The Epiphone Sheraton-II Pro Semi-Hollow electric guitar honors Epiphone's most influential thin-line semi-hollowbody electric archtop, now with critically acclaimed ProBucker pickups with coil-tapping and a Graph Tech NuBone XL nut.

An Epiphone icon: Hailed by blues legend John Lee Hooker as 'an outdid 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.

The Sheraton-II Pro has a hand-set 5-piece laminated hard maple/walnut 24.75 in. scale neck with a beautiful rosewood fingerboard with block and triangle pearloid and abalone inlays, 22 medium-jumbo frets, and a large vintage-style 'tree of life' motif 'Clipped Ear' headstock. The Epiphone Sheraton-II Pro also now comes with the new Graph Tech NuBone XL nut that is as hard as bone but will last a lifetim