That immediately gives the instrument a lightweight feel, and while the Bigsby adds weight, it also adds balance strapped on the trapeze version is slightly neck-heavy by comparison. The Casino doesn't have a Gibson ES-335-style centre block, and is instead fully hollow, like an ES-330. This is simply a very cool, unusual guitar. And, colour aside, there are no signatures to put you off if you don't like the artist. Unlike the other Chinese-made Casinos currently offered by Epiphone, this one comes without a pickguard and with Gibson USA P-90s housed under their metal covers. It's a lively performer, with a short and plucky response