16 of those.

Epiphone pickups sound bad and the electronics of the guitar have a very poor quality (that's the general oppinion between guitarist, not only mine). The quality and sound is far superior than an Epiphone, unless you spend some money on the Epi customizing everything but the wood (like the pros who play Epi's do), which is not a Gibson wood but it's not bad at all. Gibsons are fantastic guitars but they are a bit overpriced. Rivieras and Sheratons may sound very similar but a Casino has a different tone. That changes the tone drastically, and that's the reason why they do not sound alike.

Casinos have a hollow body while Rivieras have a semi-hollow body which means that they have a piece of wood inside, where the pickups are placed. I know that there's kind of an Epiphone 'fanclub' in this forum but let's clear things up a bit.įirst things first, Casinos and Rivieras are not the same guitar.

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