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.
Epiphone is an American musical instrument manufacturer founded by Anastasios Stathopoulos, currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. Epiphone is owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and was Gibson's main rival in the archtop market prior to its acquisition in 1957. Their professional archtops, including the Emperor, Deluxe, Broadway and Triumph, rivaled those of Gibson. Aside from guitars, Epiphone also made upright basses, banjos, and other stringed instruments. However, the company's weakness in the aftermath of World War II allowed Gibson to absorb it.