Pros: Good front pickup, sweet sound that's easy to dial in, attractive. Cons: Plated gold parts can tarnish ,
limited jazz sounds, Pickup quality can vary.
The Joe Pass II was essentially a retitled Emperor II model, endorsed by jazz legend Joe Pass. He posed with one in an instruction booklet, but really used guitars like the Gibson ES-175. The Joe Pass also isn't a true hollow body, it's sort of a ...
Pros: Inexpensive, true archtop with that great jazz box sound Cons: Considerable variation in quality of manufacture.
I am writing this because it would be unfortunate if anyone failed to give a serious look at this guitar based on the other review. The Joe Pass is probably the most widely-recommended inexpensive archtop jazz box made. The reason for that is that it ...
Pros: Light, easy to play, very accessible neck Cons: neck pickup a little muddy but still sounds good
Features-The Epiphone Emperor II Joe Pass model is a single cut-away hollow body arch top. It has a lamitated maple body and a maple neck with a rosewood fretboard. It comes with two epiphone humbucking pickups and a rosewood non-adjustable bridge....
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