especially if they've upgraded the pickups this year. I'd say the quality levels of the recent MIC Casinos are well worth the price. It can drive you crazy if you let it (and we're all guilty of that once we start learning more), but it sounds like you'll really like a Casino for many reasons: The tone, the look, the Beatles connection. There are a lot of factors at play: neck width & depth, scale length, fret size, fretboard radius, string gauge. Everything on the Heritage works together in harmony, including fatter frets and a flatter fretboard radius (plus, the frets on my Strat are worn and it's crying for a good setup). 90' thick neck and 1 11/16' and a lot of shoulders can feel slimmer than my Strat with a 1 5/8' wide, skinny depth neck. I go back and forth between Gibsons & Fenders all the time.

in sound - but the construction is so different.).īUT. Arguably, the scale length difference between Fender & Gibson/Epiphone would make more of a difference (esp. I was just giving you the technical info, but it's not that radical of a difference. If you've played any Gibson/Epiphone Les Paul, SG, 335, etc and it felt OK to you, the Casino will feel fine. Not much wider just a bit wider (1/16 of an inch)! It's the difference between just about any standard Gibson guitar and any standard Fender guitar.

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