Epiphone
Joe Pass Emperor II
Serial no.
S6114915
Owned by
james
Color
Natural
Country
🇰🇷
South Korea
Year
1996
Weight
-
Description
I was not at all in the market when I stumbled across this guitar. I was out and about with the wife on a day to ourselves and she happened to suggest popping into the local guitar store knowing we were around the corner. I initially didn't even want to bother and after roaming around for a while I saw this guitar hanging between a bunch of random hollow bodies.
After playing it I immediately fell in love. The salesman was gutted as this was his "lunch time" guitar but was glad it was going to a good home. They originally had it listed as a c1986 but I'm fairly sure it's a 1996.
It never came with the original pick guard. I've since learnt it's often removed due to the large Joe Pass signature in white on it. I ended up 3D printing a template for this very hard to find pick guard shape and used a router to cut out a single ply black pick guard. It's not perfect if you get up super close but I quite like the look of it as opposed to the original semi transparent tortoise shell.
This guitar has such a vibe about it, truly love having it in my collection.
After playing it I immediately fell in love. The salesman was gutted as this was his "lunch time" guitar but was glad it was going to a good home. They originally had it listed as a c1986 but I'm fairly sure it's a 1996.
It never came with the original pick guard. I've since learnt it's often removed due to the large Joe Pass signature in white on it. I ended up 3D printing a template for this very hard to find pick guard shape and used a router to cut out a single ply black pick guard. It's not perfect if you get up super close but I quite like the look of it as opposed to the original semi transparent tortoise shell.
This guitar has such a vibe about it, truly love having it in my collection.
Spec sheet
Body
Laminated Maple body
Top
Select Spruce top
Body Width
16" body width
Neck
Set 3-piece Maple neck with SlimTaper "C" profile
Fingerboard
Rosewood fingerboard with pearl block inlays
Headstock
Clipped-ear headstock with Vine inlay
Truss Rod Cover
2-ply truss rod cover with "Joe Pass" inscription
Fingerboard Radius
12" fingerboard radius
Scale
24.75" scale
Nut Width
1.68" nut width
Body Binding
7-ply
Neck Binding
5-ply
F Hole Binding
Single-ply f-hole
Pickups
Two Alnico Classic humbucker pickups
Controls
2 Vol. 2 Tone controls
Selector Switch
3-way selector switch on upper bass bout
Hardware
Gold hardware
Bridge
Adjustable rosewood bridge with rosewood base
Tailpiece
Ornate trapeze tailpiece
Tuners
16:1 ratio Grover die-cast tuners
Pickguard Original
Simulated tortoise shell pickguard with "Joe Pass" signature
Pickguard Custom
Single ply black
Knobs
Gold tophat knobs
Colors
Natural (NA), Vintage Sunburst (VS), Heritage Cherry Sunburst (HS)
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