Гидравлическая тележка JP20

This is a nice guitar, Ibanez makes fantastic as well as affordable jazz guitars and this is one. I have two that I prefer. Joe pass played this but said the tone just wasn't to his liking because of the pick-up placement. He did not dislike the instrument but he couldn't get what he wanted out of it. The epiphone he liked also but it did not suit him. He just liked his 175 that he was sooooooooo used to it made him a little bias.

I've had the pleasure of playing two JP20's in recent few weeks. Both have been a dream to play and not suprisingly I haven't managed to persuade the owners to part with them. Much underrated guitar in my opinion and I've been lucky enough to try some very expensive "classic" models that just didn't compare. However each guitar should be judged on it's individual merits and you could try twenty of the same model but maybe only one will feel right for you. Thanks for review.

Mark, while I agree with some of your comments regarding how nice the JP-20 looks, I must say (respectfully) that it is a terrible jazz guitar. I owned one (not for long) years ago, and got rid of it fast. While the guitar has the looks and feel of a true jazz guitar, the sound is not very warm, and barely has any mids. This was caused by the placing of the pickup just too far form the neck. I spoke to Joe Pass himself after a clinic he gave in New York City in 1984, and when I asked him about the guitar his comment was, "Don't buy this, get a Gibson 175"!!    I was shocked he was that blunt, but I imagined that he was getting some substantial compensation from Ibanez, or he was under contract to play the JP-20. Years later you can see many videos of him playing solely a 175 and in rare occasions his own D'Aquisto. Why do you think no (serious) players outhere play the JP-20??  The guitar should stay a sleeper.....

Bought one of these, mint, in 1983 for $380 from a dealer. It was a steal before the big archtop boom....but that pickup placement made me sell it.

it need 12 gauge flat-wound strings and a tune-o-matic bridge