Beautiful early 1965, transitional epiphone casino E-230T anyone?

As with the ES-330TS, single pickup examples of the casino are rare! This is a stunner, there is no doubt. Classic royal tan finish that’s instantly recognisable, setting it apart from its Gibson cousin. There are no real signs of any damage anywhere, the odd minor knock but nothing noticeable. The colour has faded a little but again this is not too extensive.

The neck is in superb condition with almost no wear, the original frets have plenty of life left in them. The headstock is in good shape with a few minor chips. And the best part of all, this is a 42mm nut width which is a transitional feature on these guitars.

The hardware shows some discolouration and some very slight pitting. The plastics are in great shape though the pickguard does droop slightly. The tuners are slightly later, nickel double line kludon.

Electrically everything is original and works and sounds a real treat. Pots date 65 (week obscured by solder) and week 36 of 64 which puts this guitar at the beginning of 1965.

The guitar comes with its correct grey hard shell case with blue lining.