1994 Epiphone Sheraton II Sunburst with Hardshell Case

Summary: The Epiphone Sheraton II is not only one of Epiphone's most famous electric archtops, it's also one of the most elegant. The Sheraton II's beautiful binding, historic Tree-of-Life headstock inlay, and gold hardware, instantly elevates the guitar (and its player!) to center stage. For Epiphone designers of the late 50s, the original Sheraton was a radical new approach combining the power of a solidbody with the easy-to-carry feel of an archtop. In fact, the Sheraton was one of the first guitars Epiphone exhibited at the 1958 NAMM show to announce it was back in business. The original Sheraton combined the same feedback-resistant qualities of the ES-335 with historic Epiphone inlays and cosmetics. Today, the modern Sheraton II has many of the same features that made the original Sheraton a classic but with a few choice refinements. Epiphone devotee John Lee Hooker perhaps had the ultimate Sheraton II description when he called it an "out done 335."

Body: The Sheraton II features a laminated semi-hollow maple body with a mahogany center block, just like the vintage originals. This beautiful instrument has a 5-ply binding on the top & a fully bound back – the f-holes are also fully bound.

Neck: The 5 piece hard maple SlimTaper C profile neck is glued-in and set by hand and features a 24.75" scale with a 1.68" nut, 22 medium jumbo frets, a rosewood fingerboard with "Block and Triangle" Pearloid/Abalone fretboard inlays, and the historic Epiphone "Tree of Life" headstock inlay. For tuning, the Sheraton II features gold Grover™ Roto-matic 18:1 ratio machine heads.

Pickups/Hardware: The pickups have been upgraded, the bridge is a Seymour Duncan “JB” and the neck pickup is a Seymour Duncan ’59. A gold Epiphone LockTone Tune-o-matic bridge provides steady intonation. While the original Sheraton featured a split-trapeze Frequensator™ tailpiece, the modern Sheraton-II features a gold StopBar tailpiece for improved sustain. The bound pickguard has a "tortoise" style look with a classic metal "E". The Sheraton II also features high quality electronic parts including full-size, 1" 500K Ohm potentiometers, Epiphone's all-metal pickup selector switch, and a heavy-duty output jack.

Cosmetics: This Sherraton is in fantastic condition. There are a couple of pick scratches on the top and some light scratching around the knobs. The frets have a small amount of wear on them but do not impede playability. There are some very light buckle rash scratches on the back, a couple of scratches on the face of the headstock and a bit of tarnishing on the bridge. This guitar has been well kept and doesn’t show any visible breaks cracks or repairs.

Playability: The action has been set low by our in house luthier and the neck is straight. This guitar is so fun and easy to play it is just hard to put down. The neck and fretboard feel like a dream to play on.

Modifications: Upgraded Seymour Duncan pickups.

Weight: 7 lbs, 15 oz.

Case: This beautiful Epiphone ships in its original hardshell case!