OUT OF THE BLUE
The Epiphone Casino, more formally known as the E230TD, is not an especially rare guitar. As a result, plenty of vintage examples are priced comparably to modern Custom Shop and boutique equivalents.
However, unlike the standard sunburst and cherry paint-jobs, very few of the other 1,813 Casinos to leave Kalamazoo in 1967 were finished in this rare Pelham Blue metallic hue.
Traces of the white undercoat and original blue can be seen in the chips and heavily rubbed areas on the lower bout. Although Gibson described Pelham Blue as a ‘poly’ finish, it was actually an
