One of My Top Choices For A Cheap Archtop! | Well Under $1000!!
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Жыл бұрынIn this live stream, I show you a great jazz archtop guitar that I am selling and is one of the most affordable on the market. The Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II is an awesome choice for someone who is looking to spend under $1000. You can pick these up for $500 to $800, depending on the condition. I will also show you another great archtop option that is also pretty affordable. The Eastman AR610CE is a great choice for the low-to-medium price range, especially since it features a floating pickup design. We will also be answering your questions and chatting about other topics as well. Please, add your questions and comments to the chat! Thanks for watching!
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@50CJAZZ Жыл бұрын
@1:06:40 it’s based on Joe’s D’Aquisto. He gave it to Epiphone to measure the dimensions.
@philipchesley9615 9 ай бұрын
Yep I have a real old Korean one also like many replies here. Only needed to replace the 3 way switch & rewire to independent. Set it & forget it. Zero loss in any tones, anywhere, at any setting. Cheers!
@jroc2201 7 ай бұрын
Excellent,well played
@rolfsimonsson2295 Жыл бұрын
Hi there music lovets! Greetings from Bucaramanga, Colombia
@WALTERTLHB Жыл бұрын
Good day gentlemen. Your program and the format is very inspiring. Yes Dennis sandoli he was teaching out of King of Prussia and another one of his students was George Benson , Rufus Harley known for his bagpipes scratch your head on that one. And a gentleman I briefly took lessons with Calvin Harris who played the house been at the uptown theater located on broad Street in the facility of Temple. I just wanted to share with the both of you thank you so much sincerely Walter to left-handed Bloke.
@philt7003 Жыл бұрын
Despite having an Eastman T49V and other decent guitars, I went out and bought one of these Epi Joe Pass yesterday at a *very* reasonable price. Courtesy of this video. Just what I needed - another guitar !! Mine is a Samick Korea model from 1999. Not a bad guitar at all. Plays and sounds good. And the slightly shallower body is a welcome change
@mellowfred8935 11 ай бұрын
Haha I have a Joe Pass and now I don’t have any excuses. My Girl from Ipanema doesn’t sound quite that good when I play it ! Thanks, Rich. Great job great video.
@stevechanning497 Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for playing Ipanema the way it should be...still referencing the chord changes and the melody. Wonderful playing as usual !
@mattmatthews4070 Жыл бұрын
Great video thanks, I have a 2001 Korean Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II, I got it second hand and acoustically it just rings out beautifully, not just chops but single notes are sweet, so I play it mostly without an amp. I tried new Epipi J.P.'s but they sounded dull in comparison, maybe mine sounds better due to the age of its wood, or the Korean craftsmanship, or maybe its just the pixie dust they sprinkled over it in the factory :-)
@brucesmith3740 Жыл бұрын
Emperor II. I think it looks very cool. Headstock too.
@brewcology 2 ай бұрын
Wonderful rendition of a great tune 😊
@kevinchandler4409 5 ай бұрын
I have find that Aria Pro guitars from the 70's and early 80's, built in Japan in the ibenez factory, are really great guitars for the money. They play very well and sound good. I have a few, like the Aria Herb Ellis, that I have changed the neck pickup and thing heads, and I love to play them.
@bigwill8773 10 ай бұрын
Yeah, I have one of those and had to get it setup as well. I added tube O Matic Bridge, had fret work done, added coil splitting pickups and wiring. It sounds and feels much better now
@dimitris70 4 ай бұрын
Can you please? Discribe what is the difference between the bridges?
@PJ-hn4cg Жыл бұрын
Wonderful to hear Rich Severson put that Joe Pass Emperor II through its paces ! I was so frustrated with my Ibanez Artcore, even after swapping out the pickups for Seth Lovers but still the tone just wasn't pure. So I finally got myself the Joe Pass in mint condition for around $900 and, wonder of wonders, it has just the right sound. Although the back, sides and top are all laminated ( maple and spruce respectively, ) still those Epiphone Probucker pickups deliver really mellow jazz tone. Thanks for this !
