![]() ![]() Regarding the OP's question about the difference in prices on Craigslist, I think it is just that it is easier for a seller to convince themselves that a Sheraton should have a higher price. The Dots I think are usually maple necks rather than mahogany, so the difference between a Sheraton and a Dot will be fairly limited - it's just whether extra stiffness due to the laminations is enough to make a noticeable difference which is going to be arguable. I've never played a laminate neck vintage Sheraton but I've a lot of experience with 335s with three piece laminated maple necks, and they definitely have a consistently different sound than a mahogany necked 335, a bit brasher with a string fundamental. Price wise the Sheraton was an expensive guitar, I forget the exact figures but I think it sat between the mono and stereo versions of the 355.ĭoes the neck material effect the sound? I think so, yes. Once the laminated necks were used up the Sheraton reverted to a mahogany one piece neck. The Sheraton inherited various ingredients taken from pre-Gibson Epiphone stock including a stock of laminated necks, and the inlays were Epiphone product, but the design was done by Gibson. ![]() Gibson introduced the 335 around April 1958, the 355 and Sheraton following at the end of the year. Just for historical pedantry points, the Sheraton was a Gibson design. ![]()
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