If you Sell a guitar - that means you can buy another, right???

[F30]

Or if you buy something you feel compelled to let something go.
Fell hard for this one:

It's not a Guild but sure looks cool to me.

 

[GGJaguar]

Yeah, I've been trying to avoid looking at those. I want one.

 

[davismanLV]

Okay... you're asking dumb questions from the wrong audience... yuh?? Jeeze.... So it's pretty and I love it. Is there a problem??? Not sure.....

 

[Uke]

Or if you buy something you feel compelled to let something go.
Fell hard for this one:

It's not a Guild but sure looks cool to me.

That's a beaut !

 

[Minnesota Flats]

Of the 335-type guitars I've owned, my favorite has been a mid-60s, Kalamazoo-made Epi Riviera with mini humbuckers. Not as much bling as that Sheraton, but what a player!

I ran it through a 6G6B blonde/white knob Bassman with a matching 2 X 12 cab. Sold 'em both during the 1980s. What a fool: didn't realize what I had.

 

[Uke]

Sold 'em both during the 1980s. What a fool: didn't realize what I had.

If there is one thing most of us on LTG have in common, it's seller's regret.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Our house rule: One in = one out.

 

[bobouz]

The key to the ‘60s Sheraton & Riviera was, of course, those sweet mini-humbuckers (after Gibson used up the supply of single-coil NY pickups inherited from Epiphone). Over the years, many of the pacific-rim Sheraton copies have come with full-size humbuckers, but this new & attractive version stays true to the Kalamazoo-made originals in this major aspect. Nice to see! The Terada-Japan made Epi Elitist Sheraton came with USA-made mini-humbuckers bearing their own unique Epi part number. To my knowledge, the JLH-AIUSA Terada-Gibson collaboration from 2000 (which I’m fortunate enough to own) is the only post-Kalamazoo pac-rim Sheraton to sport true Gibson mini-humbuckers (along with a 2012 50th anniversary version of the ‘62 Sheraton - edited correction). Regardless of the finer details, the Sheraton‘s overall aesthetics are certainly compelling! Here’s a shot of those minis, with gold plating that came off pretty much just by looking at them (easily polished down to the nickel & I now prefer it that way).

 

[F30]

I had the 50th Sheraton that had the Gibson minis a while ago - so it will be interesting to hear and feel the response
of the little Probuckers on this model. I can always put in a set of Gibson mini's if I feel so inclined

 

[GAD]

C’mon, that’s not the rule.

The rule is one out; two in!

 

[davismanLV]

Without snark or anything, to answer the OP's question. Yes. The End.,

 

[F30]

Interesting info:

Unbeknownst to many, the mini-humbucker design originated with Epiphone, with Gibson acquiring the rights and technology when its parent company, CMI, purchased Epiphone in 1957.
The mini-humbucker was the stock pickup of the original Epiphone Sheraton model. This feature set the Sheraton apart from Gibson's ES-335, which was spec'd with full-size humbuckers, as both guitars were developed concurrently in a joint Gibson/Epiphone project.

The mini-humbucker first became widely known to rock guitarists in 1968, when Gibson introduced it as the stock pickup of the new Les Paul Deluxe model. Interestingly, the only reason it was featured in the LP Deluxe was because Gibson had an overabundance of minis left over from Epiphone stock, and needed to find a use for them. The solution was to install them in Les Paul bodies that had originally been routed out for P90s, filling in the resulting gap with a specially made adapter ring.

 

[adorshki]

Without snark or anything, to answer the OP's question. Yes. The End.,

You forgot about ensuring one's properly licensed to operate multiple guitars.

 

[davismanLV]

You forgot about ensuring one's properly licensed to operate multiple guitars.

I'm not. Why should he be? Are you???

 

[bobouz]

Unbeknownst to many, the mini-humbucker design originated with Epiphone, with Gibson acquiring the rights and technology when its parent company, CMI, purchased Epiphone in 1957.
The mini-humbucker was the stock pickup of the original Epiphone Sheraton model. This feature set the Sheraton apart from Gibson's ES-335, which was spec'd with full-size humbuckers, as both guitars were developed concurrently in a joint Gibson/Epiphone project.

The mini-humbucker first became widely known to rock guitarists in 1968, when Gibson introduced it as the stock pickup of the new Les Paul Deluxe model. Interestingly, the only reason it was featured in the LP Deluxe was because Gibson had an overabundance of minis left over from Epiphone stock, and needed to find a use for them. The solution was to install them in Les Paul bodies that had originally been routed out for P90s, filling in the resulting gap with a specially made adapter ring.

Unfortunately, this information is incorrect. As I mentioned above, what Gibson inherited when they bought Epiphone in 1957 were Epi’s ”New York” single-coil pickups (see the 1959 Emperor below). The first 1958 Sheraton received these Epi-made NY single-coil pickups, while the first 1958 ES-335 received the already developed full-size Gibson-made humbuckers. The supply of Epi-made NY pickups was depleted by the early ‘60s, at which time Gibson developed the mini-humbucker - just slightly smaller than the NY pickup and able to fit the same opening.

So an important point here is to clarify that there never has been an actual “New York mini-humbucker.” The Epi New York pickup terminology came into use only after Gibson’s development of the mini-humbucker, in order to separately identify Epi’s original single-coil design (again, see below) from the now current Gibson mini-humbucker.

Gibson’s Epiphone-mounted mini-humbuckers also helped to differentiate the two Gibson-owned product lines being sold by separate dealer networks - and it is believed that the larger full-sized humbucker helped create a supposed product talking-point edge for dealers selling Gibsons, as Gibson still wanted to maintain an image of it’s moniker being slightly superior. A rather versatile bit of marketing strategy, being able to expand & manipulate two product lines vying for the same customers!

 

[adorshki]

I'm not. Why should he be? Are you???

I can't afford the insurance, even with a multiple policy discount. We should be in jail.

 

[wileypickett]

C’mon, that’s not the rule.

The rule is one out; two in!

There are rules?!

 

[bobouz]

There are rules?!

Yes actually, I think the rule is: none out, one in - repeat!

 

[Bernie]

What's that colour difference around f holes on this one ?
Looks very nice...
There are no rules in art that are not meant to be broken...(relax)

 

[F30]

bobouz - thanks for the clarification on the pickup design and evolution.