Photo de 1991
Epiphone Sheraton Elitist $ 1599 US
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Epiphone John Lee Hooker '64 Sheraton $ 2555 US
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Epiphone John Lee Hooker '64 Sheraton II $ 2555 US
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La première des quatres est la seule avec deux humbuckers tandis que les trois autres sont
toutes munies des New-York mini-humbucker.
La John Lee Hooker '64 est probablement la plus fidèle de toutes avec son Frequensator tailpiece.
Features:
The Sheraton-II features Epiphone's
"Alnico Classic" pickups. Patterned after Gibson '57 Classics, they offer warm, subtle tone with full, even response. When pushed, they give you that classic humbucker crunch making them an excellent choice for blues, rock and jazz.
All current Sheraton models feature
Grover Machine Heads for precision tuning and stability. With greater mass than other machine heads, they also add weight to the headstock therefore increasing sustain and tone.
All Sheratons feature
a glued-in, dovetail neck joint with a 5-piece neck of Hard Maple and Rosewood for maximum stability, sustain and tone.
All Sheratons feature a multibound headstock with the historical "Mother of Pearl" Vine inlay originally introduced in 1935.
All Sheratons feature a multibound neck and Rosewood fingerboard with Epiphone historical V-Block inlays of Abalone and "Mother of Pearl" originally introduced in 1935.
Gibson-made mini-humbuckers are used on the Elitist and JLH Sheratons. Originally only available on certain Gibson-made Epiphone models, its smaller size, narrow magnetic field and unique design combination produces a bright and focused output while retaining the famous Gibson humbucker performance.
When it comes to sustain, tone and ease of use, the original Gibson
Stopbar tailpiece and Tun-o-matic adjustable bridge cannot be beat.
Designed and patented by Epiphone's Herb Sunshine, the frequensator tailpiece was originally put into production in 1937. The short fork on the bass side results in a deeper tone. The longer fork is used on the treble side for extra brilliance. The forks are interchangeable for varying tone as well as string tension.
The Elitist Sheraton comes with a high quality hard case featuring the Epiphone Elitist brand name logo.
The John Lee Hooker Sheratons come with a
high quality hard case featuring the classic Epiphone vintage look.
Actuellement malheureusement la production des modèles elitist est arrêtée mais ils semblerait que des modèles US équivalents appelés
Sheraton Reissue, finitions et assemblage aux US soient en vente avec un magnigfique hardcase TKL (seulement sur le marché américain tsss
)