How to Get Great Tones with an Epiphone Sheraton
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
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Welcome to this in depth review on how to get great tones from an Epiphone Sheraton II Semi Hollow Body Electric guitar! Using a Fender Mustang GTX100 Digital Modeling amp to simulate different classic guitar tones.
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Jack Fossett great guitar work on all the songs! Can definitely feel the allman brothers and eagles vibes.
@@dabakinata7843 thank you! Appreciate you listening!
I don’t know why I didn’t see the reply before, but “How I dial in the Sheraton”? I’m afraid I don’t quite understand the question. What I can say is I use every standard humbucker pickup position as well as every single coil option depending on moment/song. Out of all positions, I like the single coil bridge sound soloed, the least, but it is very useable and sounds good. One position has to be the least favorite, and that happens to be the one.
Lindy Fralin out of Virginia, has EXCELLENT humbuckers called Unbuckers which are perfect for coil splitting. Slightly uneven wound, so when you split the humbucker into single coil, you get more output than just “half” the traditional humbucker. Not nearly the volume drop off, and very usable single coil even if they’re not quite as toneful in that mode as true single coils.
I have these pickups in two great guitars. One Sheraton and a Gibson Les Paul. I’ve had them for years. I stand by them. And btw, their full humbucker sound is lovely, and as you would expect in a low-wind, lower DCR, PAF-style humbucker.
Please check them out!
Thanks Jack I play a sheraton 11 Pro and I've found it the most difficult of my guitars to get the sound I want your v I do is very helpful
Just bought an Epiphone Sheraton II. Can’t wait till it arrives. I love that warm bluesy sound it has. Most of all, it’s the one guitar that you can basically play any style with!
The Tele said whaaaaaaaat?
Sad that I can not afford one now. I am saving. Shipping and taxes are a pain to me in Tanzania.
Thanks for the information.
Well, I don't have a Sheraton, but I've got a D'angelico Premier DC, gloss black, and it too has those great vintage rock tones. Sweet guitars! Love that sound!
Just picked up a Sheraton II Pro from Musician's Friend for literally half price during their Open Box sale.
For the money, there isn't a higher quality or more versatile electric guitar in the world.
Cheers for the tips!
Is the bb king of the same quality in your opinion?
I had a 1998 Sheraton, I liked it but the gold hardware became tarnished. After seeing the Pro 2 model and playing one, I updated to the Sheraton 2 Pro & very much like it. The neck is thicker & rounder, which I appreciate. Mine is fairly heavy at 9.5 lbs.
The Sheratons are nice guitars.
I don't own any ES style guitars yet, but I will someday. Great video Jack
Thanks! You should, they’re great
I back the tone a little bit for jazz tones on my Natural Sher II, but I’ave changed pups to Gibson ‘57, added bone nut as well and threw thicker flat wounds in.
I have two of these. Great build quality. I might put Epiphone mini humbuckers in one of them.
Great information, I play the 1998 Korean model and I love it but I have a hard time with the PU
Great video, Jack. Another thing I've found that works wonders for a Sheraton "jazz tone" is to put Chrome lights on it. I'm not generally a fan of flat wound strings but they get the job done. Also... you're right that rolling off the tone on the guitar tends to muddy the waters... best to do that on the amp first and then maybe on the guitar a bit if it's not enough. Cheers
Thanks Jack. Most helpful guidance. Glad to see my guitar and amp combination in your video. I took your advice in an earlier video and bought the Sheraton instead of the Epi 335.
I have a 1995 model and it sounds great when I use the EQ like John Lee Hooker. Awesome guitar for blues, soul, classic rock and bossa nova.
One thing most people don't refer to, when talking about sheratons they actually have built in coil-split.
Which means that the humbuckers can be Split Up into one single coil Pick up each.
You can achieve this by pulling the volume knobs. (It will make the sound clearer but it might bring a bit of hum and the Output will be lower)
This will make this sooo much more versitile than most guitars i played before!
This one doesn’t, it’s a Sheraton II. But the II Pro does.
@@JackFossett oh i did not know that! But thanks for your correction!
I have a really nice 1989 Samick Epi Sheraton. An elderly gent owned it from new and rarely touched it until I bought it in 2020. It now has Bareknuckle Stormy Monday pickups, alpha pots and bone nut. It looks and sounds beautiful
Great video by the way. Very in-depth and interesting
Thanks for the demo. I just ordered the pro and this tells me that it will do everything that all my others can do. Do t really like the neck on the PRS 594 or the Guild starfire 3. The LP and this one will be my go to.
