The real. The ES Pro with humbucking type Alnico coil tapped pickups and Push/Pull Volume Pots' knobs have a broader pallette of tones than you will. I am still yet to try/hear. A lot of guitarists find the size body of the original Casino a little unwieldy, but the coupe size, which is closer to a , was much more. M/F for my Epi ES P pro, you get the same. This is mostly due to their useful size. For the low low price quoted by the OP, or the even lower price of $ which I paid. The ES and the Casino Coupe are only superficially alike. . I've narrowed it down to two guitars - The Epiphone ES and Casino Coupe. The Coupe is very much louder acoustically, while the ES's sound is closer. ES is a semi hollow guitar that comes with either humbuckers of P90s (I prefer. The biggest differences as someone else said between the two is that the Casino is fully hollow inside vs the ES having a block of wood. Casino Coupe is a hollow body guitar that comes with P90s. The Casino Coupe is almost the same thing as the , just with P90's and a fully hollow body instead of humbuckers/semi-hollow.