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I've acquired a completely unfinished (no drilled holes and never finished) Epiphone Casino. (Most likely the Inspired by John Lennon model 2000s or John Lennon USA)
I've narrowed down some options for finishing.
I'm a huge Beatles and Oasis fan and overall just jangle and britpop, mod shit yadada.
A. Make it like John Lennon's 1965 model stock as it appeared in April-May 1966 ala "Paperback Writer" and "Rain" music videos.
B. Make it like the same one but natural with gold grovers and same spec.
C. Pelham Blue with white pickguard and a Bigsby and or Frequensator done to stock 1960s spec. Like this
Or feel free to discuss other options and ideas.
There's more options and I'm a huge guitar traditionalist and I love the good old fashioned vintage gear. But I'm curious to what everyone is thinking here. I'll provide more pics if anyone would love to see it.
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Epiphone Elitist Casino p90 Pickup Replacement [QUESTION]

Hey guys, I recently stumbled upon a basically new Epiphone Elitist Casino body/neck stripped of all of it's hardware for a really dumb low price of $300. I've always wanted one of these so I snatched it up. Not my first rebuild, won't be my last I'm sure.
The only part I am having difficulty deciding on/sourcing are the pickups. I have played both an Elitist and one of the LTD John Lennon 1965's and those Gibson USA P90's sounded very cool. I'm not looking for the most aggressive tone of all time, but I also want plenty of mid-range and umph (not necessarily vintage). I can't seem to find a source fo the Gibson USA P90's anywhere. Seems like what I want are the Lollar p90's. But read on...
Due to the metric Japanese measurements plus the Epiphone/ES 330's unique cavity and top curvature, nobody seems to sell a direct aftermarket drop in. There is only one pickup set I've found that is drops-in by Kent Armstrong. I can't find a single video or review of them anywhere. Not outrageous price ($120), but too much for the risk imho. I'd never even heard of them until I started looking so I'm apprehensive.
The pickups everyone raves about either the Seymore Duncan Antiquities ($230+ for a set) or the Lollar p90's that already have my attention ($230+ for a set). Surprisingly the GFS p90 pops up a lot as being pretty great, for only $70 for the set. p90's are easy and relatively cheap to adjust as you can swap magnets in seconds, so that GFS set is tempting as hell. However none of these are direct drop in replacements. They would require drilling new holes, or shims, or both. Which I am not totally against.
As a final third option, several people offer rewinding services on p90's. I could grab a cheap ass set of the china Epiphone imports for $30 direct, and then pay somebody to rewind them properly. Lollar charges $230 for that, so it's basically the cost of a new set that I could then drop-in. I've found another indie guy that will do it for $90, to Lollar's specs. I just don't know if it's a good idea to start from such a crappy base.
Anyone have any experience or guidance for me? Thank you!
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Help choosing a new guitar needed.

Hello, everyone. Sometime this summer, I'm looking at replacing my Squire Strat that I've had for 12 years now, and I'm stuck between a Telecaster and a Les Paul (original, I know), and need help choosing between the two (and one more, which I'll get to in a bit). I should also mention that I'm really not looking to spend much more than $1000, and I'd say $1200 is my absolute cap. The type of music I play is a little bit of older stuff (Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, Cream, etc.) and some newer alternative stuff. I'll be running them through a TC Spark mini, DigiTech Whammy, EHX Big Muff, and Ibanez Mini Tube Screamer, into a Peavy Vypyr 60watt.
I've been going back and forth for a while now. Both guitars seem to do exactly what I want them to.
The Les Paul I'm looking at would be something either like this one, or this one, though I'm leaning more towards the 60's tribute because it's a bit cheaper, and I love P-90's (I might replace the pickups with a Lollar P-90 bridge and a Lollar Alnico staple neck).
I've been looking at a variety of Teles, and my favorite one so far is something of a 1964 custom reissue (like this). The only ones I can find are MIJ models, which are hard to reliably find, and Custom Shop models, which are way above my price range. Though I would settle for a normal, unbound sunburst Tele, but with specs similar to this one (only right handed. I think that one is a 1964 or 65, but I could be wrong).
Basically, I love the crunch of the Tele when you crank it, and it feel balanced when I sit with it (I'll be standing most of the time), but the Les Paul just feels right, and every note I want comes of out if naturally. Only problem, when I sit with it, the body feels substantially heavier than the neck.
Now, with all this Beatles talk, there is one guitar that is in the back of my mind that will give the Tele and Les Paul a run for their money: The Epiphone Casino. I love the sound of it, but it doesn't quite feel right (it may just be the gloss on the neck, though). I'm really not sure how good it is for soloing and stuff like that. Plus, I'm not sure how reliable the electronics will be. Finding a model in my budget will probably result in me getting the cheapest, Korean made model.
Anyways, sorry for the long post, but any suggestions?
TL;DR: Tele, Les Paul, but for some reason, Casino.

