To tell if it is Korean built, it will have the following prefix: I=Saein, S=Samick, U=Unsung, and R or P=Peerless, and if an all-number type, the serial number will be identified (Unsung for example) as '21' as the fifth and sixth numbers.
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Korean build manufactured up until at least 2012 however, serial numbers changed to an all-number type after 2008.
Body and headstock shapes began to evolve, as they will continue to do throughout the 1980s and into the 2000s, as production also shifted from Japan to Korea. Mini-humbucking pickups were discontinued on the Sheraton, changing to standard full-sized humbuckers serial numbering system changes. In 1970, production ceased in the U.S., and began in Japan. Sheraton production totals (data from 1961 to 1970 only): Late 1960s to 1970: Neck width narrows to 1 9/16", as on many Gibson-made guitars of the era.
Binding on fretboard moves to outer edges (no longer inset).ġ965 Sheraton specs: Sunburst finish becomes more two-tone (tobacco to amber). "Epiphone" script inlay on headstock becomes more streamlined in appearance.ġ963 Sheraton specs: Peghead shape becomes more elongated. Cherry red finish introduced (this will remain the rarest Sheraton finish throughout Gibson's production period of the 1960s). The new Epiphone "Trem-o-tone" adjustable vibrato tailpiece is introduced.ġ962 Sheraton specs: Production changes from NY-made Epiphone necks to Gibson-made mahogany necks. Serial number now pressed into the back of the peghead between the D and G tuners, in addition to being on the blue Epiphone label in the bass "f" hole. The pickups are changed from the New York single coils to mini-humbuckers, knobs become gold gibson bonnet knobs, tuners become Grovers. Unlike any of the semi-hollowbodies in the Gibson line, the Sheraton's headstock featured Epiphone's traditional fancy vine (or "tree of life") inlay on its headstock, while its fretboard featured a block and triangle (or "V") inlay of mother-of-pearl and abalone, as well as binding on the fretboard's surface, inset slightly from the outer edges.ġ958 Epiphone Sheraton introduction specs: Thin body, double cutaway, semi-hollow with solid maple block down center two Epiphone "New York" (single coil) pickups two volume and two tone controls with white 'carousel' knobs, and a pickup selector switch tune-o-matic bridge with no retainer wire gold plated metal parts Frequensator tailpiece or Bigsby vibrato bound tortoise-shell pickguard Epiphone 'E' tuners multiple bound top and back single bound rosewood fingerboard abalone/pearl block "V" fingerboard inlays, neck joins body at 19th fret, 5-piece neck (from remaining Epiphone-built inventory) has a "V" chunky back shape tree of life pearl peghead design sunburst or natural finish.ġ961 Sheraton specs: Parts begin to change to Gibson-made parts. Distinguishing characteristics of the Sheraton included its multiple body binding (like that of its top of the line Gibson cousin, the ES-355) its Frequensator tail piece and its headstock and fretboard inlays. The Sheraton was fitted with a set glued-in neck, in accordance with Gibson's standard practice. It featured the same double rounded horns, and had similarly placed electronics. Gibson used the same body for the Sheraton as it was using for its new ES-335, ES-345, and ES-355 models. Epiphone guitars were made by Gibson up until 1970, when production moved to Japan, and major design changes began to occur. This was followed by the introduction of a twin-pickup, double-cut thinline semi-hollowbody, the Sheraton. They reworked Epiphone's old Century archtop into a thinline electric fitted with a single P-90. In 1958, Gibson began to expand upon its Epiphone line of semi-hollow guitars.
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