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[Fender_Punk]

I'm the proud new owner of a Epiphone Sheraton '62 E212T reissue. MIC, limited to 1,962 copies. I linked a Premier Guitar magazine review for more information.

A friend of mine has had the same guitar for years, also Sunburst hardtail. He would never sell me his as he loves it. I've been on the lookout for one this year.

There was a natural finish model in North Carolina but the store refused to ship it to Canada. I found this Sunburst example, #78 with its original case and COA. Music Go Round in Ohio agreed to ship it to me and it arrived yesterday.

​​​​​​The guitar comes stock with Gibson USA minibuckers, CTS pots and orange drop capacitors. It sounds amazing! Very much the middle ground between my Les Paul and my Casino.

 

[Mincer]

Wow! What a nice guitar! How does it compare to the other F hole'd guitars you have?

 

[Fender_Punk]

Wow! What a nice guitar! How does it compare to the other F hole'd guitars you have?

The Casinos, being full hollow bodies are lighter and louder unplugged. Both Casinos are 6 lb 2 oz and the Sheraton with its centre block is 7 lbs 13 oz. The body of the Casino and Sheraton are the same dimensions.

Plugged in, the Casinos are crunchier and the Sheraton is warmer. They both have a nice airy chime to them. The Sheraton can handle a lot more gain before feedback compared to the Casino.

The Sheraton's body joins the neck at the 19th fret, whereas the Casino joins at 16th fret, so upper fret access is much better on the Sheraton. The 60s slim taper neck is also a bit fuller than the thin-D neck profile on the Casinos. Also, none of the headstocks have clipped corners, so that's nice.

 

[Securb]

That is beyond sweet. How do you like the minibuckers?

 

[Fender_Punk]

That is beyond sweet. How do you like the minibuckers?

The minibuckers sound great, very balanced and warm. Good sensitivity to picking dynamics. Not as fat as full humbuckers, not as crunchy as P-90s but still a great tone.

The linked video is not me, but it's a good representation of this guitar's clean tone.

 

[Securb]

They sound a lot fuller than I expected mini hums to sound. I just played a Les Paul Deluxe at CG with mini-humbuckers and it sounded a bit flat. Maybe it was the amp. I might go back and plug it into something else. The guitar was beautiful and played fantastically.

 

[Fender_Punk]

They sound a lot fuller than I expected mini hums to sound. I just played a Les Paul Deluxe at CG with mini-humbuckers and it sounded a bit flat. Maybe it was the amp. I might go back and plug it into something else. The guitar was beautiful and played fantastically.

Definitely go back and try it through a few other amps! Les Paul Deluxe is a great axe!

 

[Mincer]

That guitar sounds great, too...congrats!

 

[GuitarDoc]

I'm confused. Did the '62 come with the neck joint at the 19th fret? I thought that it was a very limited period a few years later when they did that.
Could someone please enlighten me to which exact years those longer necks were available.

 

[Fender_Punk]

I'm confused. Did the '62 come with the neck joint at the 19th fret? I thought that it was a very limited period a few years later when they did that.
Could someone please enlighten me to which exact years those longer necks were available.

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure Epiphone Sheraton's always had the neck join at the 19th fret. I think it's just the Casino that joined at the 19th fret for a few years and 16th fret for most years.

 

[dystrust]

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure Epiphone Sheraton's always had the neck join at the 19th fret. I think it's just the Casino that joined at the 19th fret for a few years and 16th fret for most years.

This. The semi-hollows with a center block were always joined at the 19th fret, while the full-hollows (Casino, ES-330) switched to 19th fret in 1967/1968 IIRC.

 

[Mikelamury]

Very nice guitar and catchy riff! Is that a real 1962 or is it a reissue? Only asking because it looks to be in great shape.

 

[jeremy]

beautiful guitar! its a ri

 

[Wattage]

you're on fire! that is a killer guitar

 

[Fender_Punk]

Very nice guitar and catchy riff! Is that a real 1962 or is it a reissue? Only asking because it looks to be in great shape.

It's a reissue. $1,100 instead of $11,000. ​​​​​​Epiphone made 1,962 of these, with 3 finishes (Cherry, natural, Sunburst) and 2 different bridges (frequensator and vibriola.) If they made each variation in equal quantity then 327 of each variation were built. (Sunburst hardtail, Sunburst vibriola etc...)

 

[GuitarDoc]

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure Epiphone Sheraton's always had the neck join at the 19th fret. I think it's just the Casino that joined at the 19th fret for a few years and 16th fret for most years.

OK, great. Thanks. I think I was getting confused between the Casino and Sheraton. I've got one of the original Sheratons which was built in the Gibson Kalamazoo factory before they sent it out to the far east for manufacturing, and it's neck joint is at the 19th fret.