Original Epiphone four-latch gray hard-shell case with blue plush lining (9.00).

The only issue that prevents us from giving this superb thirty-eight-year-old 'John Lennon' guitar a mint rating is that the treble pickup control knobs have lost their metal lettering caps. This guitar is in near mint (9.25) condition, with just a little light finish checking. Inside the bass 'f' hole is the rectangular blue Epiphone label with Style - 'Casino Dbl' and Epiphone - 'E-230TD' (typed in black) and No. Original 'Trapeze' tailpiece with horizontal lines on the cross-bar. Gibson ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic non-retainer bridge with metal saddles. Gold plastic bell-shape knobs with metal tops. Four controls (two volume, two tone) plus three-way selector switch for pickup selection, all on lower treble bout. Single-layer tortoiseshell pickguard with silver Epiphone 'E' logo. The neck pickup cover stamped (on the underside) 'UC-455 / 2' and the bridge pickup cover stamped 'UC-450-1 / 2' (also on the underside). Two black plastic 'dog-ear' P-90 pickups with very strong outputs of 8.70k and 9.83k. Individual single-line Kluson Deluxe tuners with oval metal buttons, each one stamped on the underside 'D-169400 / Patent No.').

Three-layer (black/white/black) dome-shaped plastic truss-rod cover with two screws. 'Short' headstock with gold silk-screened 'Epiphone' script logo. Laminated maple body with single binding on the top and back, one-piece mahogany neck with a wonderful medium profile, and bound rosewood fretboard with 22 original jumbo frets and inlaid pearl dot position markers.

and has a nut width of 1 11/16 inches and a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches.

This near mint very early sixties 16-inch-wide fully hollow thinbody guitar weighs just 5.60 lbs.

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