The best one of the bunch was a red 90s from the Peerless plant. I prefer the humbuckers and the solid bodys and or blocks in them. I like my casions and have them being a Beatle fan but my main guitars I gig with are SGs and 335s. If a casino is going to be your main guitar then check out the Elitist version. Just not enough of a difference to trade in mine and get the Elitist over my MIK. The Elitist was flawless in its finish and felt really good but tone wise to mine almost the same. They will all have subtle differences to them like mine I mentioned, just avoid the early production Chinese ones, but you will be able to tell by looking and playing them what you like.Īs far as the Elitist ones I have played a burst and a Revolution Casino at a store I go to who knows me I brought my MIK burst to AB them and there was just not that much tone difference. I don't see too much diference between the MIKs now and the MICs. I would say from what I have seen lately that the China plants have it figured out now so just go and play as many as possible and pick the one you that you don't like but love. The ones out now look and sound really good from the few I have picked up. The naturals I saw at GC all had no grain figuring in the top and a really yellowish tint to the finish. The early Chinese ones I looked at were just bad and sounded bad. The natural one is cosmetic perfect but has weaker pickups and a fatter neck. The burst and the natural both came out of the same factory but the burst has a slim neck and stronger pickups and a few cosmetic flaws nothing major. I got it as a clearance really cheap but new and it had a real woody tone to it.īeing a huge Beatle fan I then bought a burst and natural and didn't want to own 3 so I got rid of the red one. The early re-issue casinos I have seen from the 90s had the flat dull plastic inlays no swirl to them.

It was put together as well as any Gibson, and I do have Gibsons to compare it to.

Just play as many as you can and find one you like.

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