@pharmerdavid1432 10 ай бұрын
Interestingly I had the opposite experience: the Emperor II I had sounded dull, while my Artcore (full sized single cutaway) sounds especially resonant, the laminate is thinner than what Epiphone used?
@surfgod509 Жыл бұрын
Nice fluid sounds 👌
@picker63028 Жыл бұрын
Rich, what is the preferred string height for this guitar? I find mine still has a thin tone with a 14 on top playing through quilter micropro mach ii or Fender Twins. Suggestions?
@co7013 Жыл бұрын
Been playing one of these guitars for many years. Love it. Playability, sound.. It's not too big and it's light. Easy to carry around. One problem: it tends to make vibrating noises, coming from the pickup mounts, the tailpiece or the wiring. Mine is an older Korean Samick-made one. The newer Chinese ones look a bit different. More like they are painted yellow or something.. Mine shows more wood grain. | did not buy it for it's looks. I think a cheap guitar doesn't need to look ornate. We all now the gold is not gold (it wears off), the multi-ply binding is fake, the inlays are plastic etc. I'd rather see it look more simple. But it plays and sounds good.
@kevineh 10 ай бұрын
I can second that! I have a 1995 Korean made. Sounds and feels great, but those pickups can vibrate. I usually just tweak em a little and it goes away. I've stuck some felt in-between and it happens a bit less now.
@jeffslade1892 Ай бұрын
My tail wires vibrated, the solder had let go of a loop. I had to use a micro-torch and EasyFlo jewellery silver solder very carefully, just a dab, to fix it. It is a bit of a skilled job for a jeweller or silver smith. If I strike a chord hard, the body growls, this is usable. Pickups are prone to wobble if the conical springs are fitted volte-face. The wires inside are supposed to go through some clips to stop them flapping about. I have had mine apart. There was a faulty pickup and I always fit linear volume pots. Nobody is killing tortoises or endangered molluscs now. Inlays have been mother of toilet-seat even on high-end guitars for years. Nobody in their right mind would use real gold for tuners, pickup covers and other furniture. The spruce top on mine has darkened nicely where the maple body and neck has not. The bindings have not let go, smooth and no raising, which can be a problem with real wood. It maybe worth notching slightly (less than the nut) the saddle with the nut files (do not use a swiss needle file), to adjust intonation, individual string height, and give a clean edge no sharper than a butter knife, which can stop the saddle "fluffing". The rosewood saddle can ba hardened with "teak oil". The floating bridge must fit the top, not rock in any way, it will acquire a top and bottom. A nut can buzz, they are always supplied too high, only partly finished, so we can nut file them lower.
@stephenscott4166 7 ай бұрын
Wow, that is The Sound! Warm… So nice…
@polkzoo6681 9 ай бұрын
I bought an L5 from mundell lowe and played for him. He like the joe passes some better then others. Ted Green liked them to buy some have better mid bass and mid range then others.
@jamesoconnell7804 11 ай бұрын
If I had a epiphone Joe Pass guitar it would be like having a Byrdland ! Love your guitar playing , you make it look easy and you don't play hours of distortion and power chords !
@TheStrataminor 10 ай бұрын
I can't remember hearing Rich using distortion actually? He has amazing cleans and jazz obviously...
@franksagica 6 ай бұрын
incredible sound! Can you tell me which pickup has this sound and that I can buy in stores?
@garycoates4987 3 ай бұрын
I bought my Joe Pass way back in 94 , a pretty new model for Epiphone at the time and made in Korea by samick , I have modified it with all the hardware and pickups with Grovers a bigsby and Gibson p94 pickups, I think the next upgrade might be a lollar charlie christian humbucker sized pickup in the neck position. But that's another great thing about these guitars they're fine as is but upgrades make them amazing guitars and they're built in such a way to be really solid and stable as a great mod platform.
