Epiphone Casino

Bought a Epi Casino in July of this year had for a week it developed a rattle and a pop intermitant pop. Had gotton the special warranty from Guitar Center called them and they said it needs to go to gibson in Nashville. so after having for a week it goes away for 3 weeks to Nashville comes home and after a week devolops a rattle again. I understand it is more fragile than a solid body or semi hollow body but what the heck. Should a brand new hollow body guitar that I must say still sound awesome have a rattle. Gibson told me it was a loose pick up. Could this be the case again. I am a rookie having only been playing for 2 and a half years so I dont even know what it looks like inside on a P90 pick up. Does this sound familiar to anyone. ???

Hi, you should not have to dismantle any pick ups. It is likely they mean the pick up was rattling because of an installation factor (like forgetting to install the spring, maybe?).


Rattles can come from lots of places, from truss rod inside the neck, to strings rattling against the frets to wires rattling around inside that hollow body.

It could be time to study up on the basic construction of your guitar. I'm not suggesting you pull out the soldering iron or anything like that, but you should be able to track down a rattle and determine where it is coming from.

With a little research, you might find something you can fix with a twist of a screwdriver vs. sending away your guitar again for 3 weeks. Being under warranty, I understand the inclination to have them fix it, though.

Better never try

@froggy62 I'm not sure I understand what is happening. Are you talking about a mechanical/hardware sounding rattle coming from inside the guitar? Like something is loose? Or is it an electrical rattle coming from the amp? Something that is more like a short.

If the former you should be able to, as @Rasbo suggested, resolve it "with a twist of a screwdriver". Certainly Epiphone should stand behind the warranty but I can understand your reluctance to be without the guitar for weeks again.

Are you in the part of the world that you have access to a Luthier? If so, you will have to suffer a bench fee but it might be worth that to have it looked at by an expert and get it resolved.