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I am an anorak. My obsession? All of Noel Gallagher's Guitars. Here's my definitive list.

Epiphone Les Paul Standard - Heritage Cherry Sunburst. Seen in the Supersonic music video. Low Res Pic
Epiphone '70's Riviera - Main stage guitar in Earl's Court and Live By The Sea, same with Bonehead, outfitted with a stopbar tailpiece. Wine Red. Low Res Pic
Gibson Les Paul Standard - A gift from Johnny Marr. Used frequently in Gigs. Broke when Noel hit a stage-climber with it. Heritage Cherry Sunburst finish. Also played in Familiar To Millions. Picture
Epiphone Sheraton - Vintage Sunburst. '60's model. Used in Knebworth and G-Mex. Picture
Epiphone "Union Jack" Sheraton - Used in Maine Road, and found at the end of the music video of Champagne Supernova. Picture
Gibson Les Paul Custom - Played during Chicago '94. Black Finish. Cream pickguard was eventually adorned with an Oasis sticker.With Oasis Sticker
Gibson Flying V - Seen in the D'You Know What I Mean? music video. Black finish. Picture
Gibson Reverse Firebird - Seen in a promotional picture for the Some Might Say single. Vintage Sunburst Finish. Picture
Gibson ES-355 - Noel's main stage guitar since 1997. Played in all gigs after F2M. '60's Model with Varitone Switch and Bigsby Vibrato Tailpiece. Cherry Finish. Noel also has a Black finished one with no vibrato seen at the NGHFB gig at V Festival. Red Black
Gibson ES-345 - Noel's other main guitar. Used in the current gigs with HFB. Comes with a Trapeze tailpiece (later a stopbar) and varitone.Picture
Rickenbacker 330 - Used in Don't Go Away and SOTSOG-era gigs. Very short-lived use of this guitar. Mapleglo and White finish. White
Fender Telecaster - Has 3 Telecasters. One in a Pink Paisley finish used at F2M, one with a chocolate brown finish, and one in cream white. Pink
Gibson Les Paul Silver Florentine - a Gibson Les Paul with F-Holes. Silver. Played during the SOTSOG-HC-era Gigs. Picture
Epiphone Supernova - a very cosmetic Riviera. Adorned with either a Pelham Blue, Ebony, or Union Jack finish. No evidence of it ever being played live, but Noel has kept the Union Jack finish in his studio. Picture
Gibson Trini Lopez 335 - Gibson ES-335 with a Firebird headstock and diamond holes. Played in the Live in the USA 2005 Gig and in the promotional picture for "Lyla". Picture
Gibson SG Standard - Seen in the NGHFB documentary, bought in Japan, may be heard on the new album.Picture
Epiphone Casino - No evidence of being played live, seen in the Music Video for Sunday Morning Call. Picture

ACOUSTICS

Epiphone EJ-200 - The Definitely Maybe guitar. Used in '94-'95 gigs. Picture
Takamine - He has many models, the most common one, being the brown finished one with the cutaway. Used in '94-'95 gigs and TV performances. Picture
Guild 12-String - Played Sad Song during the Live By The Sea gig. Picture
Gibson J-200 - He was seen playing a Natural finish one in an MTV performance in 1995. He then moved on to use a Vintage Sunburst one, seen in Little By Little, this went on to be his main acoustic guitar until 2011/2012, somewhere along the way it got adorned with an Adidas originals sticker. Picture

4b. Gibson Western Pre-War J-200 - this is the J-200 people see that does not adorn the Crown Inlay at the headstock and does not have the graphic flower pickguard and sports a four-ribbon bridge. Noel can be seen using this at the Le Cabaret Sauvage gig with Gem. Picture

Martin D-28 - Main acoustic guitar for the latter part of the NGHFB tour. Natural. Picture
Epiphone Frontier - Late 60's Model played once live in the Jools Holland Gig in 2000, playing Where Did It All Go Wrong. Picture
Gibson J-45 - Seen in Sunday Morning Call. Picture
Gibson Hummingbird - Seen being played by Liam in Songbird. Played in a Live performance of Sunday Morning Call. Liam playing

There it is, ~~sorry I couldn't~~ provided the pictures. others are low-res because screens from Music Videos or Gigs.

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