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Originally Posted by DHart
No. I meant to say the "Coupe" and 339. (I corrected my earlier post.) Sorry for the confusion.
The Elitist Casino is similar in size to the 335, a bit larger than the Coupe and the 339. But it's so light weight that I hardly notice the difference. I'll measure to get you the dimensions.
Here is my Casino Elitist along side my Epi 339 Pro P90 (which for the money is really an astoundingly nice 339 - it actually rivals my Gibson 339. This is a great body size! A bit larger than a Les Paul ES hollow body, a bit smaller than an ES-335.)
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Thanks for the clarification - if the Elitist had the Coupe/339 size, and Japanese build quality, that would be something I'd have to try. I've got a bad right shoulder, so the 335 lower bout (16" I believe) is uncomfortable for me after 15 minutes or so, but the 14" 339/390, etc. works great. In my acoustics, I'm limited to grand concert size (no more than 15" lower bout).
I started my quest for 335-like tone by looking at the 339 because of the size, then learned there was a 390, the only difference being the 339 was semi-hollow and the 390 fully hollow. While I wanted to get close to the sound of the 335, which meant laminated semi-hollow, I thought the smaller body cavity relative to the 335 would mean adverse impact on the 335 sound, and that the fully-hollow would mitigate that size loss by giving me back the space occupied by the center block - I may be over-thinking it, but that was my strategy, anyway. I do love the 390, and I know I would have loved the 339.
Can you discern any meaningful sound difference (acoustic and plugged in) between the Casino and either 339?