Epiphone - Sheraton Natural LH

The Epiphone Sheraton Natural LH features the ES-style archtop silhouette that has graced jazz stages since the 1930s, this time designed for left-handers. Its semi-hollow body retains the Sheraton shape of the right-handed version, with a set neck and a 24.75-inch (628.65 mm) scale length inherited from the historic model. The gloss ‘Natural’ finish on the body allows the wood grain to shimmer under the stage lights.

The laminated maple body, extended by a laminated maple back and sides and a solid maple centre block, features a top edged with 7-ply binding and a 3-ply back binding that clearly define its contours. The mahogany neck, with a SlimTaper 60s C profile, houses an adjustable truss rod and features a 12-inch (304.80 mm) radius. Twenty-two medium-jumbo frets run along an Indian laurel fingerboard edged with a 3-ply purfling and marked with mother-of-pearl block and triangle inlays, leading up to a 43 mm GraphTech nut.

The Kalamazoo-shaped headstock, edged with a 3-strip binding and adorned with an Epiphone Tree of Life inlay, features gold-plated Wilkinson tuners that tune the strings accurately and maintain stable tuning throughout sets.

The HH pickup configuration features two Epiphone ProBucker mini-humbuckers, at the neck and bridge, housed under gold covers with black trim. A three-position switch and two volume and two tone controls, operated by gold-coloured Top Hat knobs with gold inserts and a cream-coloured selector switch, allow you to adjust the tone from clean to overdriven before the signal is output via a 6.35 mm jack. The Epiphone LockTone Tune-O-Matic bridge and the trapezoid-shaped Frequensator tailpiece, both with gold-plated fittings, keep the .010 to .046 strings at a constant tension.

The 1962 Sheraton Historic pickguard, with a tortoiseshell-effect finish, features an aluminium ‘E’ logo and a 5-strip binding, whilst a 2-strip Bullet truss rod cover completes the neck’s profile. Two strap buttons ensure a secure grip during live performances, and a Premium Gig Bag accompanies the instrument from the club to the studio.