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rolloroberson · 8 months

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Paul McCartney playing the Epiphone Casino during recording sessions for the Beatles’ “You Know My Name (Look Up My Number” at Abbey Road Studios on May 17, 1967. Photo by Leslie Bryce © Beatles Book Photo Library (http://www.beatlesbookphotolibrary.com/)

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suite116 · 6 months

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Noel Gallagher

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i-love-guitars · 10 months

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Howlin’ Wolf and his Epiphone Casino

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garys-classic-guitars · 1 year

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1965 Epiphone Casino ...the same year as John Lennon;s.

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cannedbluesblog · 8 months

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Keef!

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thekingofgear · 1 year

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Thom’s New Gibson ES-330 in Detroit

A photo of Thom with his latest Gibson ES-330, from Tom Skinner’s instagram account.

On December 4 in Atlanta, The Smile performed the song Teleharmonic for the first time. The song was first used on the soundtrack to the sixth season of Peaky Blinders, under the title “Teleharmonic Phaser”. It was also listed as an alternative song on Thom’s setlist for his solo show at Zermatt Unplugged, using the title “Teleharmonic / Europa” (presumably he couldn’t decide which to use). However, Thom decided not to play the song in Zermatt. The name of the song was doubtless inspired by the Make Noise Teleharmonic eurorack module, since Thom has become a massive fan of Make Noise in recent years.

For the premier performance of Teleharmonic in Atlanta, Thom played a faded-looking Gibson ES-330 guitar. He used the same guitar for the most recent show in New Orleans too. We first saw the guitar in a photo titled “Detroit pt. 3 : Thom” from Tom Skinner’s Instagram account. The photo was posted on December 3, but The Smile played Detroit on November 28, and possibly spent a couple days there given Tom Skinner’s abundant photos. The ES-330 has a 3-tone sunburst finish, and the cracks in the finish suggest it’s a vintage instrument, probably from the 1960s. The guitar also appears to have bound f-holes, which indicate that it’s a new guitar for Thom. Bound f-holes are rare on an ES-330, so the original owner might have custom ordered this instrument from Gibson.

Thom with his sunburst Gibson ES-330 on Radiohead’s 2012 tour (photo by David Hall). Note the absence of binding on the f-holes, showing that this is a different guitar to the one played in Atlanta.

It’s notable that Thom played an ES-330 because he hasn’t been seen with one in almost a decade. He played a sunburst ES-330 heavily during the King of Limbs and Atoms for Peace eras (2009-2013). He’s even seen playing that guitar in a rare photo (taken at Drew Barrymore’s LA home) from the recording of The King of Limbs. However, during Radiohead’s 2012 tour, Thom borrowed Ed’s vintage Epiphone Casino for a few songs. It seems Thom liked the guitar, because he almost immediately after bought a pair of vintage Casinos for himself. After 2013, he stopped playing out with the ES-330.

Modern reissue versions of the Gibson ES-330 and Epiphone Casino can vary quite a bit. But in the 1960s, they were pretty similar, which is unsurprising since Gibson bought Epiphone in 1957. Both were true hollowbody guitars with Gibson P90 pickups. The main differences were the finish on guitar and the headstock. On Gibsons, the upper bout is painted solid, while on Epiphones the upper bout has the same burst as the rest of the guitar. The headstocks are also different shapes, and each has the name of the brand printed. Given the similarities, it’s unsurprising that Thom is a fan of both guitars.

There’s a couple key differences between the ES-330 and its more popular sibling, the ES-335. The semi-hollow ES-335 has humbuckers and a solid center block, which gives it a sound very similar to a Les Paul or SG (despite any marketing claims, the main difference in the plugged-in sound of the LP, SG, and 335 comes from tolerance variations in pickups and capacitors). In contrast, the ES-330 is a true hollowbody guitar, and it features P90 single coils. The very similar Epiphone Casino is also a true hollowbody with P90 single coils. That construction is the reason the ES-330 and Casino are prone to feedback at high gain. But they can also feel more resonant and “alive”, which is perhaps the reason Thom likes them. After all, he makes great use of that feedback during There There at live shows (playing a hollowbody Gibson ES-125T).

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guitar-shit · 1 year

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Epiphone Casino reissue in worn ebony

When I was growing up, my father was always listening to music. It had a large impact on me, he was really into 60s and 70 rock, like The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Who, etc. When I found out about the Casino reissue, I knew he was going to be all about it since he was a huge Beatles fan (he saw them in 1965). It felt really good getting this for him. I’m really impressed with the quality of these reissues.

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savage-kult-of-gorthaur · 7 months

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"...BECAUSE ROCKERS IS WHAT WE REALLY ARE."

