1994 Samick Korean Casino EPSA-TB Tobacco Sunburst w/Softcase Rare

Hello,

The Japanese market is unique in that Gibson and Fender's trademark copyrights do not apply there. Therefore, other manufacturers can use their designs, as long as they are only sold within Japan. Samick made a play for this market starting in the mid 1980s, even going so far as to create brands just for the Japanese market (Meriken, Hot Licks and Nashville), but found it difficult to compete with well-established domestic Japanese brands. By 1991, they began dwindling down their Japanese Market-specific lineup and by 1996 had condensed to a single international lineup.

This model is a copy of the Epiphone Casino (which is the one of the few Epi guitars that Samick did not build at any time, and Samick's version actually preceeded Epiphone's reissue in 1995). This guitar was produced in 1994 just prior the Epi 1995 official reissue. The guitar is absolutely all-original and still in gorgeous condition – just a few wear marks on the body. Guitar comes in good fitting nice softcase (possibly the original one, because it matches perfectly). Frets are still having almost the full resourse, so the guitar is ready to be played. There's nothing to say more – this guitar looks, feels and sounds like real Casino, and if to remember, that Samick was producing the guitars for Epiphone company, I would say IT IS A REAL CASINO.

Features:

• Bound maple body with mahogany center block
• Mahogany neck
• Bound Rosewood fretboard
• Acrylic paralellogram inlays
• Two "Dogear" P-90 pickups with chrome covers
• Vintage style trapeze tailpiece
• 24,75" scale length
• Adjustable bridge 
• All-original
• Brown Sunburst
• Softcase
• 3,6 kg (without case)

Don't miss out this Plus Size Beauty! WE DO SHIP INTERNATIONALLY! Please, review the photos closely for condition, and do not hesitate to ask any questions before you make an offer or buy it. You may need to do slight further setup on the guitar to get it to match your preferences, but now everything works in a proper way and the guitar is set up perfectly for me.

NOTICE: This guitar is about 25 years old, not new and sells AS-IS. It may have some visual imperfections, and/or non-original parts, so we won't accept absolutely no full/partial refund or any return on this guitar. By pressing 'BUY' or 'MAKE AN OFFER' buttons you confirm that you have fully read the description and totally agree with all of these terms. From our side, we promise that you'll receive exactly what you see on attached photos, no exclusions.

IMPORTANT: here in Russia, we have some COVID-19 shipping restrictions depending on buyer's location, so contact us first to check the possibility of shipping to your country.

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