Ibanez Joe Pass
Maj6th
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Maj6th
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I love Joe Pass but I did not like this guitar. I owned one for about
6 months. I heard Joe was not thrilled by it either but endorsed it
for some years. The only thing wrong is the placement of the pickup.
It is a bit lower than the placement of the pickup of the Gibson
ES-175 or Joe's D' Aquisto. This effects the sound a lot. A real nasal
sound, if you know what I mean. I notice it more when I played with a
pick. It was not so bad playing with fingers on the right hand. Other
than that, the neck was great, the laminated (2 ply) top had an bit of
an acoustic bark and the 16 inch bout 2.5 inch depth was very
comfortable. The guitar is well made. The perfect solution for this
guitar is to do what Toots did. He put a floating pickup between
fingerboard and the existing pickup!
Tim McNamara
Keith
> 6 months. I heard Joe was not thrilled by it either but endorsed it
> for some years. The only thing wrong is the placement of the pickup.
> It is a bit lower than the placement of the pickup of the Gibson
> ES-175 or Joe's D' Aquisto. This effects the sound a lot. A real nasal
> sound, if you know what I mean. I notice it more when I played with a
> pick. It was not so bad playing with fingers on the right hand. Other
> than that, the neck was great, the laminated (2 ply) top had an bit of
> an acoustic bark and the 16 inch bout 2.5 inch depth was very
> comfortable. The guitar is well made. The perfect solution for this
> guitar is to do what Toots did. He put a floating pickup between
> fingerboard and the existing pickup!
ditto.
ScotGormley
Yes, you have to play in that open area to get a good sound. That's
where Joe played most of the time, whether he play with a pick or
fingers. It interesting, when Gibson later made Joe that prototype
thinline 175 (with one pickup), he said he let Gibson make all
decisions about the guitar except that he wanted it to be thinline,
and he wanted the pickup to be right up against the neck, like on an
L4.
When the Ibanez Pat Metheny guitars came out later, I was happy to see
the pickup placed in the correct position. I have one of the PMs, and
it feels a lot like the Joe Pass model to me.
Tim McNamara
<38a05fd4-3752-4e0c...@b2g2000yqi.googlegroups.com>,
ScotGormley <scot.g...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> When the Ibanez Pat Metheny guitars came out later, I was happy to
> see the pickup placed in the correct position.
The correct position being what?
Charlie X
where my pick hits..
If there is a pickup right against the neck, i get a lot of 'clicking'
with the pick hitting the pickup. That space really is perfect for me.
I have it on my 175 and also my Ibanez af 207. I played the joe pass
ibanez..i dont really know why he got such a nasal sound...you could
dial in a nice jazz tone with those..
Tim McNamara
<61f9cd65-e7d2-4bda...@o10g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
Charlie X <charlie...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Could have been his fingerstyle technique, could have been different
amplification, different recording engineer, etc.