This Epiphone Casino is one of 1965 made to the exact dimensions and style of John Lennons Casino. The guitar is identical in every way and is issued with and individual certificate.

A close up of the guitars body showing vintage wound P90 pickups and unusual 60's white nylon sadles. Lennons guitar was also unusual in that it had a black plastic plate around the pickup selector.

This picture shows that the back of the vintage Epiphones was finished in dark walnut as opposed to the vintage tobacco sunburst of the front, sides and neck.

The Lennon "1965" Casinos certificate showing the guitar as number 26.

The "1965" Casino Specification:

Body shape - Mid '60's Kalamazoo. MI tooling specs. Body Materials - 5 layer (Maple/Birch/Maple/Birch/Maple). Vintage Sunburst, Nitro Cellulose finish over white body binding-hand-buffed. Top Contour Bracing - Spruce with original relief-cut spacing. Rosewood Fingerboard. Headstock Logo - Mother of Pearl. Larger original style headstock. Gibson-Factory Electronics. Nickel plated, "dog-eared" P-90 Pickup Covers with original pole spacing. Switchcraft, 3-way toggle with old style black washer. Nickel ABR Bridge with nylon saddles. Nickel "Gibson-Factory" hardware with Gold Grover machine heads. Vintage style case with shroud. Certificate of Authenticity that states Model and Number in Series and signed by the Epiphone President, 'Epi'.