This Gibson guitar, the Es175, was the main guitar of Joe Pass. He got one for his birthday from a guy named Mike Peak in 1963, who saw Joe Pass playing jazz on a solid body (the Fender Jazzmaster).

Other jazz guitarist who played the Gibson ES175: Jim Hall, Pat Metheny, Wes Montgomery (i...

This Gibson guitar, the ES-175, was the main guitar of Joe Pass. He got one for his birthday from a guy named Mike Peak in 1963, who saw Joe Pass playing jazz on a solid body (the Fender Jazzmaster).

The other jazz guitarist who played the Gibson ES-175 include: Jim Hall, Pat Metheny, Wes...

In 1970 Joe Pass started using a D'Aquisto guitar. The guitar was built specifically for Joe.

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Here is a perfect jazz guitar amp great for getting George Benson and Joe Pass type tones. In fact both of these players were known to use Polytone amps extensively.

This amp is solid state, but it is warm and touch responsive like a tube amp. The clean channel is perfect for jazz or tha...

Here is a picture of Joe playing the Epiphone "Joe Pass" at the clinic I referred to, approximately a year before he died. They had just started putting his name on the guitar at that time. Keith

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The Ibanez JP-20 Joe Pass Model was introduced in this model year, and produced in limited quantities until 1991. Designed in collaboration with British guitar impresario Maurice Summerfield, the JP-20 was adapted from Pass' own Jimmy D'Aquisto hand built guitar.

Joe a los 14 años, con una Martin. Su padre, obrero de acería, le regaló este caro instrumento. Le apuntó a clases y se hizo practicar durante bastantes horas al día. Así comenzó la leyenda.

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Joe Pass used to play a Fender Jazzmaster during his stay at the Synanon Center in California, where he tried to kick drugs. There are also pictures of him playing a Fender Jaguar. After 15 months in Synanon Joe Pass recorded Sounds of Synanon in 1961 together with Arnold Ross, another Synanon re...