@Bluesnote2010 28 күн бұрын
I have to thank you for the strap button advice, I've had this model for a while now and could never get a comfortable angle to play it, I drilled into the heel and put the button there this morning, what a difference it makes for sure. Different guitar now…love it👍 oh! And I installed a Seth Lover on the neck a couple of months ago and I’d advise other guitarists to do this as it really makes the sound much richer I think.
@ratamacueseven 3 ай бұрын
Excellence sir ! I've done this in a Mozambique Rhythm too (^::^) ! Beautiful tone !
@Pinzonic Жыл бұрын
Great!! Talking about the affordable archtops: Could you have compared the Emperor Joe Pass (and may be the Eastman too) to the Greg Bennet LaSalle that you had shown us before?? That one really called my attention but there are no really good comparison videos. Thanks in advance 👍🏽🎵
@thierrymace4735 Ай бұрын
Dear Rich, your sound is always perfect. How do you set your amp ? Do you use effects ? Thanks.
@dananthony6258 7 ай бұрын
I just came from a video where a guy was playing a Flying V through a plexi on 10 and now I’m here. What a great player .
@jeffslade1892 Ай бұрын
I had a Super Lead, they start at 11. I kinda wish I had kept it but it had no quiet setting at all, just loud and too loud.
@smokerschuggin475 Жыл бұрын
I love the way that sounds
@jeffslade1892 Ай бұрын
The Emperor II can be quite variable from one to the next. My Emperor II had a faulty pickup, the plate that the poles screw into had been drilled out, no thread and the screws were only held by the wax. Having destroyed the pickup finding that, I replaced them with Toneriders, very similar to the originals. The neck is very good. With a bit of fettling the action can be set very low for effortless playing even with heavy strings. The soundboard took a long while to play-in but got there. It is quite thick, which does mean you can play it through a stage amp with a band without it howling. Is it a jazz guitar? Yes, but it can play any genre, blues, jazz, R&B, rock, etc ad naus, except high-gain when it will howl. Drummers do have a volume control. They do not have to hit the heads as hard as possible. Drum sets come in various degrees of loudness.
@garycoates4987 3 ай бұрын
Just to help Joe Pass does use one on one of his instructional videos but it was before it was his signature model and just an Epiphone emperor 2 , so it didn't have his name and I believe the selector switch was in the l5 position on the lower cutaway area
@RichSeversonGuitar 3 ай бұрын
Hey Gary! I have seen that video of Joe but I wasn't clear whether that was his signature model or not. Thanks for the insight, man!
@garycoates4987 3 ай бұрын
@@RichSeversonGuitar absolutely,, I really enjoy your channel You've built a real resource for arch top demos
@pgroove163 Жыл бұрын
As a player on a budget I really appreciate this
@jamesoconnell7804 11 ай бұрын
Love your guitar playing ! Could you play the song corrina corrina , please ?
@ms-ot1im 6 ай бұрын
nice sound ❤ what strings are you using on emperor ii ??
@kevinwagner8697 Жыл бұрын
music go round usually gets these in made in korea models for 5 or 600
@babalaughing Жыл бұрын
Love the way you take an old saw like "Ipanema" that has been played to death and disrespect the melody just enough to make it interesting. Most peeps already know how the tune goes, so stating it literally is neither necessary nor desirable. Nice!!
@JackTheSkunk Жыл бұрын
Had one once upon a time, and I don't know what it was but I just couldn't bond with it. If Epiphone came out with an affordable version of Gibson's late, great Howard Roberts Fusion I'd take a good hard look at that.
@carloslukather6658 3 ай бұрын
wicht epiphone is model is that?
@fenderay6strings425 Жыл бұрын
My Buddy From LV just gave me one. It's over 20yrs old it says Gibson on the truss rod cover not Joe Pass?
