Epiphone Joe Pass
 The Epiphone Joe Pass electric archtop is named after none other than the legendary Sicilian jazz guitarist, Joe Pass. Mr. Pass was known for his incredible solo work which included a melodic playing style and chord inversions rarely heard prior to his time.
Despite the reputation of the Joe Pass name, the guitar was originally released as the Emperor in the early 1990s. It was Epiphone's answer to its Gibson cousin, the ES-175. In 1993 the new model was released as the Emperor II, but with Joe Pass' endorsement just prior to his death in 1994, the guitar began carrying his name. Epiphone claims that Mr. Pass contributed to the restyling of the Emperor II to distinguish it from the ES-175. Interestingly enough, although Joe Pass endorsed the Epiphone model, he was normally seen playing a Gibson. The Joe Pass Emperor II features dual Epiphone humbucker pickups, a raised pick guard with the Joe Pass signature, a multi-bound body, and gold plated hardware. The hollow body is made of maple laminate while the fret board and floating bridge are rosewood. It has a rich, mellow tone very well suited to the contemporary jazz player. And amped with the right box, it can be highly responsive and delicate at the same time. The guitar is still in production today and enjoys fairly modest sales. However, there are some musicians who prefer to switch out the dual humbuckers in order to achieve a different sound. One of the most common replacements are Gibson's Dirty Fingers humbuckers which produce a more raw, throaty tone. Regardless, the guitar does have its share of big name users. At an average retail price of around $700, it's a great piece for the money. |
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Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II Electric Guitar Vintage Sunburst |  |
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US $479.20 | 28d 10h 38m |
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MINT EPIPHONE JOE PASS Emperor II 2011 Electric Guitar | |
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US $519.99 | 24d 14h 5m |
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Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II, Int'l Buyers Welcome | |
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Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II Electric Guitar | |
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Epiphone Joe Pass Limited Edition | |
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Gibson Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II Hollowbody Electric Guitar with Gig Bag | |
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Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II Electric Guitar w/ Case | |
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US $499.99 | 14d 23h 57m |
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Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II Electric Guitar w/ Case | |
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Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II Electric Guitar | |
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Epiphone Joe Pass Electric Hollowbody Guitar w/GB & Gibson PUPS! | |
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US $649.00 | 1d 18h 56m |
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Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor Model ...in great shape ....with OHC 1992 | |
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US $695.00 | 20h 18m |
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Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II Archtop Electric Guitar, Natural List Price: $999.00 Sale Price: $599.00 Used From: $539.99  |
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Late guitar legend Joe Pass lends his name to one of our most popular archtops. The comfortable to play Joe Pass Emperor II is slightly smaller than the jumbo jazz-boxes and features a single trapeze tailpiece to a Rosewood floating bridge, voiced by a pair of full-size Alnico Classic Humbuckers and matched aesthetically by Abalone "Tree of Life" headstock inlay and block fretboard inlay. |
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Epiphone ES-175 Archtop Electric Guitar, Reissue, Vintage Sunburst List Price: $707.00 Sale Price: $499.00 Used From: $449.00 |
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Epiphone is proud to present our faithful reissue of the ES-175. This fully hollow "mid-size" jazzbox is actually versitile enough for any genre with nice, crisp archtop tone from its all-maple construction... |
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Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II Archtop Electric Guitar, Vintage Sunburst List Price: $999.00 Sale Price: $599.00 Used From: $589.99 |
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Late guitar legend Joe Pass lends his name to one of our most popular archtops. The comfortable to play Joe Pass Emperor II is slightly smaller than the jumbo jazz-boxes and features a single trapeze tailpiece to a Rosewood floating bridge, voiced by a pair of full-size Alnico Classic Humbuckers and matched aesthetically by Abalone "Tree of Life" headstock inlay and block fretboard inlay. |
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Epiphone Emperor Swingster Hollowbody Electric Guitar Trans Black List Price: $1,165.00 Sale Price: $699.00 |
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World famous for making some of the best and most innovative hollow-body guitars, Epiphone conjures up some of it's past with the updated Emperor Swingster. Starting with the same body and neck as used on their Emperor-II guitar and made famous by the jazz master himself, Joe Pass, Epiphone swings into action and turns it into a serious twangin', rock-a-billy slingin', country flingin' machine! Classic Construction with SwingBucker Pickups! With it's hand-scalloped arched Spruce top combined with a laminated arched-back Maple body and glued-in 3-piece Hard Maple neck, the Swingster has what it takes to satisfy any professional's demand for great tone... |
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Epiphone Emperor Swingster Electric Guitar (Sunrise Orange) List Price: $1,165.00 Sale Price: $699.00 |
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World famous for making some of the best and most innovative hollow-body guitars, Epiphone conjures up some of it's past with the updated Emperor Swingster. Starting with the same body and neck as used on their Emperor-II guitar and made famous by the jazz master himself, Joe Pass, Epiphone swings into action and turns it into a serious twangin', rock-a-billy slingin', country flingin' machine! Classic Construction with SwingBucker Pickups! With it's hand-scalloped arched Spruce top combined with a laminated arched-back Maple body and glued-in 3-piece Hard Maple neck, the Swingster has what it takes to satisfy any professional's demand for great tone... |
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what do you think of this? (guitar)?
i just got one of my guitars out of storage i had forgotten i had this one. its magnificent sounds incredible and is really nice to play what do you think of it?
its an Epiphone 1996 reissue Joe Pass emperor.
I like it! I'm partial to Epiphone guitars, though. I hope it didn't suffer in storage though, git 't playin!!
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