Danny's Tricked out Emperor II

You've got to see this baby! Danny has transformed a nice looking guitar into a GREAT looking axe! Nice job, Danny!

From Danny...

Here are a couple of my pics of the Joe Pass. As you can see I put a Bisgby and I modified the arm by cutting it off so It would be shorter more like the one Chet uses. However his are does not swing away it remains stationary. I also Put a Seymour Duncan SH-6 Distortion Humbucker in the neck position. I also put a Shaller Roller bridge for smooth movement. Also I had the bridge pinned to the body. It kept moving and would go out of tune. After I had it pinned it stays in tune perfect.

The bridge base of the original bridge was used and the shaller was put on top of that. It was milled down so the string heigth had the adjustment of the original. It plays just like butter.

Also I have seen an instructional video of Joe Pass playing one of these (an Emperor II). The video was put out by Hot licks. It's is called "Joe Pass the Blue Side of Jazz". He was playing a sunburst. His guitar has the pick guard removed and the pickup selector switch is on the bottom and the truss rod cover says Gibson on it. It may have been an Emperior II instead of the regular Joe Pass model.

You can email Danny at thejazzcat@usa.net.

Danny's Tricked-out Tone Monster
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Bridge View	Body View	Body Close-up