Easily the bet value or money of any semi-hollowbody guitar i've ever played.I've upgraded the pickups with Gibson Burstbuckers 2 and 3 for gigs, rehearsals and recording, but evenbwithout such modifications it's a truly great guitar, solid and very pretty.
My guitar instructor has a 30-year old example that is just incredible. Overall the Epi Sheraton II is a good guitar for the money. The pickups on mine came a little low so I raised them a bit. Originally posted by bukwheat Flashbazbo, you got to ask yourself, "will I be happy with a copy? A copy is sometimes better for certain purposes than an original, though.
Of course, an ES-335 will set you back several dollars. Basically an ES-135 with a thin body configuration. " Cause thats what it comes down to, "do you want the REAL thing? My previous electric guitars have all been "the real thing" made-in-U. I don't care about "snob appeal." I've had guitars with "snob appeal" -- sometimes they deliver and sometimes they don't.
I just got back from Gibson's spec page for the ES-335. (And ES-135s cost at least
My guitar instructor has a 30-year old example that is just incredible. Overall the Epi Sheraton II is a good guitar for the money. The pickups on mine came a little low so I raised them a bit. Originally posted by bukwheat Flashbazbo, you got to ask yourself, "will I be happy with a copy? A copy is sometimes better for certain purposes than an original, though.
Of course, an ES-335 will set you back several dollars. Basically an ES-135 with a thin body configuration. " Cause thats what it comes down to, "do you want the REAL thing? My previous electric guitars have all been "the real thing" made-in-U. I don't care about "snob appeal." I've had guitars with "snob appeal" -- sometimes they deliver and sometimes they don't.
I just got back from Gibson's spec page for the ES-335. (And ES-135s cost at least $1,500 to $2,000 less.) On the Epiphone website, the Sheraton II appears to have pretty much the same specs (except for the lack of '57 PAFs). And it costs a couple thousand less than the ES-335. the Epi Elite costs three times what the Epi costs . " Although, in your searches so far, you haven't found "the one", be patient and look around somemore, look for an older 335. (Besides, technically speaking, today's Gibsons are just copies of the true originals anyway.
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.
||My guitar instructor has a 30-year old example that is just incredible. Overall the Epi Sheraton II is a good guitar for the money. The pickups on mine came a little low so I raised them a bit. Originally posted by bukwheat Flashbazbo, you got to ask yourself, "will I be happy with a copy? A copy is sometimes better for certain purposes than an original, though.Of course, an ES-335 will set you back several dollars. Basically an ES-135 with a thin body configuration. " Cause thats what it comes down to, "do you want the REAL thing? My previous electric guitars have all been "the real thing" made-in-U. I don't care about "snob appeal." I've had guitars with "snob appeal" -- sometimes they deliver and sometimes they don't.I just got back from Gibson's spec page for the ES-335. (And ES-135s cost at least $1,500 to $2,000 less.) On the Epiphone website, the Sheraton II appears to have pretty much the same specs (except for the lack of '57 PAFs). And it costs a couple thousand less than the ES-335. the Epi Elite costs three times what the Epi costs . " Although, in your searches so far, you haven't found "the one", be patient and look around somemore, look for an older 335. (Besides, technically speaking, today's Gibsons are just copies of the true originals anyway.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.
,500 to ,000 less.) On the Epiphone website, the Sheraton II appears to have pretty much the same specs (except for the lack of '57 PAFs). And it costs a couple thousand less than the ES-335. the Epi Elite costs three times what the Epi costs . " Although, in your searches so far, you haven't found "the one", be patient and look around somemore, look for an older 335. (Besides, technically speaking, today's Gibsons are just copies of the true originals anyway.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.