I just bought one of these last weekend. Love it, Ive owned 3 Gibson’s, many Fenders US/Mexi/Squier. My Sheraton is on par with top Mexi Fenders, I was really surprised how good it is.
They are nice, i got the pro 2 , had to set the string hight down,pickups sound great. The weight is no problem to me. I got the sunburst,gold tone pickups and tuners make it look elegant, the binding does look great. Id recommend it to anyone.
I have a black Sheraton II (not pro) and you can really ramp the overdrive and wah wah up to 11 in way in which you just din’t see in reviews. Such a great versatile guitar and gets you a genuine pro guitar that people like Noel Gallagher have played for an accessible price.
@@JP-rc2er I live in Brazil and the pro wasn’t available. We only get some models here. I’d love the Pro too, obviously. To be honest I was aiming to get a Casino Coupé but none of them are available here at all.
I still have my Sheraton I bought back in 2014. I bought my dream guitar which was a 2016 Gibson ES-335 satin cherry finish. I sold it less than a year later. My Sheraton stays in tune and is rock solid. If I pick it up after a couple weeks of not playing it I'm quickly reminded why I've kept it. I have a 150th Anniversary Sheraton coming in tomorrow. Sheratons are great guitars and a worthy addition to a collection. If only Epiphone would ditch the anorexic neck.
Found a wonderful white one of these from 89 with original case at Sweetwater. Very reasonable price (half what people on Reverb want) and we use it for everything. I’m lucky enough to have a pretty big American guitar collection of much more expensive instruments and this keeps up with almost all of them.
I bought this exact model a few months back. I absolutely LOVE it. Every time i see it i have to pick it up and play. Only drawback is the weight. Like you pointed out, you can definitely feel it. Great guitar though.
I have one of these from maybe 10 years ago. It's a great guitar. I don't think mine has push/pull knobs but it never occurred to me to check. That would be a huge bonus. I just got the Epiphone Lucille and I love it. It sounds amazing.
I have a 2008 Sheraton II (not pro) and its an amazing guitar. I got it from a guy who used to play in Taking Back Sunday and he had been using the stock pickups and electronics, which I found to be a little lackluster so I swapped them out for Duncans and now its a monster. I’m not sure what the neck measurements are on mine but I feel like its slightly thicker than this one. Such great guitars especially at the price.
I like my 2019 Sheraton 2 Pro a lot but it is heavy, about 9 lbs, and has a tendency to “head dive”. Solution was to get a cotton guitar strap which slips less than poly straps. BTW: I noticed Epiphone was using the same pickups in their mid-priced LPs.
Just got mine after much research. Frets were really rough and action was high. Had my luthier set it up and sound better than our 335 with SD antiquies. Playability was perfect and neck felt awesome. This thing covers all music genre. Pickups have alot of gain. I guess i can get rid of a bunch of others. The new PRS 594 has a too thick neck. I like this better than my LP.
good day.. what to you prefer? sheraton ii or emily wolfie stealth? i know its mostly the same but how does it feels.. does it feels and sound the same?
I think I like the looks of the yellow Sheraton better than the pro II. I've never used a differential bridge but it looks sharp. The mini humbuckers did sound pretty good too and I'm not usually a fan of them (rather I usually prefer humbuckers) Both of them are on the heavier side.
I have a 2021 Sheraton Pro II. Love it. I also have a 1999, Epiphone Lucille. It sounds a little muddy. How do you rate the Epiphone Dot and which pickups are in the Dot verses the Sheraton Pro II. Which of the two has more head room and clean tones.
What a well done demonstration. My only critique is that some humor or other entertainment element gets added to these. The Sheraton II Pro should be part of any guitar collection. It out-Les Pauls a Les Paul, and out strats a Stratocaster with better sound all around. For example, neck coil split provides a beefier clean than the strat neck pickup.
Thanks for the review and cool playing. I’ve had this guitar for years and have a lot of miles on it. Very nice guitar, especially for the price. Great sound to it and very versatile with the coil splits. I’ve got an Epi LP with the same pickups and the Sheraton sounds better. The middle position with the neck split gives a very useful sound. Lays on your lap nice when just sitting and playing. Not without issues however…. Like all Epis I’ve owned it did require a fair amount of work to dial in. Pickup switch needed replacing quickly. Nut needed cutting. But then I’m very picky with setup so might be ok out of the box for most. There is neck dive and mine feels a bit heavy. The neck feels small. Both relatively thin and narrow but that’s a personal taste thing. Overall however I think it’s a very good guitar especially for the price.
Love my Pro II but have to say the exact same thing happened to me when I pulled the split control knob, it came off! Seems Epiphone have a little problem with their knobs but it wouldn't put me off this beautiful guitar.
Easy fix. Take the knob off, and put a flat screwdriver in the post slot. Just a very little wiggle of the screwdriver will slightly widen the post and the knob will stay put.
