- Epiphone Casino vs Rickenbacker 330 vs? Discussion in 'Guitars in General' started by swing308, Oct 13, 2015. Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Next Oct 13, 2015 #1.
- I assume you are referring to the recent ES-330 VOS vs the Elitist Casino. There also was short lived ES-330L with 19 frets clear of the body. I happen to own all of these models, along with a Peerless Casino and a 50th Anniversary '61 Casino.
- I have both, 1965 ES-330 and '90s Japanese Casino. The 330 is perfect, just awesome and my favourite guitar that I own. The Casino is very different, good for Cuck Berry riffs and the inevitable Beatles moments.
- Sounds like some mixed up information. The sixties Casino 330 bodies were identical, both available with one or two p.u.s for the same period. The 330 went from the 16th fret join to the 19th in the late sixties. Casino has always been 16th, then as now. Epiphone necks tended to be pretty slim in the sixties; perhaps moreso than the 330.
I don't have a 330, but I do have an '06 Epiphone Casino Elite and an '06 Gibson Custom Shop 335. Switching from the 335 to the Casino, it is anything but dull! Notes erupt from the fretboard, and it can be very cutting and bright if I want it to be.
| 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 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.
Epiphone Casino Vs Rickenbacker 330
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).
Epiphone Casino Vs Gibson 330
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.