In 1970 manufacturing was moved to Japan, and full-sized humbuckers became the new standard for the Sheraton. In 1961 mini-humbucker pickups were swapped in and Grover tuners were added, and in 1962 the Epiphone “Trem-o-tone” tailpiece became available. The pickups on the originals were New York single-coils.Īs time went on there were specification changes, of course. The big differences were the “Frequensator” tailpiece, multi-ply body binding and lots of inlay work on the headstock and fretboard. The original Sheraton was a set-neck twin-pickup model that used the same body as the new Gibson ES models. In 1958 they introduced the thinline semi-hollowbody Sheraton electric guitar. Gibson kept the brand name and started re-working the product line-up. In the first half of the 20th century, Epiphone was one of Gibson’s biggest competitors, so Gibson did the smart thing – they bought Epiphone in 1957. What happened to the Sheraton I? I guess we will need to figure that out… Today we are looking at another great guitar value, and a pretty fun to play instrument – my 2004 Epiphone Sheraton II.
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