Have early 2000's MIK (Samick) Sheraton II. Replaced PUPS with Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates at bridge and SD Jazz at neck. Independent coil taps. Natural finish. Just love this guitar!!!
Nice!
@@JackFossett Flatwounds!
Great video! Here I was thinking about my Sheraton and you put out a way for me to appreciate it more. I too do the middle pickup setting while dialing back tone and volume, particularly when playing 90s British Rock, like Oasis. Looking forward to trying those Blues settings.
Nice, and thanks! It is funny how well it does that 90s sound.
Hi. Thanks for your video. I' ve a Sheraton II made in Korea 1991. Great guitar. The sound that I was looking for
Hey Jack I am new to your channel and I enjoy your content, always learn something. I have been playing acoustic for two years now. About a month ago I was lent a Les Paul copy with humbuckers so I picked up a little Yamaha thr5 practice amp. All of this is brand new to me as I am not around other musicians. As I was watching the video I kept stopping and trying out what you were doing. I learned an incredible amount. Thanks, you got me off to a good start.
Great to hear! Glad that the videos are helpful
I got the same guitar thanks for the tips will definitely do some experimenting. Mahalo
about to get my hands on a 2002 model.
I've just been given A Shine 906 br.
It's made in Korea same factory as Epiphone and is the factories own brand.
Fitted with as bigsby It's basically a Sheriton clone I think.
I've never owned a semi hollow before and this video is perfect for me right now. Great stuff thank you and subbed.
I love the tones that come out of my Sheraton! Tasty. Thanks for the tips.
I am mostly on the neck pickup, dialing in jazz tones. I usually put it in the middle position for blues and rock. The neck pickup is super nice IMO.
You really are a great guitar player Jack! Keep up the great work...
Glad to see you not playing only blues through this. My favorite user of this guitar is far-far away from blues; Brian Aubert of Silversun Pickups.
Excellent band, what a distinct voice, could spot it a mile off.
Mathew followill of kings of leon used this on their 3rd and 4th album
Thanks for posting this, I just bought a Sheraton Pro II this will help me quite a bit 😎🎸
Strat guy myself, but love the idea of the ES Thinline guitar. Have an Epi ES335 Pro in Teaburst. Based on a Gibby '58(?). This guitar is THE most sensitive to weather changes of all my guitars 🤣
Only guitar in the arsenal the can do Ten Years After!👍😎❤
Still trying to pair her up with the TMDR.
Hope this video can help me bond with her. Great vid as usual. Thanks so much 👍😎🖖❤
Thanks! I’ve actually never played the 335 Pro but I hear great things.
@@JackFossett often think a '50s wiring and better pots would go a long way to bring out the potential?
The split pots are a waste personally. Otherwise it is a well playing and beautiful looking guitfiddle. 👍😎
Great playing! Great tones!
I have the exact same model (I got it on the cheap, from a guy who was closing his music shop), but I can't really dial in the tones I'm after. I play mainly clean tones (jazz, funk, and mildly overdriven blues). My main amp is a Hughes & Kettner Stateman, and I also use amp simulations (Mustang Fender, Line 6 Pod HD and a Valeton I got for half the price).
My main criticism is that the stock pickups generate harsh and unpleasant harmonics if I dial everything at 10. But the tone gets muddy and ill-defined if I dial the volume back, even just a little. I've noticed the shrill harmonics issue on other Epiphone models, such as the Joe Pass, which is why I didn't buy one when I was looking for a jazz box.
I mostly use the neck pickup, I really don't like the bridge pickup. Another thing: the pickups are not balanced: the bridge pickup is a lot weaker than the neck pickup.
As a consequence, I find myself constantly raising or lowering the height of each pickup in order to get a better balance between both pickups, and messing around with the pots a lot, while I should really be playing.
As for rock or hard rock tones (I don't do chug-chug), all I get are shrill and ill-defined tones, not the creamy overdriven goodness I'm looking for. Maybe my amp is not the best platform for overdriven tones. Or maybe I got sub-standards pickups. Most probably, my technique sucks.
I am now contemplating swapping the stock pickups for Wilkinsons.
