The size was a 'concern' because I'm used to full-sized 335-style guitars, other large archtops, and acoustics.

I don't see any reason to swap them out.Īside from the pickups, there were two other things I was hesitant about when looking at the Casino Coupe: the size of the guitar and the pau ferro fretboard.

I'm sure the P90's in this guitar aren't the highest quality, but since I'm still relatively unfamiliar with the P90 sounds, I don't really know the difference-and these sound plenty good enough to me. In other words, clear and articulate with some warmth or almost a compressed sound-not necessarily a bright, biting single-coil tone. As a long-time Strat player, I'm especially fond of the sound of a Strat neck pickup, and the sounds of positions 2 and 4. I play mostly clean and tend to prefer the sound of single-coils. I'm not sure why, because I really like the tone of P90's. but this is only the second one I've ever owned with P90's. I always like to have a really good idea of what I'm getting into if it's a model I haven't owned before.Īs my history above shows, I'm a big fan of Epiphone archtops. Also in 2020 Epiphone introduced the 'Inspired by Gibson line' (Epiphones that are patterned after Gibson models) that all come with the new style Gibson'ish headstock.When I had a chance to trade for this, I did my usual obsessive research-reading as much as I could about it, and watching as many YouTube videos as I could find. I also installed a Duesenberg Les Trem II Tremolo. My ES-339 came with humbucking pickups but I wanted P-90's so I installed humbuckng sized 'Mean 90's from Guitar Fetish'. The guitar in the Casino Coupe/ES-339 hardcase is a 2020 ES-339 which has the same body as the Casino Coupe so they share the same hardcase. Would you be willing to divulge some info on your beautiful Coupe? - Barnett The black against the buttery looking 'natural' looks really great. I already took off the white pick guard and was thinking about trying to find black replacements for the hardware, as mine is also the 'natural' color. My Coupe's hardware is worn, looks like it was gold, and the trapeze piece is slightly bent. I would love to know if these were mods or if they are original. BTW I was wondering if I saw a silver tremalo and black dog-ear pick up covers and knobs on your Coupe. Now I know where to find protection for my Coupe. Sir, I was scrolling around like Pete to trying to get info to find a case for my 2018 Casino Coupe I just got and found your advice and comments.

Epiphone Casino Coupe 2018