It is a close copy of the mid-late 1960s US-produced Casino, with chrome-plated hardware, parallelogram neck inlays and bail-style tailpiece. The Casino shown was produced for Norlin by Aria at the Matsumoku facilities in Japan. This is the first of the Epiphone reissues of 1960s instruments, and although never reissued, it also shows a 1960s Epiphone Caiola and Embassy Deluxe bass
1976 relaunch of the Epiphone Casino from Japanese music magazine Music Life.
