If you know of more Casino/330-toting jazzers, please include a video below! Next up: bluesmen … She was an incredible player and musician, and I am certain that she would have attained the status of “one of the greatest” in the eye of the general public had she not be taken from us so soon. A purist would not include her in this thread – her 330 had humbuckers on it – but it is unthinkable to write about 330s & jazz and omit a reference to her. The other major player to have embraced the 330 is Emily Remler. A master of groove, phrasing and – yes – tone. Still the fact is there: there has been only one big jazz name to my knowledge to use the 330 in stock form, and that’s Grant Green in the first part of his career (approximately ’61-’64). Even the overwound P-90s on mine, which I’ll swap out eventually, are capable of a wonderful bop tone with some careful knob turning. Most importantly, sonically they are perfect for the genre: they have the delightfully short sustain that only a hollowbody can give, and the P-90s have bite will still being very warm. Featuring Dogear P-90T Classic™ pickups and a 5-ply Maple body with Basswood top bracing.It is kind of a paradox that 330s / Casinos have not been very successful as jazz guitars. Shortly afterwards, John Lennon and George Harrison bought Casinos for the Beatles 1966 world tour. Howlin' Wolf took a Casino on his first tour of the UK, appearing on Thank Your Lucky Stars. The Casino was first adopted by Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones who used a Casino to record the demo for “Satisfaction” at Chess Records in Chicago. First introduced in 1961, the Casino was just one of several new thinline archtops designed and produced at the company’s adopted new factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan that it shared with one-time competitor and new partner, Gibson. Since 1961, the legendary Casino has been Epiphone’s best-selling archtop and a rock ‘n’ roll standard. The Epiphone Casino still has the same classic look, sound, and features that have made it the go-to guitar for two generations of artists including Paul McCartney, Paul Weller, Noel Gallagher, Keith Richards and Gary Clark, Jr.

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