jammybstard Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Apart from Tail piece and Pup options, whats the difference between all these arch-tops? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammybstard Posted March 6, 2010 Author Share Posted March 6, 2010 Sorry, I forgot the Casino was a full hollow. But for the others, apart from the talepieces and pups? I was looking at the specs and they all have the same scale and nut width; Is there any difference in the necks? radius, shape, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarpBoy Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Sorry' date=' I forgot the Casino was a full hollow. But for the others, apart from the talepieces and pups? I was looking at the specs and they all have the same scale and nut width; Is there any difference in the necks? radius, shape, etc[/quote'] The Sheraton (and presumably the Dot) has a maple neck, where the Riviera and Casino have one made of mahogany. Some people say that different neck woods influence tone (I'm not convinced, but there you have it). I have a Riviera and find the neck feels more slender than the Sheratons and Dots I've tried. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 The Sheraton (and presumably the Dot) has a maple neck' date='[/b'] where the Riviera and Casino have one made of mahogany. Some people say that different neck woods influence tone (I'm not convinced, but there you have it). I have a Riviera and find the neck feels more slender than the Sheratons and Dots I've tried. Cheers Dots have a mahogany neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AS90 Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Sheratons, Casinos and Rivieras have neck binding and more bling, they are original Epiphone guitars. The Dot is a copy of the ES335 and, IMO not as nice as the other three. If I was going to buy a Dot, I wouldn't, I would buy a Tokai ES60 instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Sherrys have the laminated neck. 5-ply for the older ones, 3-ply for current Chinese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianh Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 First of all' date=' Casino is full hollow others are semi hollow[b']Casinos normally come with frequensator tailpiece and P90 pups[/b] Dot Studio and Dot are more of entry level guitars Rivieras should come with MiniHBs and frequensator tailpiece Sheratons are Dots with more eye candy like headstock shape,bindings and fretboard inlays ......and the Lucille ...... best of all [biggrin] Peter Hey Peter, excluding mods, all the Casinos I've ever seen come with a trapeze tailpiece or (less common) a Bigsby: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammybstard Posted March 6, 2010 Author Share Posted March 6, 2010 Hey Peter' date=' excluding mods, all the Casinos I've ever seen come with a trapeze tailpiece[/quote'] Even Epiphone get the two mixed up! Riviera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungrycat Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 If I was going to buy a Dot' date=' I wouldn't, I would buy a Tokai ES60 instead.[/quote'] Or an Elitist 335... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianh Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 I'll start a tempest in a teapot and say that the Sheraton is the most versatile of the guits mentioned above. The Dot's a good entry level, but has a chunky neck and some have intonation problems (had one, put an Earvana nut on and sold it). The Casino is a great guitar, but with full hollow body and P90's, designed for a specific sound (have one, love it). Rivieras are great, but except for trapeze bridge, not that much different than a Sheraton (have one, plan to mod with P94s.......also the P93 below, no plans to mod). Sheratons (at least the Korean ones) are outstanding guitars for the money ($350-450 on craigslist), have a wide variety of tone possibilities, a very comfortable neck, and all the bling you could want on a guitar (have one, no plans to mod, mod, no need). Don't flame me - just my $0.02. BTW, Jerrymac and others here have owned, modded and sold far more thinline guitars than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nazereen Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 i love the three riviera,casino and sheraton,but i only had casino from korea and love it..but if i had casino from japan it will be more nice.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 and, the Sherri is maple top maple back& sides, & maple neck(with rosewood reinforcement strips). some of the others use combinations of, spruce/mahogany/mahogany........and triple mahogany. I think one may even be maho/maho/maple. I played newly made versions of everything but the Rivvie, and bought the Sherri because it's an all around "Bad A** MoFo" of a guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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