Cupertino, CA, United States
About this listing
For Sale: 1996 Epiphone "Casino Vintage" Reissue (Terada, Japan)I put condition as very good. It's not cosmetically perfect. I tried to take good pictures but not all the blemishes show up. For me, it's very good condition for someone who doesn't want show room perfection. 1996 Epiphone Casino "Vintage" Reissue (Terada, Japan) – Sunburst Up for sale is a rare, collector-grade 1996 Epiphone Casino "Vintage" Reissue in a gorgeous Vintage Sunburst finish. Handcrafted at the legendary Terada plant in Japan (Serial Number: 671372), this is a premium, pre-Elitist reissue built for the Japanese domestic market. It features the stamped "VINTAGE" orange label inside the f-hole.What makes this specific model incredibly unique is its strict adherence to mid-1960s Kalamazoo blueprints. Unlike standard Japanese Casinos that used maple necks and 17th-fret joints, this premium model boasts a historically accurate 16th-fret neck joint, a 1-piece mahogany neck, and a thin nitrocellulose lacquer finish. The result is a highly resonant, woody acoustic voice that translates into pure Beatles-era chime and P-90 bite when plugged in.Complete Specs:Body: Fully hollow thin-line laminated maple (no center block), 16" lower bout, 1.75" depthFinish: True Nitrocellulose Lacquer (Vintage Sunburst)Neck: 1-Piece Mahogany with a slender 1960s "C" profileNeck Joint: Historically accurate 16th-fret constructionFretboard: Bound Rosewood with pearloid parallelogram inlays and traditional fret-edge binding (fret nibs)Nut: 1 1/16" (39.5mm) narrow vintage-correct bone nutPickups: Dual Japanese vintage-voiced "Dogear" P-90 single-coilsHardware: Nickel ABR-1 Tune-o-matic bridge, trapeze tailpiece, and Gotoh/Kluson-style tunersAesthetics: 3-ply white pickguard with silver foil "E" logo, gold top-hat reflector knobsAn absolute masterpiece of Japanese luthiery that out-plays and out-resonates modern reissues.
Original Price$3,000
$250 price drop
New Price$2,750
+ $100 Shipping
