tem #12 Epiphone Sheraton Natural Electric Guitar Price: $425.00 The Epiphone Sheraton is a thinline semi-acoustic, semi-hollow bodied electric guitar. Though the Sheraton and all its variations were introduced under the ownership of the Gibson Guitar Corporation, Epiphone is the exclusive manufacturer. Gibson designed the Sheraton’s body at the same time as their similar, though less fancy ES-335 model. It featured the same double rounded horns body as the 335 and had similarly placed electronics. The Sheraton was fitted with a set glued-in neck, in accordance with Gibson’s standard practice. One distinguishing characteristic of the Sheraton was its Frequensator tail piece. While Gibson’s 335 usually featured a stop tail piece or in some cases a vibrato tail-piece, the Sheraton had a Frequensator. Another unique feature was its inlay. The 335 originally used dot inlays on the neck, later replaced by blocks. The Sheraton featured a block and triangle inlay, as well as a fancy vine on the headstock. The Epiphone Sheraton II was introduced in 1986 and featured only one major difference. The Frequensator tail piece was now replaced by a fixed stop bar. Features 1986-Current Alnico Classic Humbucker pickups Semi-hollow laminated maple body & top Mahogany center block 5-ply body, neck, pickguard & headstock binding Set maple neck with SlimTaper “C” profile Rosewood fingerboard with V-block inlays 12″ fingerboard radius 22 medium-jumbo frets Tune-o-matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece Elevated tortoise pickguard with “E” emblem Grover tuners Gold bell knobs Gold hardware 2 Vol. 2 Tone controls 3-way selector switch 24.75″ scale 1.68″ nut width Neck: 5-piece maple/walnut neck 1986-2007 Maple neck with scarf-joint 2008-Current Headstock Inlay: “Epiphone By Gibson” 1986-1988 “Epiphone” 1989-Current