But I'll maybe give the stock pickups another chance after watching your videos :)
One last thing: at least on my guitar, the neck is heavier than the body so it tends to sag whenever I play at gigs.
Great advice I am so happy I came across your tones. I am always experimenting with my 68 Bandmaster reverb fender amp in a 64 Vibroverb cab with the original CTS 15 in. Speaker and my 2011Shareton. I will watch it many times. Mahalo🙏
On the section were you demo both pickups on, with one of the volume pots backed off, unfortunately couldn't hear the difference due to the high gain your using, probably be more noticeable on a clean sound,good video though,cheers from London,UK.👍
Thanks jack.......insightful as always
Jack, I always enjoy your videos. In this video, as in all your videos, when you talk about a certain setting, I can tell that what you are playing is in fact you actually exploring that setting...you're not just playing riffs but expanding on what you are hearing/sensing from the tone produced, via chords and fills. You the player hear it (as do we the viewer) then you go some more so we mutually explore the idea. Nice! I have a 1999 Epi Sheraton II, btw. Only within the past few weeks have I taken it out of its case and started giving it the attention it deserves. With amp eq around noon, an keeping guitar knobs where they need to be I can nail Johnny B. Goode.
Hi Jack you are making some great videos. In 2004 I bought a 2002 Epiphone Jorma Kaukonen Riviera Deluxe made by the Peerless Factory in Korea. I have always been impressed with the workmanship and the sound of this guitar. You have given me some great ideas to try.
Awesome! I love Rivieras - I’d love to get my hands on a vintage style one like Robben Ford’s someday, either an actual vintage one or the out of production Elitist model
Thanks for sharing! I play a sheraton 2 pro through a blues deluxe reissue.... for clean tones I have the volume around 4 or 5, little reverb 3 or 4.... other eg at 5.... on the drive channel I turn the bass up a little too .... kids say I shake the 2nd floor when playing rhythm. Mostly I shoot for BB King and John Lee Hooker tones.... on the drive.... well it's not really gainy... more a little dirty I guess- works for Sweet Home Chicago and sort of works for SRV- doesn't have his bite though. I agree with you about splitting coils, its better than nothing but a tele or strat is on the list, hopefully with texas specials. I also play through an orange micro dark... but only when am in a black sabbath mood... thought about selling that amp or trading it for a pedal...
Thank you for another Sheraton video, and a good one. My current goal is to get good enough with my first guitar (Yamaha acoustic) to justify buying another one. I'd like an electric and I'm pretty sure this is the electric I'd like to have. Or a G&L Tribute S-500, depending on what I can find used when the happy day finally arrives.
Awesome! I'd say go with the Epiphone, I've personally never been a fan of G&L guitars, but to each their own.
@@JackFossett Given the more robust market for used Sheraton compared to the G&L models, that's a likely outcome. And since I don't really want a huge collection, the versatility of the guitars I might have swings a lot of weight in the decision. Your Sheraton videos suggest it can fill a lot of roles, although I suspect you could make just about anything sound good. All assuming I keep practicing enough to become at least competent. I really don't need or want any more decorative wall hangings. :-)
G&L make great guitars. Both are solid options
90s EPI Sheratons Are Great!
I have a 2005 from Korea, also in black. Use it for jazz, in fact I prefer it to my €2000 FGN which is quacky
I can't decide between the Epiphone Sheraton 2 Pro or the new Epiphone ES-335. The 335 sounds amazing.
I personally prefer the Sheraton as its a dedicated Epophone model, but the new 335s look really good.
I already had the 335, but what sold me on the Sheraton was the neck - which is more of a D-shape. They call it 60's slimline. So, I find it much easier to play. The 335 is a chunkier C-shape. Beyond that, the tonal varieties from the Sheraton Pro II are pretty impressive.
Hi Jack, thanks so much for this video & the Casino how to as well. I'm trying to figure out the Cake - Fashion Nugget album tones; kind of airy, boomy, lo-fi distorted jazz tone maybe? I think the jazz demo of the casino comes close. Would a sheraton be better in this context?
Mighty fine pickin' my friend!👍
It sounds beautiful. I've heard it's quite heavy, does it make it a bit uncomfortable to hold? Thanks
Heavier than a GLP.
way after the fact but I got one today just barely over 8 pounds. It's a well balanced guitar and I don't consider this heavy at all. I have a few Les pauls that are much more heavy and trying out a lot of different guitars today at the store. I found this sitting at the lower end of the range. If you are used to really light guitars it might not be for you. But this is by NO means a boat anchor style guitar.
