the casino has a pretty rich history, it's actually an original epiphone model, i.e., not a gibson clone. epiphone created it pre-gibson, gibson indeed cloned the casino with their es-330.
the casino became instantly popular when several of the beatles selected it as their go-to guitar:
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the original casinos, asyou can see, where very classic in paint schemes, so it's considered unique in the history of the casino that it was finished in the ebony paint scheme i have, some consider it casino blasphemy!
original early 60s casinos command thousands of dollars today!