Epiphone Emperor II Joe Pass first try (disaster!)

[samucica]

my right ear is lonely

[rwbrdms1]

nice playing wish it was longer!

[FFc9909Q]

Nice playing and tone. I switch neck pups on mine for Gibson PAF57 Plus, and put Thomastik Infield 0.12, flatwound strings, and I think it`s improve the tone. Please, check my videos.

Cheers!

[rafport]

thank you. you did interesting improvement, i just change strings with d'addario chrome (in the video i used common 011 electric strings) and the sounds changed a lot. unfortunately, i'm not using the joe pass a lot as i'm most a "rocker" :) but it is a great instrument in my opinion. i'm coming to visit your profile and videos

[smokybrick]

Excellent playing! I like your style a lot and these guitar do sound great. For the price I was amazed with mine, and those I have worked on.

[rafport]

yes it is a great guitar for an affordable price. and thank you for compliments :)

[carlosjazzpick]

I love my Epiphone Joe Pass, it is a great jazz guitar. You have a very very nice tone!

[rafport]

thank you very much :)

[flapane]

dannati driver windows -.-

Sai dirmi cosa cambia fra questa epi e la 175?

grazie

[rafport]

driver di cosa? :)

non ti so dire esattamente la differenza e non l'ho mai provata, anche se la 175 è strutturalmente similissima a una Epi (non è un abbreviazione, ci sono proprio le Epi!) che avevo prima.Basandomi solo sulla forma (è evidente che una 175 suonerà molto meglio!) posso dirti che la Emperor è un po' più sottile di cassa. anche se su internet non l'ho trovato, penso che i pickup siano identici, mi ricordo un adesivo "alnico classic" sui miei pickup quando l'ho comprata

[flapane]

grazie ;)

Anche la Epiphone produce una 175, come fascia di prezzo se non sbaglio costa anche leggermente meno della Joe Pass.

Mi riferivo ai driver, che sono quasi sempre scritti solo per Win.

[rafport]

a occhio (ma l'occhio sulle immagini statiche e in bassa qualità non è che sia poi così attendibile) la Joe Pass sembra decisamente meglio rifinita, cosa che di sicuro incide sul costo finale. dal tuo discorso sui driver, mi sembra di capire che sia sotto gnu/linux :)

[flapane]

ibook e un pc win fisso (ancora per un annetto) ;)

[rafport]

ah un altro possessore di ibook :) hai il g4 da 12 anche tu?

[flapane]

yes, 1.33ghz

[Juichi84]

Nice playing! That guitar looks sooo good...what do you think of it? Is it any good?

[rafport]

it is a great guitar, in my opinion. his value is much more than his cost, and there are several people i know and i see on the net with same opinion about emperor. i tried with different amps, and it sounds very well any time with or without any effect. a nice and affordable jazz guitar :)

[asbeenwanabee]

really? because i want to buy a jazz guitar, with great tone, comfortable neck and i was thinking about the epi broadway... but now i'm thinking about buying this one... wich of the two do u think is a better buy? (sorry for my poor english, i'm french)

[rafport]

your english is just as good as mine, and much much better about my french for sure :) don't worry

i never tried broadway, but i saw several time (is the one used by Nick Colionne, that is the endorser for this model). it seem a great guitar, but it should cost much more that the emperor that is very cheap for the quality (i payed... not sure, but something like 450 euro) and for great finiture. it depends for you level too, for me a jazz guitar is an "optional" as i played more rock and blues

[asbeenwanabee]

well, i was asking you because both are the same prize... i think broadway is around 500 euros. I'm a blues/rock player too, but i want to learn jazz, it's absolutly awesome to play! anyway, thanks about my english loll

[rafport]

jazz guitar is so tasty, i like acoustic sound in instrument (i play even electric several time without plug in an amp) and a big jazz guitar has great dynamic and a full sound to bass to high, at least if you've a decent amp.

i seek on the net, but i cant find a serious opinion about emperor joe pass vs broadway. the best part should be try it, but maybe you cant. i just can say that my joe pass has a very nice sound and a great finiture, and several people that try it confirm his value

[dronai]

Very nice !!! I just a Emperor too !!! I love it. Guitar Center told me they only had the light color though, but still looks good, and sounds fantastic.

[rafport]

compliments, you made a very good buy in my opinion :) and thank you for comment my video

[phildas]

i wish you could go on for another 120 seconds!!! oh the sweet jazz.

[rafport]

thank you :) the truth is that the audio/video sync was going even worst ahahaha i should find some solution

[phildas]

u are a perfectionist aren't you! i've listened to this some 20 times already! amazing stuff.

[rafport]

i'm so happy you like it :) i hope you'll like the video i put in future too (i'm thinking about a several ideas for youtube video...)

[sahbiot]

yea the video is dodgy, but the sound of that epiphone sure makes up for it bro, sweet as sound.

[rafport]

thank you :) i bought a mic finally, but i have to use a webcam instead the photocam i used before (with internal mic), so that's the video problem :D