Item is one 1961 Epiphone Casino E23OTD Vintage Electric Guitar Up for sale, a 1961 Epiphone Casino E-230TD in collector-grade condition and in perfect working order, finished in custom color Royal Tan. A notably early Casino from the first year of production, features include black plastic pickup covers, dot inlay, nickel-plated hardware, and a full 1 11/16" wide nut.

Featherweight at 6.4lbs, this Casino is an extremely soulful and lively instrument. A single strum yields a broad, relaxed natural acoustic tone that retains the articulation of maple as a tonewood. The original black bobbin P-90 pickup pair delivers glassy sparkle and percussive cut, with a rich, midrange character. Very dynamically responsive to player inputs, each position on the three-way switch is distinctive and vital.

The one-piece Honduran mahogany neck has a slender, effortless C-shaped profile carve. Brazilian rosewood fretboard has a pearloid dot inlay, and original medium jumbo frets have plenty of meat. The guitar plays cleanly up the 24 3/4" scale with a straight neck and a responsive, optimally adjusted truss rod. The original nylon nut measures a full 1 11/16" in width. The headstock has the shorter, open book shape seen on early Casinos, and is one of the first inlaid with the Epiphone logo after the previous "bikini" badge was retired. The early five-digit serial embossed on the back of the headstock also matches the rectangular blue Epiphone label visible through the F hole. The original Kluson Deluxe single line tuning machines are intact, functioning as intended with original white buttons.

The electronics are completely stock, with original solder joints and original pots and tone caps visible through the F hole. Hardware includes a Gibson Historic reissue no-wire ABR-1 bridge with foundry stamp on the bottom, and a vintage nickel trapeze tailpiece of a style only seen on the earliest Casinos. There are a couple tiny, cleanly-doweled additional mounting holes adjacent to the tailpiece hinge (a Bigsby B3 was at one time installed). Plastics are near-mint, comprising the original quartet of black reflector cap knobs, black plastic dogear pickup covers, and the multi-ply pickguard, complete with "E" Epsilon foil sticker.

The gloss nitro lacquer Royal Tan finish is a rare and desirable Epiphone-exclusive iteration of Sunburst, more akin to Ice Tea in its presentation with an ambered center and ruddy red edges and back. The finish highlights the dynamic grain in the maple across the back. A few light finish scratches to the headstock. The neck profile gloss is extremely clean.

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Features:

Royal Tan Finish

black plastic pickup covers

Pearloid Dot Inlay

Nickel-Plated Hardware

1 11/16" Wide Nut

Black Bobbin P-90 Pickup Pair

Honduran Mahogany Neck

Kluson Deluxe Single Line Tuning Machines

Overall condition is very good

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