@philt7003 Жыл бұрын
Before the Joe Pass endorsement, the model was simply called the Emperor ( or Emperor II ). They were all made by Samick in Korea back then. Samick sold their own HF650 model that was identical to Epi Emperor II/ Joe Pass model.
@3cardmonty602 Жыл бұрын
Wes is holding Rich hostage every Thursday. LOL
@ChertineP Жыл бұрын
Yes, as a parent it kinda bothers me lol
@clydebermingham121 4 ай бұрын
That Epiphone’s fingerboard looks dark .. is it an Ebony Fingerboard ?
@buzz5647 6 ай бұрын
I purchased my Emperor II brand new for under $600, had to buy the hardshell seperately, but still came under $800. It was my first Jazzbox. It is a well made guitar. My question for Rich, is what amp are you playing you guitars through to get that warm tone? I have a cube 60, couldn't afford a tube amp and wondering if Rich is familiar with the cube, what settings he'd suggest? By the way love your KZfaq podcast
@RichSeversonGuitar 6 ай бұрын
We're going direct through a Mackie mixer. Had a Roland cube for years back in the day
@georgehorner1578 7 ай бұрын
The word cheap belongs no where near Epiphone, less expensive yes, but top pro quality all the way. I was going out to buy a Gibson 335 ,and this Epi,Joe Bonamassa 335 was hanging there ,I picked it up and felt it was a better axe,so I bought it and love it.
@dimitris70 4 ай бұрын
Joe's epi 335 is inexpensive?
@georgehorner1578 4 ай бұрын
I paid 1300@@dimitris70
@MattHoyle1 Жыл бұрын
Does Rich usually play thru the Aviator Cub for KZfaq videos? Or is direct now?
@RichSeversonGuitar Жыл бұрын
direct
@shallyshal1 Жыл бұрын
Gorgeous. You can make anything sound classy and sweet. Thanks from a mere mortal. Shally
@alvisgrady3357 Жыл бұрын
@Shalom Seltzer I totally agree👍 . Give him a Sears Silvertone and he'd make beautiful music 😅🎶
@shallyshal1 Жыл бұрын
Was reminded of Autumn in New York when you played the slow version of Girl from Ipanema with those first first few chords..
@va3ux Жыл бұрын
What tune are playing at 1:08:00 ? It sounds very Joe Pass-ish.
@RichSeversonGuitar Жыл бұрын
Hey @va3ux, Thanks for watching! The song is "Do Nothing Until You Hear From Me"
@va3ux Жыл бұрын
@@RichSeversonGuitar Rich - it's perfect ! Do you have a lesson on that tune played in that style ? You sounded like Joe Pass
@RichSeversonGuitar Жыл бұрын
@@va3ux Yes here's the link guitarcollegelibrary.com/programs/collection-21-qo75wdgo
@philt7003 Жыл бұрын
@Rich Severson Got it ! Thanks Rich. I really like your arrangement.
@ac30lifestyle 11 ай бұрын
Is there a shorter version of this programme? Looks interesting but 2 hours......
@va3ux Жыл бұрын
Regarding the question about 'what is the JP Emperor modelled after ?' : Epiphone have recycled the names of some of their older models from decades ago. From 1999 to 2008 they produced a Zephyr Regent model that looks pretty much like a Gibson ES-165 but looks nothing like the original Zephyr Regent models produced by Epiphone in 1950s. Similarly, in the late 80's/early 90s they applied the Emperor name to new design eventually referred to as the Joe Pass model, but it bears no resemblance to the original Emperor models from decades ago, or even the Japanese-made Emperors from the 80's. Perhaps they want to keep alive the model names that have their roots in Epiphone, rather than come up with new model names.(?)
@winstonmontanarogauci7934 5 ай бұрын
How would I go about purchasing a guitar from you? I live in Malta.
