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I have a question maybe someone can help me with please? I have an L4CES and the pickup is mounted right at the end of the fingerboard. No gap. On the ES-175 there is a noticeable gap and I'm not sure why that is? The bodies, while different materials, are the same exact shape and scale. There doesn't seem to be a problem with the gap on the Gibson model yet it seems to be an issue with this Joe Pass model. Yes different guitars but along the same premise. I'm confused.
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09-29-2023 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Sleeko
JP20 has a 22 fret neck with a gap, which pushes the pickup another inch or so closer to the bridge than on a 175. This makes more of a difference in brightness and makes the JP20 sound a lot different from the ES175.
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I had the privileged of having met Joe Pass in person, attended one of his courses in Vienna, besides – together with Les Wise, my teacher at the time – we had a pizza together for lunch. I don't know what he thought about the Ibanez model named after him, but it is certain that he had a Gibson 175 with him, which had its brand name taped with black duct tape
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Originally Posted by PAG
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Originally Posted by Archie
Keith
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Originally Posted by Lionelsax
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Originally Posted by marvinvv
If someone wrote this today, there would be a lot of protests.
"Mister Pass, we are heavy and fat but comfortable !"
My wife loves Joe Pass because he is humble and has got a permanent smile.
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Originally Posted by Lionelsax
Fat chicks have never interested me, but some guys like them. To each their own. Same with guitars. Fat guitars (as in say a Dreadnought) have never interested me, but some guys like them. That said, my Ibanez Joe Pass was not the lightest archtop that I have owned, but she was a fine guitar with a great neck profile. If that guitar had a 24.75 scale, i might still own it. But maybe not. I tend to gravitate to the Gibson ES-175, as did Joe Pass. Here is a stylized picture of me playing one of my 175's at a gig last week (sent to me by an audience member):
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Originally Posted by PAG
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Originally Posted by John A.
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Originally Posted by John A.
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This is a fact, I saw it with my own eyes.
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They really know the guitar world, they know they listen with their eyes.
You put a big name on it, you sound better.
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Originally Posted by John A.
Keith
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Originally Posted by PAGOriginally Posted by PAG
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The pick also looks interesting... looks like a thin, small teardrop (358) with the tip and the head cut off...?
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Someone asked JP about this very guitar at a gig in October 1985 - see post #87
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Originally Posted by frabarmus
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Originally Posted by PAG
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Originally Posted by dot75
Keith
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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Joe also used to cut picks in half, he said he preferred them small. Here’s a photo from an interview he did in a guitar magazine. Also quite usefully it shows his right-hand fingernails.
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Originally Posted by frabarmus
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Originally Posted by John A.
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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