The Epiphone Sheraton is a thinline semi-hollow body electric guitar. Though the Sheraton and all its variations were introduced under the ownership of the Gibson Guitar Corporation, Epiphone is the exclusive manufacturer. Epiphone Emperor The Epiphone Company is a guitar manufacturer. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A picku device acts as a transducer that captures mechanical vibrations (usually from suitably equipped stringed instruments such as the electric guitar, electric bass guitar or electric violin) and converts them to an electronic signal which can be amplified and recorded. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Epiphone Emperor The Epiphone Company is a guitar manufacturer. ...

History

Under the ownership of Frixo Stathopoulo, Epiphone was a leading manufacturer of hollow-body and archtop guitars. Epiphone's guitars were of such high quality that they rivalled Gibson's. Until 1957 Epiphone was one of Gibson fiercest competions. The death of Stathopoulo in 1957 effectively ended Epiphone's independence and the company was sold to Gibson. In 1958 Gibson began to expand upon its Epiphone line of semi-hollow guitars. They reworked Epiphone's old Century archtop into a thinline electric fitted with a single P-90. This was followed by the introduction of a twin-humbucker, double-cut thinline 1959, the Sheraton. The name Archtop describe guitars commonly known as Jazz-boxes or Hollow-bodies. The Archtop guitar normally has f-holes (as found on violins/cellos/double basses). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the electric guitar pickup. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Design

Gibson designed the Sheraton's body on the basis of their already popular 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 bridge. While Gibson's 335 usually featured a fixed bridge or in some cases a vibrato tail-piece, the Sheraton had a tune-o-matic. Another unique feature was its inlay. Gibson usually used a dot, block or double trapezoid inlay. The Sheraton featured a block and triangle inlay. The Gibson ES-335 was the worlds first commercial semi-hollowbody electric guitar, released by Gibson Guitar Corporation in 1958. ... A tremolo arm, tremolo bar, vibrato bar, whammy bar, or twang bar is a lever attached to the bridge and/or the tailpiece of an electric guitar or archtop guitar to enable the player to quickly vary the tension and sometimes the length of the strings temporarily, changing the pitch...

Sheraton II

Epiphone Sheraton II
Manufacturer	Epiphone
Period
Construction
Body type	Semi-hollow
Neck joint	Set
Woods
Body	Laminated Maple
Neck	Mahogany
Fretboard	Rosewood
Hardware
Bridge	Fixed
Pickup(s)	2 New York mini-humbuckers
Colors available
Ebony, Natural, Vintage Sunburst

The Epiphone Sheraton II was later introduced and featured only one major difference. The tune-o-matic bridge was now replaced by a fixed stop bar. The Sheraton II became much more popular than the original. Epiphone's high end guitars, the elitist line, includes a Sheraton, but it is actually a Sheraton II. Currently original Sheratons are rare, but Sheraton II's are still in production and are readily available. The most recently manufactured Sheratons were John Lee Hooker signature models. Epiphone Emperor The Epiphone Company is a guitar manufacturer. ... A picku device acts as a transducer that captures mechanical vibrations (usually from suitably equipped stringed instruments such as the electric guitar, electric bass guitar or electric violin) and converts them to an electronic signal which can be amplified and recorded. ... John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an influential American post-war blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter born in Coahoma County near Clarksdale, Mississippi. ...

Endorsement

The company had wondered why celebrities did not promote Epiphone guitars.^{[citation needed]} Presumably because most professional guitars would have rather promoted Gibson's guitars.^{[citation needed]} The Sheraton was used by Oasis guitarist, Noel Gallagher. Most notably, the Sheraton and Sheraton II were the main guitars used by blues legend John Lee Hooker. Epiphone introduced a signature John Lee Hooker Sheraton and Sheraton II in 2000, the year before his death. Oasis are an English rock band, formed in Manchester in 1991. ... Noel Thomas David Gallagher (born May 29, 1967 in Burnage, Manchester, England) is the lead songwriter, guitarist and occasional vocalist with the English rock band Oasis. ... John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001) was an influential American post-war blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter born in Coahoma County near Clarksdale, Mississippi. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Resources

Totally Guitar: the Definitive Guide by Tony Bacon and Dave Hunter
Epiphone's official site