jddc_115

Sounds similar to the one I encountered (in the store so I also don't have pictures). My crack ran along the binding between the fretboard and neck. It started under the nut and ran a little over half way down the first fret. Deffinately not a crack in the finish. It didn't look like a crack in the wood either,having seen it my best guess would be an adhesive issue like CB suggested, but strange that they all seem to be by the nut. It's really unfortunate cuz in theory this could be such an awesome guitar that has just been poorly manufactured. J.

Well after a couple of days of trying to test the guitar out this is what I have to report. The finish looks amazing, I compaired it to the finish of other epiphone semi-hollows and it looks like a clear step up. I never saw last years ES-355/345 so I can't say how it stacks up to that model. The only imperfection is a bit of the red stain found its was onto the binding near where the neck meets the body on the left side. I only have my camera from my phone available to me at the moment, but will post some decent picks when I can get my hands on a better camera. The sound is much cleaner and a bit brighter in comparison to the Sheraton II. To me the most telling thing was when one of my metal head friends came over to check out the guitar. I told him that it wasn't his type of guitar but would appreciate his opinion. He thought it was amazing. I still need to restring the guitar with some better strings and try it out on some different amps to get a better idea of how it sounds but for the price I am so far very happy with the guitar and would be really interested to hear about how it stacks up against other limited edition versions of the sheraton like the elitist. Sounds similar to the crack that I saw when trying what they had in a GC, hopefully this isn't a frequent production flaw. I hope you have better luck with your next one.

Just picked mine up in Harrisburg, PA. They had three instock, all cherry. While testing out the first one I found a fairly significant crack just below the nut. I couldn't find fault in the second one I examined and ended up taking that one home. Turns out it was #6 in the production run, so to make a long story short, if your looking to test one out or would prefer a guitar early in the production I would reccomend checking out the Guitar Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. J.