Now you can play the legendary archtop in a smaller size without a smaller sound. Epiphone Casino famously all came his way. When it made its debut, the Casino was just one of several new thinline. Since its introduction in 1961, the legendary Casino has been Epiphone’s best-selling archtop and a standard instrument found throughout the rock ‘n’ roll landscape. The new Epiphone Casino Coupe has all of the Casino’s trademark tone features-from neck size to tone woods to pickups-but in a “Coupe” size for easy travel. The Life and Times of the Electric Guitar That Changed the World Dave Hunter. Epiphone Casino Electric Guitar (with Gig Bag), Vintage SunburstBrand New. It’s a racecar-sized, super slick coupe version of the legendary hollowbody that since its release in 1961, has been a favorite of tone connoisseurs from Keith Richards to The Beatles, to GRAMMY winner Gary Clark Jr. The Casino Coupe is the legendary Casino reborn in an ES-339 body size.