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A review & demo of the Epiphone Inspired By John Lennon Casino. As the Beatles rose in popularity their stage persona used Rickenbacker, Gretsch and Hofner guitars with Vox amplifiers. Away from the stage they used several different guitars especially as their touring days ended and musical explorations developed.
One of the early ‘other’ guitars was the Epiphone Casino. Paul McCartney was the first Beatle to get a Casino in 1964 and his guitar is shown in the Gibson records to have shipped in November 1962 and featured the smaller Epiphone, ‘Gibson’ like headstock. Both John Lennon and George Harrison got their Casino's later around 1966 and they were almost identical. John’s Casino had a trapeze tailpiece and George’s had a Bigsby tailpiece. Both of these Beatles can be seen using the Casino’s in the Paperback Writer and Rain videos. Lennon later had the sunburst finish removed from his Casino and can be seen playing the now natural finished Casino in the Beatles final public live performance on the roof of the Apple building in 1970. George also scrapped off the sunburst finish on his guitar. Epiphone have released a couple of Casino's with the inspiration from Lennon. The Inspired By Casino 'Revolution' was issued in 2009. On the back of the headstock is Lennon's signature and drawing. You can take a look at the video by clicking on the picture below. If you like the video please give it the thumbs up and hit the subscribe button for more videos about the guitars in my collection. if you are interested in what equipment I used to record the video please see the links below. 
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A quick unboxing video of a guitar I bought recently. A Fender Standard Telecaster that was finished in special Coca Cola branding for the 2012 London Olympics Torch relay. The torch relay started at Lands’ End and worked itself around Britain, taking a of 70 days to arrive at the Olympic Stadium. The Torch visited England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales as well as Guernsey and Jersey. A series of concerts were lined up to celebrate the torch and its journey. The final concert was at London’s Hyde Park on July 26th, 2012, the day before the opening ceremony. On the bill and kicking off the concert at Hyde Park were Morning Parade. Morning Parade were a five-piece band from Harlow, Essex. They were formed in 2007and signed with Parlophone in 2010. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2012. The line-up was composed of Steve Sparrow (lead vocals, piano and guitar), Phil Titus (bass), Chad Thomas (guitar), Ben Giddings (piano/synths), and Andrew Hayes (drums). The band broke up on 4 December 2014. In 2017 the guitar was put up for sale by Chad Thomas and was purchased by me. Chad told me that at the concert in Hyde Park he was approached by a Representative of Coca Cola (who were sponsoring the concert) and asked to play the Fender Telecaster. Chad already used Fender guitars at the time and he made a deal with the rep, if he used the guitar on the bands last number of their set he would keep the guitar. Chad duly used the guitar during the sang headlines. I was able to find out that the guitar was on of 25 that were finished in the Coca Cola branding specifically for the 2012 London Olympic celebrations. Martin Sims at the Sims Custom Shop in Kent UK, carried out the work. Originally the guitar was Olympic White. The video was filmed using my Iphone 6+. 
Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World used a Fender TC-90 Telecaster and Fender took the opportunity to released a signature ,model called the JA-90 Telecaster. Release in Natural, Ebony Transparent and Crimson Red Transparent finishes. Unusually for a Fender guitar the scale length is only 24.75 inches as opposed to the usual 25.5 inches. Fender craftsmen sat down with Adkins and went over his old Fender TC-90 spec by spec, making several important changes that subsequently produced this unique model. Features include a maple neck set into a semi-hollow ash body, Seymour Duncan® soap-bar pickups, independent volume and tone controls, Adjusto-Matic™ bridge and anchored tailpiece.
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This weeks video features an overview & demo of my Fender American Special Stratocaster in Candy Apple Red. The American Special Series was introduced in January 2010 and is Made in America. Essentially the American Series range were introduced to replace the Highway One series that where Fender’s cheapest American made guitars. Sporting an Alder body finished with gloss urethane, it is has a 9.5” radius maple neck and fingerboard with medium jumbo frets, three Texas Special single coil pickups and a Greasebucket Tone Circuit. The pickups feature over wound Alnico V magnets. A large 70’s style jumbo headstock is a neat addition and it helps make this guitar stand out visually. Since it was introduced it has featured several finishes including the featured Candy Apple Red.
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This week’s video from 2tu Guitars features an FSR (Factory Special Run) from 2009. A limited edition of 250 pieces in candy apple red. A collaboration between Fender and the Ford Motor Company to celebrate the Ford Mustang model. Based on a Classic Series 60s Telecaster, the model was made in Mexico and sports a matching candy apple red headstock, the Mustang’s galloping horse logo and model name, both on the front of the guitar.
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