I've never considered playing an Epiphone Casino. The only problem - it has coil splitting, which I have no need for at all. I didn't like the rosewood bridge, and the pickups were only so-so IMO, but those can be replaced. Just for the heck of it, I tried out an Epiphone, Joe Pass Emperor II. You know how well me and nickel get along allergy-wise. I was serious about buying it, until I found out that it has nickel hardware. The neck was the infamous, narrow "speed" neck like the 1970s, Les Paul Signature I played when I was in college used to have, so I figured I'd have no problems adjusting to it. It sounded killer, with it's Gibson '57 Classic Humbuckers. Then I was told to try out one of the Epiphone B-Stock ES-175 Premiums they had just gotten in. the ones made in the 80s and early 90s, without a wraparound bridge). But the neck seemed a wee bit thin, and I didn't like the placement of the the stop tailpiece to the tune-o-matic bridge (yes, it was one of those Jrs. I really can't afford one of the 2015 LP Jrs, but I was interested in the 1991 SG Jr they had. I don't have a bundle to spend, but I wanted something either with P90s, semi-hollow, or in a hollowbody. I miss having something Gibson-like in my guitar arsenal (probably because I was mainly a Gibson player for 18 years ).
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