Not that the the ES-330 is not put together in a totally workmanlike way, because it is. As far as workmanship and quality of assembly are concerned I would suggest that perhaps the edge goes to the Casino. Which do I prefer? Neither at this stage, as my ES is simply still too new to make a fair judgement. I also have an Elitist '65 RI Casino plus a recently acquired ES-330 '59 RI - both of which are truly fine guitars. On that guitar they really do a superb job, but as I say, they are much different to a P90.Īs for P90s I have them on a number of guitars including Les Paul Juniors and Specials, which are some of my very favourite guitars. Admittedly the only experience of the 'mini-humbuckers' that I really have is on my '76 Les Paul DeLuxe. The mini-humbuckers of the ES-390, and the P90s of the Elitist Casino and the ES-330, are like apples and oranges. I could cancel the Casino and order the ES-390 as its not *that* more expensive.

Only now I see that it got a little brother in the ES-390 albeit with a smaller body and mini humbuckers instead of P90's - but still fully hollow.Īnyone made a comparison between either the Casino or ES-330 and this new comer ?

I have just ordered the Casino 65 Elitist as the ES-330 in the new 16.fret join version is simply too expensive for me. Has anyone done the comparison first hand ?