EPIPHONE SHERATON II PRO EBONY

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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
Rosewood with “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-splittingNeck Volume with coil-splittingBridge ToneNeck 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

Strings
D’Addario® 10-46 gauge

Colors
Vintage Sunburst, Ebony, Natural, Wine Red