Epiphone Sheraton II

[dubtrub]

Ok, boys and girls, it's show and tell time.

I got this the other day off Craigslist for a decent price. It's a '92 made in Korea by Samick with the thin neck. I tried the current made in China versions, although they appear to be well made and great sounding guitars, I just couldn't adapt to that chunky neck. This guitar did it for me. It is a well used guitar and was very dirty when I got it. I doubt it have ever been cleaned. Fortunately it cleaned and polished up just like new however the gold hardware has worn quite a bit. I guess that's makes it have 'mojo'. Now I've got to practice some John Lee Hooker licks.

[LOSTVENTURE]

That's a good looking guitar just as is. I wasn't aware that the necks had changed and maybe I got lucky with the Casino that I got from GC about six years ago. Seems like it might have been Chinese but I'm not sure. Mine is ebony with chrome hardware. I went to Stew-mack for gold hardware and black pick-up covers. This one had a really slim neck and great action just sitting there in the store.
Congratulations on your find.
Don

[sleeperNY]

I have had several Epiphone guitars through the years and have no problem taking them over Gibson. They were all good guitars.

Jim

[MWaldorf]

Nice score Danny! Epiphones can be great value for the money, especially the archtops. I had a Riviera for a while, basically a Sheraton with less frills and a trapeze tailpiece. I thought it compared very favorably to the 70s ES-335 I had long before. Generally the weakest link in the Epiphones are the pickups, but there are a lot of pickup options - GFS makes some cool humbuckers at very reasonable prices. On my Riviera I shunted a coil in the stock pickups which was cool, and later had some GFS Liverpools in it.

Also, if it were me, I'd throw a Bigsby on there.

[101Volts]

Nice, Danny! I have a 335 copy myself and I like it. It also has worn gold hardware, What a coincidence. One thing I like about 335s is if you play them loud you can use the feedback from the f holes to your advantage and have fantastic sustain.

Austin

[KRamone27]

HNGD Danny, that looks like a beaut.

[Sarah93003]

Sweet!

[Veenture]

What a beauty Danny, gongrats on your score. Now start practicin' that John Lee Hooker "Boom Boom" ...and others

Oh, ...and I envy you with that fine Vibroverb I see next to it

[Dennisthe Menace]

Nice 6 Banger Danny! As already mentioned, you can't go wrong with these for the money. Being semi-acoustic,
this is the type of guitar you always want nearby whenever you get the urge to play.......Sweet!

[rog43win]

Danny, congrats on this beauty! Looks great and I'll bet it plays wonderfully too....nice!