Stickyfiddle you're so right - fitting a Bigsby would be wrong.I've just been reading the Gibson Restoration pages and dreaming of blowing money I don't have on having her restored in their workshops.

I agree the finish is more Gibson than Epiphone but when I saw that 328 serial number I just had to have her! The missus went bonkers but I thought it was a better investment than a new sofa. Hi clarkuss, The '65 Casino was a private purchase and although, she wasn't cheap, still cost less than the JL 1965 version that I imported from the US a while ago. I'll also work out how to post pics from Photobucket into the forums :) I've got a '68 (maybe '69) Kalamazoo Rivoli that's got a profile like a broomhandle and will eventually get around to adding some pics to my epistudio photo albums if anyone's interested. No idea why Epi stopped making these when every bass player I know who's tried one reckons they're brilliant basses. Thank you for your kind comments and observations - mgrasso, the '98 Rivoli is pretty much unplayed and has a wider, flatter profile than any others I've owned.

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