Great that you give Epiphones a lot of love Jack. I have just bought a Riviera with a Bigsby (the Jorma Kaukonen model). Do you have any bigsby Epiphones?
Thanks! So I used to have that very same Riviera model (I assume its the 3 p90 model?) -- I don't have it anymore but not out of dislike, I do some trading and selling to be able to keep getting my hands on gear to demo.
@@JackFossett it's not the 3 P90 version this one has the 57 classic humbuckers. It was a limited run made in the peerless factory back in 2002/3.
Nice playing
Hi Jack, what year is your Sheraton ii? I have a 2006, and my bridge sound nothing like yours!! Yours is amazing!
Great channel. Just subscribed. Can I get a similar sound like your opening blues straight into simple vox pathfinder 15 or do you have something else going on?
Thank you! You can get a similar tone probably, Vox Pathfinders are cool little amps. Not exact, but in the same ballpark.
@@JackFossett thanks jack. Really appreciated your advice for guitarists
I have a sheraton II non pro version. Should I upgrade the pickups to probuckers? Or something else?
Aside from the push pull is there any difference with the pickups?
I've been considering a Sheraton for a while now. You can get used ones pretty cheap these days. Why are they so much brighter than like an Epiphone dot or ES-335? Just different pickups?
One reason is that a Sheraton/Sheraton II is nearly all maple (maple ply body, five-piece maple/walnut neck) while a Dot or 335 Pro will have a predominantly maple body coupled with a mahogany neck.
Great video Jack.
Can you compare Sheraton with new les Paul custom,they both use same pickups so do they sound same?
If I can get my hands on one I absolutely will!
@@JackFossettand also in future plz make a vdo on how to install a bigsby in Sheraton and how the guitar performs with it
Hey Jack, I'm thinking of putting some HB-sized Gibson p90s in my Sheraton. Any thoughts on that? I think it will take out some of the muddiness in the tone. It's a Pro II so it should have very good stock wiring and hardware. The Pro Buckers are good pickups, but I've a feeling it will take the p90 bite great
I've got Duncan Phat Cats in mine. They're marketed as a HB sized P90, but they're not quite a P90 sound. I love the sound, but it might not be for everyone, as it is very clear and transparent and almost lo-fi compared to a humbucker sound. Bridge pickup is VERY bright, but I like it. I never had any muddiness issues with my Sheraton II, but I took the original pickups out of it as soon as I got it and replaced them with Carvin M22's (was a Carvin fanboy for a little while), which were in it up until about 5 years ago when I put the Phat Cats in it.
Just aquired one...loving it so far however one of the push/pull tone pot knobs keeps sliding off! Any fixes?
I imagine they're basic knobs -- but first, check to see if there's a small hex nut that tightens it to the pot. If not check under the knob to see if any of the plastic is broken or chipped -- if not that too, does it have split shaft pots? If it does, you may need to (VERY GENTLY) wedge a flathead screwdriver in between the split shaft and try to slightly push them apart to increase the tension and have a snugger fit. But like I said, VERY gently, because you can snap one of the split shaft pieces off. Been there.
Do they still make the Sheraton or is there just the Sheraton 2? And does the Sheraton 2 pro have the pull pots for coil splitting as I don't like them. Thank you
Right now I think they just make the Sheraton II Pro - which does have the push/pull splitting. Supposedly there was a new Sheraton model with diamond F-Holes, but I haven't actually seen them available for sale anywhere so I don't know about new models.
@@JackFossett Ok thanks a lot. I think your talking about the Emily Wolfe Sheraton sig model. So did Hooker just play a regular Sheraton with no pull pots coil splitting?
Yes that sounds right. It looks cool, but I don’t know about the availability.
Is the bb king of the same quality in your opinion?
I’ve actually never had the pleasure of playing the BB King model, but from what I’ve heard they’re on par with each other. Both some of the higher end Epiphone models.
I see the E on the epiphone but I read 'euro'
Best coil splits goes to.......................Carvin
point is is it more walue then all dis casinos
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...all of the above I suppose
when this guy learns to truly sit in the pocket the sky is the floor.
I broke my brain trying to understand this comment
Made in Korea or China?
Mine is made in China
China is the new Korea ;-)
It’s a shame you don’t show the knobs