All user reviews for the Epiphone Sheraton II

Japanese-made I think. two somewhat insipid mics that I changed. two tone and two volume for each entry microphones rather effective.

USE

handle very easy and very good ergonomics (well it's love-quarter fund), a bit heavy, about 4 kg .I changed the pickups for Seymour Duncan sh2, sh 4, given the quality of the guitar and its finish it really is an investment worth .I played on a lionheart Laney and good pedal ht dual and I really get the desired sounds clear lens bluesy crunch to see the good distortion.

SOUNDS

made with the mods I am fully satisfied

NOTICE GLOBAL

I have for over a year and after owning a fender american special and a Les Paul type SR is really the guitar that gives me more satisfations, that's a personal opinion.

The Sheraton II Epiphone version of the Gibson ES335;
His violin made in Korea is absolutely beautiful, better than the Gibson ES335 DOT Made in USA entry level to 2500euros!
beautiful sunburst, beautiful fillets plywood box nets, handle, head and gills, abalone markers, gold hardware, gloss (strong enough), tortoise pick guard.
2 Epiphone Alnico Classic Pickups / neck and Alnico Classic Hot / bridge.
10-46 strings of origin, very good original setting (Action a little high at Nut)

I had to make a slight adjustment notches 3 saddle bridge for the string height well suited them

UTILIZATION

Relatively light guitar, handle fine fairly flat,
double notch allows access to acute even on the low strings (but we will not often?)
the volume and tone knobs are effective.
The ES335 form is present, but ultimately not so cumbersome due to its low thickness (see Alvin Lee)

I find it unbalanced with an itchy head down.

SOUNDS

I play blues and classic rock (Chuck Berry, Alvin Lee)
it is very good for that;
microphones are quite clear and warm,
I prefer the neck pickup with reverb '
the bridge pickup with a tube screamer is sending.
it has a sound all its own, certainly through the semi-hollow body;
I compared the sound without a microphone than a Gibson 335 DOT, and had preferred the Epiphone

I think it would improve again with Seymour Duncan SH1 '59, for more precision and articulation of notes,
but it would be a little less in the spirit and vintage sound

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 years, in parallel with a '62 Strat RI, they complement each other well.
I wanted an ES335, but I preferred the Epiphone Sheraton II with Gibson ES335 DOT sound and finish, regardless of price; Probably the Gibson ES335 Custom Shop is better than the Sheraton, but then the price is a deterrent.

when we see it, when you play it, and you see the price, this is an amazing deal.
and if you want a more modern sound, you change it and it gets its microphones Warren Haynes!

obviously deserves a quality case to protect

Everything is said in other reviews, or almost. It is imperative if we want a "real" guitar (although the sheraton is very correct to base) to change the pickups. His violin is impeccable, very close to the ESS in terms of type and quality above all, into a means-end guitar, Gibson / Epiphone have caught on microphones (and metal parts: bridge, frets, mechanical ... ). For my part I mounted P-90 Benedetti above.

UTILIZATION

The neck of this guitar is a marvel in terms of touch. Which is quite normal when you know that all ESS models were directly inspired by Sheraton ... We walk upwards as on a freeway, it's pretty neat.

But it was a great hit, the neck is very heavy! the guitar is unfortunately not very well balanced. That said when you play it by the handle that holds, so for me it's a minor drawback, if not anecdotal, but there it can interfere, so it is important I think of the state.

In my case I play a Mexican hot rod and as I have said above changed the pickups, and I've always played on Fender amps. Each of tampering to find his sound to it, but actually, you plug it sounds.

SOUNDS

I'm in a pop / pop rock record, and this guitar is basically a blues guitar, so it works very well! Given the changes that I made it a very specific sound, and with a draft of the low string harmonies stand out beautifully. It also has a very wide range of sounds: not to mention effect already, just knob on the guitar, putting himself on the bridge pickup and lowering the presence knob you get a great sound a bit tinny, vintage wish , I do not see how to get another guitar, apart from the ESS and the Rickenbacker hollowbody can be. And putting the selector in the middle and down the volume of the two microphones, one surprisingly close to a sound ... acoustic guitar. The latter must also play with the amp to make it work really well, but it is quite impressive when you take the time to refine this aspect.

