It comes with a bound “tortoise” style pickguard with a signature metal “E,” which stands for Epiphone. It’s made of laminated maple top, back and sides with elegant ivory and black binding. Credit to Thomann for quick dispatch and good packaging.Sheraton II Pro shares a lot of features from the original Epiphone Sheraton. A good value guitar, no mistake about that. All told, I was excited to unbox and am very happy with results: I can definitely recommend to those who are unsure, as I myself was. Does not matter when you sling a strap over your shoulder and stand. The body shape when playing seated is not as ergonomic as the Fenders' but that comes with semi-hollow territory. It hangs on my wall now and looks really good. You ought to get what you want sooner or later by experimenting. There are lots of tonal possibilities between the pickup switch, volume/tone controls, and of course coil tapping. It peeled away as soon as I touched it, thus solving my prior question about getting rid of it, as many people do, though I have no 'Epiphone = poorman's Gibson' hangups as it is not a copy of any Gibson and the Beatles/Hooker/Gallagher thing counts. Flaws seemed limited to frets being rough and needing a little polish (bending is stiff but easily fixed with a Brillo pad and fretboard protector) to the infamous tin '¤' on the pickguard: why do they bother? It is rubbish. The binding in the Indonesian factory was A1 by my eyes. The workmanship was pretty good for the money and you need not fear its Oriental, as opposed ton U.S., origin. A certain twang is all I can refer to, a certain beefiness to the bass strings - sorry! words fail me there. I get things out of it that the two Fenders cannot do. But looks are not so important as I just amuse myself with music as a hobby and don't gig. The Vintage Sunburst was as visually impressive as I hoped and the gold hardware plus rosewood neck stood out. I was apprehensive about packaging and damage in transit but the plastic air packets around the Epi cardboard box, and a further Thomann cardboard outer box, meant that I need not have worried. The other guitar I considered seriously was the Epiphone Lucille. I'm a big blues fan and the Hooker endorsement matters. After much digging I settled on this Sheraton. Gibson own brand instruments have really jacked up in price of late, possibly due to their corporate financial issues. Wondered about adding that Gibsonish sound to my palette (my wife didn't get why I needed a third guitar so I used art terms, which she understands!) and can't afford the top-end stuff. Thought about this for a while as I already have a strat and tele.
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