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Product Comparison: Epiphone SHERATON-II PRO vs Gibson ES-335

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Epiphone SHERATON-II PRO Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitar

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Gibson ES-335 Traditional Semi Hollow Body Electric Guitar

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General Specifications

Brand

Epiphone

Gibson

Model

SHERATON-II PRO

ES-335

Origin

China

About the Product

The Epiphone Sheraton™-II PRO honors Epiphone's most influential "thin-line" semi-hollowbody electric archtop, now offered in a beautiful new Midnight Sapphire finish plus critically acclaimed ProBucker™ pickups with coil-splitting and a Graphtech® NuBone XL™ nut..

The ES-335 has been a legendary tone machine since 1958. Our 2016 features a tubeless Historic truss rod, PAF-style Burstbucker 1 & 2 pickups, and redesigned neck shape for increased strength and enhanced playing comfort.

Key Specs

Guitar Type

Electric

Hand Orientation

Right-handed

Number Of Strings

Pickup Configuration

2 ProBuckers

Burstbucker 1 & 2

Pickup Type

Passive

Guitar Type
Number Of Strings

What customers say about "Key Specs"

Epiphone SHERATON-II PRO Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitar

I compared this guitar to a lot of other's of the same style and almost bought an Ibanez, but I liked the Sheraton/Gibson classic body shape with the mickey mouse ears better and I could find some to play at Guitar Center, but found none of the Ibanez hollow bodies there to try out.
I could easily take a couple of paragraphs to describe this beautiful guitar. Instead, all I will say is that this is something that Gibson has to be proud of.
Smooth neck, great action, and sounds warm and rich. Very happy with this guitar!
It's just that good. Guitar came pre tweaked so all I had to do was stretch the strings, tune up, plug in, and get it on. I bought it to use as a practice guitar, but this is no practice guitar!
This guitar...wow. Wow. wow! This is my first Epiphone. I was actually looking for a Gretsch Electromatic hollow body guitar.

Gibson ES-335 Traditional Semi Hollow Body Electric Guitar

Guitar came well packaged and in perfect condition as described. Looks great, sounds great. Thanks!
I have not found much this can't do, Les's and strats have their place but this is more of a do all for me. I can go from blues to heavy rock to country with just a quick flip and click.
Fit finish, feel, tone, you name it. I really like the coil tap feature; going to single coil from humbucker. Great versatiliy.
This guitar is perfect for leading worship music and eliminates the need most of the time to switch to an acoustic guitar because this thing sounds beautiful clean!

Size & Weight

Total Length

40 in.

41.5 in.

Lower Bout

18 in.

16 in.

Nut Width

1.69 in.

Body Depth

8 in.

Weight

8.7 lbs.

8.5 lbs.

What customers say about "Size & Weight"

Epiphone SHERATON-II PRO Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitar

To me it is equivalent or better than the Gibson ES-335 on which the design is based. Epiphone and Gibson have been the same company for decades.
his feel and weight of this guitar is perfect for my needs. The neck feels really great to play up and down the the fretboard.

Gibson ES-335 Traditional Semi Hollow Body Electric Guitar

The quality on the finish was amazing as well. I feel truly fortunate to have gotten such a great guitar.
The neck was way too thin in profile for my liking, although others may find it comfortable.
The neck was quite thick, but not necessarily uncomfortable, but I think I prefer a slim taper neck and P 90s for their clarity. I
This is one good deal for a 335 style guitar. Body is comfortable with good neck action.

Materials

Fingerboard

Pau Ferro with "block and triangle" inlays w/Mother of Pearl and Abalone

Rosewood

Neck

5-pc Hard Maple/Walnut Laminated

Maple

Side/Rib

Laminated Maple

Top

Laminated Maple

Maple, Poplar, Maple

Bridge

Nickel

What customers say about "Materials"

Epiphone SHERATON-II PRO Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitar

I always loved the sound and feel of my old ES335 (I sold it long ago when money was low), but couldn't afford one now. The Sheraton is a quality made guitar. Very much worth the money.
Epiphone really pulls out the stops on the Sheraton, and the attention to detail is top shelf. The action is set low with no buzz anywhere.
Sound is excellent as is the fit and finish. The finish is second to none. It's just what I wanted.
This is one beautiful guitar! The Wine Red is stunning! The finish and detail is perfect! The Pro-bucker pickups sound great! The overall playability of this guitar seems very nice to me.
The deep wine red color combined with the gold hardware and inlay work make this guitar look like it should be worth much, much more.
The frets are kind of rough out of the box and need to be polished. A few weeks of string bending will help, but it would be better if they had been polished at the factory.

Gibson ES-335 Traditional Semi Hollow Body Electric Guitar

Brilliant finish color, neck profile, fingerboard radius. Playability is excellent .
The finish is flawless. Color never seems the same as light hits it from different angles.
Top quality workmanship. Seamless construction.
The neck mohagany wood grain is just so warm and beautiful. But the amazing this is this baby sounds as great as it looks!

Features

Pick Up System

ProBucker-2 / ProBucker-3

Burstbucker 1 / Burstbucker 2

String Scale

24.75 in.

Number Of Frets

Strap Included

Pickguard

Yes

Tuners

Grover Rotomatic 18:1 Tuning Ratio

Grover 'Milk Bottle' Tuners

Sound Controls

Bridge Volume with coil-splitting, Neck Volume with coil-splitting, Bridge Tone, Neck Tone, 3-Way Toggle Pickup Selector, Ivory toggle cap

Lead Volume, Rhythm Volume, Lead Tone, Rhythm Tone

Bridge Type

Epiphone LockTone™ Tune-o-matic

ABR-1 with titanium saddles

Extras

Critically acclaimed ProBuckerTM Humbuckers with coil-splitting, Traditional Mother of Pearl and Abalone Inlay, Graphtech® NuBone XL and Grover® Rotomatics™, New Midnight Sapphire finish plus Ebony, Vintage Sunburst, and Wine Red

World's most respected semi-solid guitar, Memphis Historic Spec pickups, Memphis Tone Circuit Plus

Neck Fixation Type

Glued in

What customers say about "Features"

Epiphone SHERATON-II PRO Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitar

The sound of the Sheraton has lots of good bass and midrange, but you can still get the glassy highs too. Good versatile tone like the ES335.
You might lose a bit of punch when switching to single coil, but that's why G-d invented the volume control. Push pull tabs are crisp, no give or wobble, and are a great added dimension from Sheratons of the past.
Tuners are the same, solid, and uniform ( in that the same amount of tuning tweak for each string AND IT STAYS IN TUNE!
Love the bridge. After dealing with floating bridges on my other jazz guitars, this one is a no muss no fuss affair. It's not going anywhere and makes tuning and changing strings a breeze.
My only complaint on this guitar (and the only reason for 4 stars rather than 5) is that the gold plating on the bridge and tailpiece started to wear off after 3 months of daily playing. The plating is just very thin. I called customer service, and they sent me a free bridge and stop tailpiece.
There are no inlays on the fretboard above the 15th fret (Yeah, they are a crutch, but I need them)

Gibson ES-335 Traditional Semi Hollow Body Electric Guitar

Still adapting to short scale neck after playing certain California guitars ! Overall it's an excellent deal at street price.
Sustaining a single note or a full chord is effortless.
Plugged in, the pickups sound great to me as is. I can't see the need to swap them out. Fit, finish way above what I expect in a budget import guitar.

Warranty / Certifications

Manufacturer Warranty

1 year(s)

3 year(s)

Certifications

Other Information

Manufacturer

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MSRP

3499.00 $