And when we put on the neck pickup, you get a super hot round and his (the one I use the most), which I accompany with a reverb room (rather strong, even very), chorus (a delay hijacked rather in chorus), delay and overdrive (not quite all the time of course, it would be a shame not to take advantage of this clear natural sound)

OVERALL OPINION

I've had about 4 years and do not regret at all it cost me about 600 €, a little less.

In terms of value for money, once spent with the luthier, we are left with the third sister ESS 335 and 337 altogether. So in my opinion one of the best quality / price ratio that we can find

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UTILIZATION

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Express Review:
A very good guitar, no doubt. The ratings given here are guarantors. Mine, made in Korea presents a perfect violin (2011 model). The only criticism (opinions relate this also) concerns the original pickups. Not bad, just ok. This guitar deserves the investment in a pair of microphones worthy of the name. Ones you want according to your style, no matter. Magnify the guitar. For my part, I invested moderately installing the GFS. Report excellent quality / price. Vintage 59 (AlNiCo2) for the neck position, Fat Pat (Alnico 5) for the bridge position. Ultra versatility appointment at a lower cost.
So, apart from the original pickups, the Epiphone stands comparison with 335 in who you know, sold 4-5 times more expensive. If you swear by the Classic 57 (I understand , buy this Sheraton, place a pair of your favorite microphones, offers him a case and for less than 800 euros (in 2014) you will have an instrument height a Gibson 335 ... more pretty! The Epiphone Sheraton: Safe valeure!

This guitar was made in Korea in 2005, everything is original and gilded fittings goes very well with black lacquer beautiful.
The finish is EXEMPLARY, and I said that it seems to be the case of Korean who have nothing, but then nothing to do with the Chinese!
This point seems recognized by Parisian dealers who remain discreet though as Gibson France does not communicate on the origin of consignments and deliveries.
The inlays (or plastic I do not know) are the most beautiful effect.
I removed the brown pickgard which makes it even more class.

UTILIZATION

The handle is not very big and very nice (unless my Strat though).
Once the psychological barrier of playing on a great guitar is passed, this Sheraton is very nice, not too heavy.
I may be lucky, but the original pickups seem quality, sustain is terrible.
Whether it sounds clear as its saturated everything is good.
This guitar can get the power of an LP, but also provides roundness and precision.

SOUNDS

I have a general preference for bass pickups, but I must admit that the bridge pickup is accurate and not too aggressive.
I love the blues and rock, and the Sheraton too.
I use an amp 5W lamps and a Peavey 12 inch Celestion Vintage bafle G12H.

OVERALL OPINION

I have this guitar for 2 months now, and it augments my Strato John Mayer.
Before this, I owned a standard U.S. Strat 2010, a 52 RI Telecaster 2005 Epiphone LP Tribute and 60.
I certify that this is part of the Sheraton benchmarks guitar and as I did not keep the TV for too twang nor Tribute 60 because it sounded bad, as I keep it a long time.
I am ashamed to say it, but I even have a little trouble on my replay JM Signature, and when you know that I bought € 400 4 times cheaper ...
In short, go for it.
PS: Since I'm talking about my Sheraton, I only meet fans half boxes, and former owners (Sheraton or 335) that have sold still wondering why ...

This is my third opportunity Sheraton, and the best.
2006 end of the Unsung factory in Korea
I will not go on the characteristics they are known.
Note that the mechanical mine are Grover
Sunburst finish (I had one in the tobacco and natural)
Profile 50 round handle on this series instead of 2006
Excellent violin, confirmed by my luthier who asks Seymour Duncan SH1
exchange and potentiometers

UTILIZATION

Excellent playability, this is a personal opinion, I do not like small boxes (LP and Strat)
Good balance, slightly stings the nose

SOUNDS

Her to die, plugged into a tube amp (Vox AC15) is a treat
I play jazz and blues, its mostly clean or with a slight crunch

OVERALL OPINION

It is a small bomb and what look!
I tried and owned a bunch of semi hollow in my life (SA Yamaha, Ibanez, Cort, etc ...) but with the upgrade pickups, wiring redone, pots U.S. ... this is my preferred.
With my mods luthier she returns to 750 euros which in view of its quality is reasonable today.
I love the inlays, the decor, the overall aesthetics of the Sheraton is not found on the Gibson 335 Dot

China, but very good quality

UTILIZATION

Handle very nice touch flat but easy to play, handle fluid, good ergonomics, good access to acute.

