George Harrison John Lennon Epiphone Casino. Internally called the es 230td. The two were virtually identical guitars except harrison s had a bigsby vibrato while lennon s had the standard epiphone trapeze tailpiece.
And john lennon wasn t the only beatles to own one. The beatles casinos of all the guitars the beatles made famous the only one that john paul and george had in common was the epiphone casino. In the spring of 66 during recording sessions for revolver john lennon and george harrison decided to join the casino club.
John lennon was the other half of the incredible songwriting juggernaut the famed lennon mccartney tandem with fellow beatle paul mccartney that produced one hit song after another during the beatles incredible run from their inception of the group s classic lineup with george harrison and ringo starr in 1962 up to their break up in 1970.
The most obvious difference between these two virtually identical guitars was harrison s had a bigsby vibrato while lennon s had the standard epiphone trapeze tail. The most obvious difference between these two virtually identical guitars was harrison s had a bigsby vibrato while lennon s had the standard epiphone trapeze tail. Why the beatles all chose the casino as the bands mascot guitar is unknown. In the spring of 66 during recording sessions for revolver john lennon and george harrison decided to join the casino club.