@RichSeversonGuitar 5 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, I don't sell many guitars internationally because the shipping costs are so high, and there is a high risk that they would get damaged. Feel free to email me at Rich@guitarcollege.com and we can talk about the options. Thanks!
@user-lw8uq4xl9d Жыл бұрын
What are guitar strings?
@pharmerdavid1432 10 ай бұрын
You can buy them at his "guitarcollage", it's a custom .13-.48 set with chrome flatwounds.
@mtestoni1 Жыл бұрын
What amplifier do you use
@RichSeversonGuitar Жыл бұрын
Hi mtestoni1, NO amp here! I plug directly into a Mackie ProFX mixing board and then into my computer via USB.
@MattHoyle1 Жыл бұрын
@@RichSeversonGuitar Thanks for sharing your knowledge and skill with us, Rich. It does look physically difficult some days.
@Guitarmanggf2012 3 ай бұрын
when is your next live?
@RichSeversonGuitar 3 ай бұрын
Tomorrow (Thursday 4/11) at 11:00 am PDT. We go live every Thursday at that time. I hope you can join us!!
@TheStrataminor 10 ай бұрын
Can't believe that someone would call Rich useless?? Man....
@jarodpearcy9789 Жыл бұрын
It looks like you put another strap button on at the heel of the neck.
@RichSeversonGuitar Жыл бұрын
I did
@fahritdinaladinov6829 11 ай бұрын
!!!!!!!!!!
@Jesuswinsbirdofmichigan 8 ай бұрын
55:00_ "it looks to me"! ⚠️One hour and you've only guess or opinion? I just skipped to this so I don't know these guys from anybody.
@thasupremeoverlord 3 ай бұрын
i can barely affford to eat
@MoeVanprick 8 ай бұрын
Epiphone isn't cheap anymore not since JC Curliegh Restored Epiphone back to where they should have always been high end guitars in 2019.. E piphone is back and there bringing back old memories for Gibson Epiphone is once again smacking Gibson around..
@Stricknyne1 Жыл бұрын
I think Joe Pass is playing this guitar on this video. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gJungsea0Na2pWw.html
@jaygraham5554 22 күн бұрын
"CHEAP" is not a useful word because of the wide range of meanings. Is the laminate wood in a $700 archtop "cheap" compared to a Gibson 175 ? How wood you ( i make joke ) determine the difference ? You couldn't. We know the the pickups and tuners are going to be lower quality. Is the precision of the planing of the in neck and fretboard " cheap" ?
@fragslap5229 6 ай бұрын
Who CARES? Anymore you can play ANYTHING you want ON anything you want and make it sound any WAY you want using computers and/or modelers.
@123uzuz 6 ай бұрын
Errr 😂
@tdw57 5 ай бұрын
I have the Broadway, MIC, sounds and feels amazing. I've played (in shops only) more expensive, and collectible Gibsons, and I admit some feel and sound somewhat magical. However, not an extra $10k+++ magical. My friend has a handcarved solid B/S Eastman 800 series and it rivals the mystique. I'd say the broadway is 95% there though, especially as to playability. Feels very close to an L5 or some of those 40s/50s big boxes. Alas, ya can't have everything. I'd put a sturdy down payment on a 911 before getting a 57 L5.
@vicbarker5739 11 ай бұрын
i disagree there far better cheaper guitars than the one you just featured
@DennisVernier 7 ай бұрын
Examples?????
@chrisnedbalek2866 5 ай бұрын
Examples?
@mojoefelix 4 ай бұрын
Which ones? I’d really like to know.
@dimitris70 4 ай бұрын
No answer Probably he is looking for them 😊
@MikeHenrick1 4 ай бұрын
There’s always one. ☝️
@L5man 7 ай бұрын
Hundreds of arch tops, who cares? Really man who cares? What’s wrong with any of them they’re all fine we’re intelligent enough to pick out our own damn guitars. Who cares?😊
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