NOTE: Happy posthumous 83rd birthday to John Winston Lennon, born on this day! Another legend lost. HAIL! 🎂🕯👓🎸🎶🎈

PIC INFO. Spotlight on the late, great John Lennon (October 9, 1940 -- December 8, 1980), photographed with his Ephiphone Casino six-string electric guitar, during the "Let it Be" Sessions, Abbey Road Studios, UK, c. 1969. 📸: Linda McCartney✝.

"We're all heavy. Just heavy. How did we ever do anything light? But what we're trying to do now is rock 'n' roll, with less of your philoso-rock, is what we're saying to ourselves. And just get on with rocking, because rockers is what we really are. You can give me a guitar, stand me up in front of a few people, and that's what I am."

-- JOHN LENNON✝, c. "White Album" sessions, c. 1968, excerpt from "Days That I’ll Remember: Spending Time With John Lennon & Yoko Ono" (2013), by Jonathan Cott

Source: www.pinterest.com/pin/film--25473554133279278.

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the-takosader · 9 months

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Fretting About Frets

You ever wonder why there's fretless basses, but less commonly fretless guitars? I have. I also want to see what a fretless guitar would actually be like to play.

So, what would it sound like? I honestly don't know. A fretless bass is intuitive. A fretless guitar would not be. Why's that? Well, a bass is a simple animal of an instrument. You hold the string down tightly at a point along the fretboard, you pluck the string, and it makes a very satisfying noise if you get it right.

A guitar is... Not That. Your fingers have to hold the strings in the right places to make a chord. You move your fingers up or down even a single fret, and suddenly, you make a dissonant chord, or it won't sound right, or whatever.

Now, a fretless bass lets glissandi have more freedom in the notes. Glissandi (sing. glissando) is the music term for a glide between one note and another. The movement between 7-0-12 on Dear Prudence's bassline is a glissando, though quite complicated. The full sequence (repeated several times in the song) is as follows (all on one string, so it's not like it has to include the full diagram, but I'll include it anyway):

G---------------------------------------------- D-7-7-0-12-10-10-0-10-9-9-0-9-8-8-0-8- A---------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------

What would this sound like on a fretless? Heck if I know. However, what's probably certain is that the sound of the glide would be cleaner.

So what's all this got to do with the concept of a fretless guitar? Well, a fretless guitar, in this concept, would still have the frets marked on the board, as a guide to where to place your fingers for certain chord structures. On top of that, though, would also be the potential to make some very interesting music, that is, if it were reasonable to play.

Now, I know that fretless guitars are indeed a thing already. But where's the point in buying one when you can make one, and for a much cheaper price? Sounds awesome, right?

Well, not really. De-fretting a fretboard is, surprisingly enough, hard. To do so, you need a specific tool to remove the frets, but on top of that, you need to make sure that you remove the frets without taking out half the wood with it (in this case, rosewood).

Then, on top of that, you need to fill in the holes where the frets were with wood filler. Not a whole lot of pain, but that's gonna be hell to wait for. And while you wait for that, you have to decide whether you're going to make more of a Frankenstein of a guitar (body mismatched with headstock) or limit your fucking up of this instrument. Me? I'd use a full Epiphone Casino kit if I could. Guess I should explain why.

The Epiphone Casino is a marvellous guitar. For one, it's built like a Gretsch Tennessean, or if you want a more modern example, the standard ESP body of a guitar. Now, what do I mean by this? Well, I mean that it's got f-holes. ...Hey, get your mind out of the gutter! F-holes, on an instrument, are those squiggly lines you'd generally see on something like a violin or cello. The Epiphone Casino also has those.

But you might be wondering: "Are they functional? Or just decorative?" Well, despite its thin construction, the Casino is hollow-bodied. So yes, they are functional. And, it sounds like you'd expect for any normal acoustic. But when you plug it in, there's where you get your good sound. As an example, I'll use John Lennon's playing. His playing on tracks like Revolution and The End are half-defined by how he plays, and how it sounds. And oh BOY, does it sound good. There's a difference between power and punch. But with that sound, you CANNOT tell the difference. It straddles the fine line between hit in the face and beautiful to listen to.

...Oh yeah, if you couldn't tell, the title's a misnomer. I'm not really fretting about anything. If anything, I'm fretless!

...I'm sorry.

#guitar #the beatles #epiphone casino #bass #fretless guitar #surprisingly no tag for fretless guitar existed #interesting #again sorry for the horrible pun

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69bahaha · 2 years

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Jack Pott's Casino

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deebeeus · 12 days

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1965 Epiphone Casino in RoyalTan. Another rare beauty from my visit on the weekend to my friend's collection:

We aren't sure who "BH" was, but who and where ever s/he is I am sure this guitar is the "I should never have sold that one" story they tell their friends… 😉

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junkyardromeo · 10 months

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dont get drunk with your ex on 4th of july it will end with horrible hank williams duets and dancing on pool tables

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garys-classic-guitars · 11 months

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