Epiphone Casino Vs Es 330
But at some point the discussion was about Peerless vs Epiphone, as they both make an ES-330 inspired model. I suspected that the Korean made Peerless is a better guitar than the now Chinese made Epiphone, based on my experience with Epiphone models as the Sheraton and the Casino, because I liked those models better when they were still made.
| Gibson ES-330 | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Gibson |
| Period | 1959 — present |
| Construction | |
| Body type | hollow |
| Neck joint | Set |
| Scale | 24.75' |
| Woods | |
| Body | maple (laminated) |
| Neck | mahogany on most models in most periods; sometimes maple |
| Fretboard | rosewood on most models, ebony on some |
| Hardware | |
| Bridge | Fixed |
| Pickup(s) | 1 or 2 P-90s |
| Colors available | |
| Vintage Sunburst, Cherry, Black, Natural | |
The essential difference between the Casino and the Epiphone Dot/335 is hollow vs. The Casino is a thin bodied archtop acoustic guitar with pickups-mine really comes alive with.0105 or.011 strings. The difference between Casino and Dot, unplugged, is kind of huge. So far I've been researching Gibson ES 330's, Guild Starfire's, Epiphone Sorrento's and a few others and I'm wondering what you guys have to offer? The other thing is that my budget isn't too high at the moment. So I'm not really looking to go any higher then $1200-1500 if possible. Thanks and I look forward to seeing what you all think! However, this is no longer the case, and you Epiphone Casino Elitist Vs Gibson Es 330 can enjoy every casino game type at any top site through your desktop or mobile web browser of choice (i.e. Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox, Opera, etc.). The Dot, also a product of Epiphone, resembles the Gibson ES-335. The Casino has a true hollow body, whereas the Dot is a semi hollow type, with a solid block of wood running through the center and continuing from its neckline. The Epiphone Casino has a black laminated maple body and the Dot has a black or white arch top body.
The Gibson ES-330 is a thinline hollow-body electric guitar model produced by the Gibson Guitar Corporation. It was first introduced in 1959.[1]
Though similar in appearance to the popular Gibson ES-335 guitar, the ES-330 is quite different: the 330 is a fully hollow thinline guitar, not a semi-hollow guitar with a center block. Also, the 330 has two single-coilP-90 pickups, in contrast with the two humbuckers on the 335.
The 330 neck originally joined the body at the 16th fret, not the 19th, like the 335.[2] In 1967/1968, Gibson changed it to join at the 19th fret. Current Gibson reissues are known at ES-330L to denote this longer ('L') feeling neck, and reissues of pre-68 330s have the 16th fret join as they would have originally. Note that the scale length of both models (16-fret and 19-fret) is the same, the body is just different (the 16-fret model has markedly taller upper bouts and thus more hollow body area).
The guitar has been produced both as a single-pickup instrument (ES-330T) and as a dual-pickup instrument (ES-330TD). Somewhat unusually, the ES-330T had its pickup mounted halfway between the bridge and the end of the neck, not in one of the usual neck or bridge positions. It has been available in sunburst, cherry, natural, walnut, and sparkling burgundy finishes. Tailpieces used are usually trapeze or Bigsby vibrato tailpieces. Due to its lack of popularity compared to the other Gibson thinline guitars (such as the ES-335, ES-345, and ES-355), the ES-330 was discontinued by Gibson in 1972. Since then, it has been reissued a few times by the Gibson Custom Shop division.
Famous ES-330 players include Emily Remler, B.B. King, Slim Harpo, Grant Green, William Reid, Roky Erickson, Chris Bell, Zoot Horn Rollo, Brian Jones, Brad Simpson of The Vamps, Elliott Smith and Mafuyu Sato.
It is notable that the ES-330 has a nearly identical cousin, the Epiphone Casino (Epiphone was and is a subsidiary of Gibson), which was played in particular by the Beatles’ John Lennon, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney, and The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards.
References[edit]
- ^'Guitar Review: Gibson Custom ES-330' by Tom Beaujour. Guitar Aficionado, April 17th, 2013[1]
- ^Duchossoir, A. R. (1981). Gibson Electrics. Mediapresse. p. 158. ISBN9780881882698.