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So you say you want a Revolution... The Epiphone Casino stands out as one of the most significant electric guitars used by John Lennon and the Beatles. The Casino can be heard on many of the most memorable Beatle recordings. By the mid-point of Lennon's career as a Beatle, when guitar manufacturers of the day would have done anything to get their instruments into the Beatles' hands, Lennon often chose the Epiphone Casino over all other guitars for recordings, live performances, television appearances, and films. This preference for the Casino carried on into his years as a solo artist also. In the vintage guitar collecting community, an original Epiphone Casino, such as the one Lennon used, is considered a prized find. As a result, the Epiphone Casino remains one of the most sought after electric guitars that Epiphone has ever produced. Paul McCartney was actually the first Beatle to acquire an Epiphone Casino. He purchased a Casino, together with an Epiphone Texan in December 1964. This was Lennon's first brush with the Epiphone. Soon after, on February 15, 1965 at EMI Abbey Road Studio Two London, McCartney used the Epiphone Casino, now strung left-handed, to play the memorable lead on the Beatles classic "Ticket to Ride". McCartney continued to use the Casino on various overdubs on Beatle recordings making the Casino a familiar guitar sound on many of the Beatles' records. By the end of 1965, during the Beatles recording sessions for the "Rubber Soul" album, John Lennon and George Harrison both started to explore the sounds of various new electric guitars. It was in the spring of 1966 during the recording sessions for "Revolver" that both John Lennon and George Harrison acquired a pair of sunburst Casinos. Lennon first used his new Epiphone Casino live on Sunday May 1st 1966 at the New Musical Express Annual Poll-Winners' All-Star Concert held at London's Empire Poll, Wembley. It was from this point on that John Lennon chose the Epiphone Casino as his main electric guitar. In 1968, Lennon decided to "strip" the finish off his Casino. This is a faithful reproduction of his Casino with a "stripped" natural finish as it was then and as it remains today. Epiphone John Lennon Revolution Casino Features:
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