These pictures and story were sent to me yesterday. Does anyone know anything about Casino brand? The red one..Casino is very faded in headstock...
"As you can see from the pictures, there are a lot of similarities between this guitar and the Valco made Supro/Airline style guitars.
Namely short-scale 'baseball bat' neck held on by two retaining screws, wooden bridge, knobs and pick-guard similarities.
One of the shots, of the headstock shows a ghostly image of 'Casino' 'brand'.
Pickup appears to be the same as the Supro Sahara style though so far I haven't worked out what's holding it to the body. I'm guessing one of the 'pole pieces'.
The seller believed it to be a DeArmond pickup?
It came with the original lightweight hardcase with an alligator style print. Judging by the pots I'm guessing it's a March 1965 manufacture or close to it.