-
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.
-
09-29-2023 10:24 PM
-
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.
-
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
-
Originally Posted by PAG
-
Originally Posted by Archie
Keith
-
Originally Posted by Lionelsax
-
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.
-
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):
-
Originally Posted by PAG
-
Originally Posted by John A.
-
Absolutely sure! A friend of mine and I sat through his master course and we even talked about how striking the duct tape was. But it didn't seem like he was interested in it at all that everyone can recognise it. For many years, John Scofield played on AS 200s from the early '80s and not the model named after him (maybe still, I don't know because I've seen him with a black Ibanez, which I'm sure is a newer instrument). A serious guitarist will not compromise for any amount of money, to be not fully satisfied with the guitar he takes to the stage.
-
This is a fact, I saw it with my own eyes.
-
They really know the guitar world, they know they listen with their eyes.
You put a big name on it, you sound better.
-
-
-
The pick also looks interesting... looks like a thin, small teardrop (358) with the tip and the head cut off...?
-
Someone asked JP about this very guitar at a gig in October 1985 - see post #87
-
-
-
-
-
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.
-
-
-
Guitar purchases Reverb - EMG pickups
Today, 08:26 AM in Guitar, Amps & Gizmos