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Epiphone Sheraton –II Pro – Factory 2nd Electric Guitar – Ebony

Estimated price for orientation: 649 $

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Description
Brand: Epiphone Dexterity: Right-Handed
Body Type: Semi-Hollow String Configuration: 6 String
Model: Sherton -II PRO Body Material: Laminated Maple
MPN: ETS2VSGH1 Country/Region of Manufacture: China
Body Color: Ebony Model Year: 2016
UPC: 711106260372


MPN: ETS2VSGH1 UPC: 711106260372 Featuring ProBucker™ pickups w/coil-splitting and new Graphtech® NuBone XL™ nut The new Epiphone Sheraton-II PRO honors Epiphone's most influential "thin-line" semi-hollowbody electric archtop, now offered in a beautiful Wine Red finish plus critically acclaimed ProBucker™ pickups with coil-splitting and a Graphtech® NuBone XL™ nut. An Epiphone Icon 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. Inside the Epiphone Sheraton-II PRO “The Outdid 335”
John Lee Hooker described the original Sheraton as an “outdid-335” for its striking fingerboard inlay, classic shape, and elegant ivory and black binding on the top, back, neck, headstock and f-holes. The new Sheraton-II PRO has the same profile and is made from Laminated Maple and topped with a bound “Tortoise” style pickguard with a signature metal “E” (for Epiphone!) and the same classic binding. 5-Piece Laminated Neck The 24.75” scale neck is hand-set and made of 5-piece laminated hard Maple/Walnut with a beautiful Rosewood fingerboard with block and triangle pearloid and abalone inlays, 22 medium jumbo frets, and a large vintage style “Clipped Ear” headstock with the classic “tree of life” motif. The Epiphone Sheraton-II PRO also now comes with the new Graphtech® NuBone XL™ nut that is as hard as bone but will last a lifetime without chipping or cracking. Graphtech molds and engineers each NuBone XL™ nut for consistent tone and string balance as well as precise string spacing. ProBucker Humbuckers The Epiphone Sheraton™ II-PRO now features critically acclaimed ProBucker™ humbuckers. The first humbuckers (often called "Patent Applied For" for the telltale sticker found on the back of the pickups) were made at the Epiphone/Gibson factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan in the late 50s and have acquired a mythical status among guitar players. Epiphone ProBucker pickups have that elusive vintage sound because they are made with the same alloy as the originals--18% Nickel Silver unit bases and covers--along with Sand cast Alnico II magnets and high quality 4-conductor lead wire. Each ProBucker pickup is also vacuum wax potted to eliminate microphonics. The Epiphone Sheraton-II PRO has a ProBucker-2™ in the neck position and a slightly hotter ProBucker-3™ in the lead position. Both pickups also have coil-splitting via their individual volume controls. Coil-splitting allows a player to turn a humbucker pickup into a single-coil pickup for endless tone combinations. Each ProBucker pickup’s volume and tone control use 1” 500K Ohm potentiometers along with a 3-way pickup selector with an ivory-colored toggle cap. Epiphone Gold Hardware The Epiphone Sheraton™ II-PRO has rock solid nickel hardware in elegant gold with an unbeatable LockTone™ Tune-o-matic bridge and StopBar tailpiece combo. Tuning is easy and reliable with gold Grover® Rotomatic machine heads with a pro-level 18:1 tuning ratio. The Sheraton-II PRO is strung at the factory with D’Addario® 10-46 gauge strings. Case or Gig Bag Included? – No, a Gig Bag is available separately or as part of an accessory package. Hard Shell Cases are available separately or as part of an accessory package This guitar is an Epiphone Factory 2nd and is in mint condition, offered with no factory warranty. If you have any questions or concerns about this statement or the quality of the guitar, please contact us.  All pictures of this guitar are of the actual guitar and are not stock photos. Factory 2nd guitars offer the buyer a quality product at a reasonable price.  We want to make sure that you are happy with your purchase, so please let us know if you have any questions or concerns. Many of our items are for sale on multiple online sites and for sale in our shop. We reserve the right to cancel any listing because of a previous sale.