I felt all three pickup selections were a bit muddy and missing some top end detail on the clean tone portion. I feel the pickups were not relaying the nice and acoustic snap inherent in the instrument. Mine was too. I upgraded my pickups and not only did each pickup position sound much better, the tones were more useful, and even the acoustic character came out better.
Beware if buying a used one... I ordered one new in about 2017 and found it had issues with poorly finished frets and also one fret lifting from the fretboard slightly. It seems Epiphone have remedied the major QA issues since then, but if you're in the market for a used Sheraton II, I would go for a post-2020 model if you can, or at least be sure to try it out first.
This thing is fucking absolutely god damn beautiful, holy shit. I'm not really a fan of Gibsons semis, classically. I've always preferred, and currently own, Ibanez equivalents. I have an AS73 in Olive Metallic and I put super 58s in it and put a split on my neck bucker. It's the best 500$ semi hollow guitar, even with the stock pickups. Then, the focal point of my Semi collection...one of my top 3 guitars ever. The Ibanez JS200. Fuckin Scofields sig model is just wonderful. It's what I grab when I'm feeling like I need a bit of inspiration or I feel like laying down a few choruses of some special sauced solos lmao. That guitar makes me better
Wow, Gib/Epi really fuckin bit down on their mouthpiece and smashed this thing out as good as they could. It looks and sounds fantastic. Normally I don't watch videos and get a sense of the worth of a guitar but man ...this thing comes across as a steal for 750. Looks and sounds like you are rocking a vintage Lucille w new pickups lol. Also, the Neck pickup in Split mode sounds supremely wonderful on this thing. Jesus Christ bro. You really gotta be convincing me to procure
My main concern with buying the Sheraton is that It might preclude me from buying any of the other excellent Epis that use the exact same pickups, lol. I might pivot to the Sire H7 for that reason, but the Sheraton I tried in the store was very nice.
Cool video I have a Epiphone Joe Bonamassa 355 Limited edition signature model I got all the frets leveled and crowned now it sounds great but I think I'm going to install some Custom Shop Pearly Gates then it will sound Killer I think if you put the right pickups in that Sheridan it would be a keeper for life.😎🎸🤟
Your JB 335 has Gibson Burst Bucker pickups in it? They’re just a PAF style pickup, like a Pearly Gates.. it’d be a waste of time and money, you’d hardly hear a difference. You’d be better off getting rid of the Epiphone bridge and putting a Gotoh one in.
I have two Epiphone Les Pauls: A Standard 50s and a Joe Bonamassa Lazarus. I exchanged the Probuckers of the Standard with Seymour Duncan Seth Lovers. It's a huge improvement! Much more clarity and dynamics. The Lazarus has now the Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates in it. They sound VERY similar to the Seth Lovers, but are more expensive. Here are my PU readings: Seth Lover Neck 7.18 kOhm, Pearly Gates Neck 7.08 kOhm, Seth Lover Bridge 7.68 kOhm, Pearly Gates Bridge 7.64 kOhm. So there's only a slight difference in the output. Compared to the Burstbucker 2 and 3 (8.09 kOhm Neck, 8.25 kOhm Bridge) the SDs sound more mellow and softer. I like that more and it should be good especially for a semiacoustic guitar. BTW the Burstbuckers are now mounted to an Epiphone SG 60s Standard, which again is an amazing improvement over the original Probucker PUs. Hope that helps you and best regards.
I don't really understand why you reduce the score of the sound because of the coil split option. If the humbucker mode sounds as good or better as the ES-335 then everything is fine. The coil split is just an additional feature. Would your score be better without this option? Thanks for your videos anyway, they are really interesting 🙂
I'd put it this way - I'm not crazy about the sound of split humbuckers, I don't think they sound very good. So while it's an additional feature, if someone bought it thinking they were going to get great single coil sounds, the additional features actually detracts rather than adds to the score, since many people might choose it specially for this extra feature. That said, if someone likes the sound then go for it, just not for me. Thanks for watching!
I'm a little interested to see what Epiphone decides to do with their line of semi-hollow guitars. It seems they are working their way towards getting rid of something. I was hoping they would make a nicer version of the Riviera, but the Sheraton may be that while the Sheraton Pro II takes the place of the Dot or some such. Who knows? Nice one, guys.
Wait... you like 9lb Les Paul's but an 8.5 pound Sheraton is too heavy ? 😉 I had a beautiful Wine Red Sheraton but I had to get rid of it due to weight, I didn't have a scale at the time but, it had to be well over 9lbs , it sounded great though. Thank you for the demo and review guys !
I know it sounds crazy, but the way the weight sits just feels heavier on my back. It kind of wants to pull forward, even though it's less weight. That extra pull has a straining effect on my back. Not a deal breaker but I notice it. Thanks for watching as always!
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