The fabled Switchcraft selector switch on my Lennon 65, also rattles (on occasion), but that tends to happen with most Casino`s anyway. I don't like the fact that they are so visible through the f-holes.ĭuane. The headstock looks ridiculously too big for the guitar.Īlso the placement of the inner body stickers.

When the pickup selector switch is in the middle it rattles. Nevertheless I acquired it for a great price and it came with everything (with exception of the black volume knob). I eventually purchased one through a private auction, which I found out afterwards was also listed on Craigslist. I actually purchased three JL REVS' date=' two of them were are at different stages of completion, but I sold those. Gibson is now selling an ES 330 (which is essentially the same instrument, but with a wider neck which is joined to the body at a higher fret, which means the PUPs are in a different location) for about the same price one of the Lennons, so that's another option. The '65 and Revolution guitars are suberb instruments, and are a cut above even the Elitist Casino (which in itself is excellent). The Revolution also has no pickguard, and an additional black control knob is included, as a knob that didn't match the originals was used as a replacement at one time. The Revolution also different tuners (gold Grovers), and marks are made in the headstock to simulate where the impressions the originals would have left.

I have both, and will admit that the Revolution sounds a little different, but any two models of any guitar, especially a hollowbody, are bound to sound somehwat different. This gives the neck a slightly different feel, and is said by some to increase the resonance of the body. The Revolution model is meant to reproduce the condition of John's guitar after he had the sunburst finish (as in the '65) sanded off, so it has only a very light layer of matte-finished laquer on the neck and body. '](*,)īesides the color, the depth of the laquer finish is different. Lol' date=' oh yeah I didn't realise they were a different colour.

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