SOUNDS

I play blues, rock and blues rock, and this is where it excels register .... It has nothing to envy to his sister at Gibson ....
I play on two different amps: a guitar amp Peavey Bandit 112 Series Transtube and a bass amp Fender Bassman TV Fifteen with tube preamp.
The microphone is perfect for the serious blues, rock and blues / rock. Intermediate position, especially rhythmic and well, I think, and the bridge pickup delivers a powerful lead and clear.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 3 weeks. J "have 50 pins, I had scratch ... I also have a very good Strat U.S., and the Sheraton is a great addition to the Strat.
I love the sound of the drum in electric. No point really dark for my taste for this guitar. Very good Q / P. If you come across one, the kidnapez!!!

Korea, two humbuckers change for seymour duncan, two volumes, two tones, tune o-matic bridge. outstanding finish quality for the price.

UTILIZATION

handle very pleasant, weighs 3.8 pounds, shape ES335 (superb).'s access to acute thereby easily (this is not an sg either!), I like the ergonomics, I'm changing the strat . you can feel the instrument, the vibration ... anyway shape ES is really my favorite. after installing the bigsby I find it even more beautiful!

SOUNDS

replacing the original pickups with a pair of Seymour Duncan sh2 and sh4 .. great versatility. we go from velvety and silky sound in the neck position has something more rock'n'roll in the bridge position. sh4 the blackstar ht with my dual is to fall short ... a very large palette of sounds more than convincing

OVERALL OPINION

in her black dress and gold fittings I find beautiful in the end for a guitar that cost me a little meadows 700euros, I have an intrument of outstanding quality, I even left my strat even us in the closet. .. it said.

My Sheraton II is Korean. The Date 92. Tobacco sunbusrt (the class, and yeah)
I have not had a look on the "new" Made in China, from what I've read it's less now. But thanks to these models the argus is very low, which allows to do business in crazy (thank you China)
Mine I got it a year ago for 400 euros and when I see the finish, I wonder why it's so cheap. The characteristics are always the same (I'll not rewrite the description). But one particular detail caught my attention: the threads of the handle (so in the thumb and the fold of the small finger) back on each fret. I do not know if this machine has a name, but I can not imagine the budget guitar manufacturers pushing the finish so far.

UTILIZATION

Everything is super cool. The guitar weighs a cow but we feel at once the instrument. And I've always heard that gibson was heavy, so I just like being in on it with the Epiphone (yes, that's good, I can dream a little). It's heavy but it gives sustain and, I imagine, fat sound.

SOUNDS

Attention to her, it's great. I bought it for the look and actually it's great. It gets a little overdrive pedal (HBE power screamer) and yay. THE sound of hot blues to heavy rock. I play AC / DC, I redo the solos of Slash, and I put the bluesy mood when I want. In clean, it's nice too. With the control amp I was surprised to have a good jazz sound (medium low). This is not an es 175 but it helps out.

Note that I do not know what pickups are mounted thereon. The guy who sold it me was the brother of the owner and knew nothing. I think the pickups are classic 57, because I have a sacred sound and that it resembles in clean.
However if that's the original pickups, I dread to think with others! Promise I'll watch.

OVERALL OPINION

One year I use it but I let go not. Except for a real big gibson.
She hooked me (I thought it was a scam but the marketing guy at the other U2 and Oasis to play over there and I'm beginning to wonder if it's not for real as the sound is good) !
Quality / price ratio: nothing to say. I think I could make twice without asking any questions (400 euros secondhand).
I remake that choice 15 times, and all the guys looking for a cheap guitar should do it too, it's an order. Everything is there, the look, sound, etc.. Need look no further. Thank you for your attention.

Mine was manufactured in Coréee. I allowed myself to change the pickups origins, not that I had not been happy with the sound (which I found good to very good on the neck pickup), but because I wanted a sound accurate. So I made up a Gibson P94 (neck), and TV Jones Classic (bridge): Oulalala ... that mean? The guitar went from a (big) step up! I, incidentally, changed the mechanics by Super Grover Rotomatic.

UTILIZATION

The handle is extremely comfortable, very easy to play especially since I have small hands. The violin is very well made, and as I upgraded the pickups, the sound is just amazing! Otherwise, access to acute happens naturally, I'm changing my Les Paul (by far!)

