The ES-230 Casino, like the ES-330, is a fully hollow archtop electric guitar, with its body made of a Maple / Poplar laminate. As well, the dot position markers were changed to parallelogram markers and the plastic pickup covers were replaced with metal covers. The 1961 models used a 1950’s style shorter headstock with a metal Epiphone logo plate, but for 1962 that design was revamped to the longer, narrower headstock with inlaid Epiphone logo still used today. Originally appearing in 1961 as a sister model to the Gibson ES-330, the Epiphone Casino model ES-230TD is very similar to its sister model, the Gibson ES-330TD the TD in both model designations stands for Two Pickup, Double Cutaway.
The Epiphone John Lennon Revolution Casino was built between 20, as a limited run of 1965 guitars, to commemorate John Lennon’s 1965 Casino in its stripped-down form.
