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gibson es 135/ epiphone sheraton

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  • 10-11-2009 9:19pm
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    slick123
    Registered Users Posts: 44 ✭


    i no this is probably a really stupid question but would it be worth paying an extra 600euro for a secondhand es 135(gibson) over a epiphone sheraton 2. i really love hollow bodies. i own an epi dot and its great. i've seen a gibson 135 for sale and also a sheraton both secondhand. i would ask for opinions on what i should buy. i dont gig , not in a band but really enjoy my guitars and just play at home. is it rediculas forking out for such a guitar when in fact a sheraton could satisfy. i've never played either so would just like to see if anyone had an opinion.
    thanks
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    #2
    punchdrunk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,355 ✭✭✭punchdrunk


    you'll never,ever regret getting the Gibson....
    even more so if it's an older one,
    don't get me wrong i love epi's but they aren't the same
    eat beans for a few weeks...

    here's my '93 135

    2210644030055079378S600x600Q85.jpg


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    #3
    slick123
    Registered Users Posts: 44 ✭slick123


    its a 2003 i think. its got the 57' humbuckers. are they still as good as yours with the p90's .


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    punchdrunk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,355 ✭✭✭punchdrunk


    http://www.adverts.ie/showproduct.php?product=160305&cat=16

    looks like a winner to me chief!

    I love the sound of P-90's and that why i went with the early version but tbh i'd rock that one no problem! :D

    those pickups will sound darker/more compressed than mine but they will probably give a more "normal" overdrive too...


    DO IT DO IT DO IT


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    slick123
    Registered Users Posts: 44 ✭slick123


    thats the one i've been looking at!! looks great. its just 900euro's alot of money that i dont fully have yet!! is that a reasonable price for one. they do seem to be rare. dont see many around. imm into kings of leon and love the look of the leads es-137 there about 1500 in waltons and thats too much for me to pay the 135 i think is fairly simular.
    thanks for the reply's by the way. just to ask , if you where to sell your 135 (which im sure you never would!!) how much would you be looking for it. just to get an idea of there value


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    punchdrunk
    Registered Users Posts: 3,355 ✭✭✭punchdrunk


    cool,no worries man!

    eh I paid €1300 back in the height of the good ol' days
    I got the train to Belfast to pick it up,had to walk into the loyalist heartland to get it (I near shat myself as I walked past a lodge!) so it'll never be for sale ever!! :D


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    Fingers Mcginty
    Registered Users Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭Fingers Mcginty


    Hard to say without actually playing it but it appears to be a a pretty good deal to me. Really like the Gibson ES range of guitars. Having said that I tried out a 137 in guitar center in the states a few years back and the QC was a bit lacking.


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    ny126
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭ny126


    I don't know if this thread is still open but I had to add my 2 cents as I am about to buy a 135. I think if you're looking for a real versatile axe the 135 can't be beat. The p90 sound in a semi-hollowbody is great for blues, jazz, rock and most rootsy styles of music. The Sheraton is a semi-hollow guitar too but to me the humbuckers make it more of an all around jazz guitar.

    This kid in this video (bottom of the page) blends a nice mix of jazz, blues and rock chops and really shows the versatility of the 135:

    http://www.archtopelectric.com/gibson-es-135/


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