Beaker may refer to: 1  Beaker (drinkware), a beverage container. 2  Beaker (glassware), or laboratory beaker, a glass object used for holding fluids and chemicals in a laboratory setting. 3  Beaker (archaeology), a prehistoric drinking vessel.  Beaker culture, the archaeological culture often called the Beaker people.
Epiphone currently builds several versions of the Casino. These include: Regular Archtop-Series Casino made in China and uses non-American made parts (Korea until 2007) Elitist Casino. Made in Japan and set-up in America, and contains American made parts such as the pickups. Body is 5-ply maple, Gibson P-90 pickups, and nickel hardware.
In 1923 they incorporated and at this time made mostly high quality and fancy banjos. In 1928 the name was changed to Epiphone after Epi Stathopoulo, president of the company and one of the founder's sons. In the 1930's, the company changed its emphasis to guitars. Epiphone was the only banjo company to successfully switch to guitar production.