SOUNDS

Let us turn to the sounds and I mean that to sound as this guitar is versatile! Already before changing the pickups it sounded at home on rock, blues (brushed jazz) and also in metal: yes, yes, believe me. I especially did not like the bridge pickup I found "nasal" and screaming (except when I played the AC'DC, there he was in his element). After changing pickups, EVERYTHING has changed the TV Jones is marvelous, incredibly accurate, it gave me faith in the bridge position pickups. The P94 is itself a delight! Soft, silky it has nothing sound a little mushy from its predecessor. The combination of the two pickups is perfect, once the switch in the middle is obtained between the delicacy of its P94 and the surgical precision of TV Jones. A real treat. I play a Fender Blues Deluxe Reissue and (mostly) on my Yamaha JX65D (a jewel amp).

OVERALL OPINION

I play for three years and never complain. I changed the pickups there about a month now, because I had a very clear sound I was looking for without me ruining a ES-335.
Bought at 550 euros new, I would say that the price is excellent value considering the quality of the violin. I remake that choice without hesitation, but I will avoid all the same models manufactured in China.

private sale , second hand but unused.I'm not really sure why the fellow I bought it from ever got it because it even still had the price tag on it. With case $600 CDN

Incredible neck ,I can play this for hours without tiring.Good natural body resonance unplugged which ,I feel, effects how it sings.True, you do not find the same attention to detail on cosmetics as the Gibson it is supposed to be derived from ,but the guitar itself is ,for intended purpose ,a 335 . I feel Gibson is really under cutting themseleves this axe is up to it, as far as I am concerned.

Switch is not very tough won't last long without trouble a Switchcraft ,which is what Gibson uses on guitars costing thousands ,should be easily aquired from any local shop for $25 tops. Pots, not as bad , mine are not crackling yet,but they are not heavy duty so they may crash after a while.

The one I got has excellent fit and finish all 'round save for a bad fill job on 1 position marker, just as good as Gibsons I've recently checked out. I have seen some on the racks with a few dodgey bits but still essentially solid all 'round. Gold plating on pick-ups soon disappears , not very heavy . Road worthy as any Gibson,but then nothing is as tough as a Fender.

You cannot get a better deal than this if you are in the market for an excellent Blues/Jazz guitar.As mentioned switch & pots don't really make it ,but considering that a new switch ,pots and a" Gibson decal" would cost you at least 5 times as much ,you can buy two and still have change.

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I was in the market for an American Strat when I was introduced to the Sheraton II.
I picked it up, played it, and was hooked.
For $500, it was a steal!

Although I prefer lighter guitars, the heavy
wieght of this guitar makes a good impression.
The maple top adds a brightness that you won't find with a Gibson 335.
Other than that, it is a 335.
It's versatile, well made,
and a terrific value.

For blues, the guitar has too much natural treble.
For rock however, the sound of the maple body punches through the mix.

Overall construction; A+.
It's a Gibson.

Everyone that I've talked to about this guitar gives it high marks.
I have to say, after playing a lot of semi hollow body guitars in music stores,
this guitar blows the competition away.

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I paid $689.95 at ZZounds (internet)
with case...New


At this time I own three electrics. A Gibson ES-135 LE, an Epiphone Les Paul standard quilt top and this Epiphone Sheraton 2. I also used to own a Gibson Lucille, a Rickenbacker and a Gretsch hollow body. I realize that I'm very positive about most of the equipment I review; but I'm simply ecstatic about this guitars beauty and 'feel'. I don't know if I will ever find one that I love as much. I really don't know why I even look at others. Having the Sheraton 2 is like having a Playmate of the Year for your girlfriend. This guitar smokes the Gibson Lucille...
You can see some photos at http://www.elderly.com/new_instruments/items/SHII64-AN.htm
(mine is ebony though)..

The way this guitar looks is also the way it sounds.
It is a dream.

NADA

Excellent quality...

Specifications:
Pickups: 2 Humbuckers
Hardware: Gold
Scale: 24.75 in.
Nut Width: 1.68 in.
Neck Joint: Set
Neck Material: 3-piece Maple
Fingerboard: Rosewood/Block and Triangle
Multiple Binding: Body/Neck/Headstock and F holes
Body Material: Laminated Maple
Top: Laminated Maple
Finishes: Ebony, Natural, Vintage Sunburst


The best action and feel of any of the guitars I own.

The Bottom Line: DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND BUY IT !! ABSOLUTELY THE BEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCKS...
Recommended: Yes


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