Featuring ProBucker™ pickups w/coil-splitting and new Graphtech® NuBone XL™ nut
The new Epiphone Sheraton-II PRO honors Epiphone's most influential "thin-line" semi-hollowbody electric archtop, now offered in a beautiful Wine Red finish plus critically acclaimed ProBucker™ pickups with coil-splitting and a Graphtech® NuBone XL™ nut.
Hailed by blues legend John Lee Hooker as "an out-did 335," the Sheraton has been renown for decades for its combination of superior tone and beautiful pearloid and abalone inlay. Originally released in 1959, the inspiration for the "thin-line" or ES series has its roots in Les Paul's first solidbody guitar, "The Log," that Les built in Epiphone’s factory in Manhattan in 1940."The Log" was made from Epiphone parts with a 4" x 4" piece of Pinewood down the middle. The ES-series is also semi-hollow with a solid center, which makes it more resistant to feedback than a typical archtop guitar.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Body Wood |
Laminated Maple |
Top Wood |
Laminated Maple |
Neck |
5-pc Hard Maple/Walnut Laminated |
Neck Shape |
1960's SlimTaper™ |
Neck Joint |
Glued-in, set |
Scale |
24.75" |
Fingerboard |
"block and triangle" inlays/Pearloid and Abalone |
Fingerboard Radius |
12" |
Nut |
Graphtech® NuBone XL |
Nut Width |
1.68" |
Frets |
22 medium jumbo |
Binding |
Top: 5-ply (Ivory/Black) Back: 1-ply (Ivory) Neck: 5-ply (Ivory/Black) Headstock: 5-ply (Ivory/Black) "f" Holes: 1-ply (Ivory/Black) |
Headstock |
Vintage "Large Clipped Ear" with Mother of Pearl "Vine" Inlay |
Neck Pickup |
ProBucker-2™ |
Bridge Pickup |
ProBucker-3™ |
Controls |
Bridge Volume with coil-splitting Neck Volume with coil-splitting Bridge Tone Neck Tone |
Bridge |
LockTone™ Tune-o-matic |
Tailpiece |
StopBar |
Truss Rod Cover |
2-ply; (Black/White); Vintage "E" in White |
Hardware |
Gold |
Machine Heads |
Grover® Rotomatics™, 18:1 ratio |