man that's exactly the sound i was searching for and never knew i wanted, this guitar sounds simply amazing, gonna play some blues and jazz in the absolute beast when I get one
Thanks .... Sounds nice... cool phrasing but I think to show how this kind of guitar should sound in this style you'd better play without compression sustainer?
Love the sound of an l5, and this epiphone looks as beautiful as it sounds. Especially for us mere mortals who can't afford a gibson l5. Btw does anyone know what chords are being played between around 15 to 25 sec into the vid, and the progression he plays starting on 2:00?
Thanks for the comment! The stuff I was playing 15-20 seconds into the video were just octaves. Then the progression I was playing then looping from 2:00 was a I - VI - ii - V in a major scale followed by a I - VI - ii - V in a minor scale.
Thanks! I did buy this as a cheap alternative to the Gibson L-5, although I must say one shouldn't expect this to be a complete alternative because it's made of laminate wood as opposed to the solid wood of the L-5. But plugged in, it's a good alternative.
Man thanx for your advice i finally i got my dot and decide to keep both,now i want your opinion cuz im planning to get a jazzbox and im between the broadway and joe pass,i like the long scale and big round tone of broadway but i feel too big for me,i like the joe pass size and scale but miss the extra low end,whats the pros and cons and unique features soundwise and feel playability? Thanx
Ignacio Ibañez Well, in my experience, tone is greatly affected by the strings that you use, and jazz boxes get more affected by string changes than other body types. The Joe Pass Emperor II suddenly had a deep voice when I changed the round wounds for chrome flat wounds. That being said, I have tried both the Broadway and the Emperor II with both round wounds and flat wounds, and I can say this. The Broadway has a very clean, clear, and adequate jazz tone, but it doesn't have very much character to it. Sure, if you tried to play jazz, rock, and blues with it, you will see that it is most definitely a jazz guitar, but comparing it to other jazz boxes it has a rather "generic" feel. You could play bebop with it, you could play fusion with it, you can take it anywhere within jazz, but it won't make people stand up and wonder what guitar made that tone. Again, better than some guitars that are too smoky or too muddy, but not very special. The Broadway isn't that deep a guitar (i.e. not like the Gibson L-5 or the ES-175), so comfort won't be a problem, but most likely the most comfortable position will need the use of a strap. I'd recommend this guitar if you're playing in a band live. The Joe Pass Emperor II, on the other hand, has a very special character to its tone. The tone is unmistakably jazz. The lack of a bottom-end could be remedied with flat wounds or more bass on the amp, but I never did find it lacking in the bottom end. This guitar is also actually acoustically louder than the Broadway, despite the smaller size. This guitar is really made to sound good solo (again, better than the Broadway), but it can be both rhythm and lead in the same track. Also, cheaper than the Broadway. The downside to this is that it doesn't look like an archtop so much. You'd have to look at the guitar from the sides just to even perceive the arch. So, if you're gigging, and you want to be seen like a hard bebop guitarist, you're better off with the Broadway. Also, when you see Joe Pass use guitars like this, you might feel a bit frustrated when you can't make this guitar sound as good as he does. Finally, if you make the mistake of using Ernie Ball strings for this guitar, the guitar will sound like a tin can, and no adjustment on the amp will make that tin can sound go away. I'd recommend this guitar for studio use.
Hello, guy. I believe your sound in this video is the best a have ever hear on the Broadway. Is it possible to string the guitar with D`Addario flatwound 12-52. Thanks a lot.
Hmm, tough question, mainly because when you say “clean blues”, it could be like a Jim Hall-type clean amplified tone but still very jazzy or be straight up Mississippi delta blues which is unamplified and not jazzy at all. So it depends on how far away from jazz your clean blues is, in the end. However, I will guess that you mean a blues that is not very far away from jazz, like something that maybe Jim Hall, Joe Pass, maybe even Charlie Christian might have done? For that kind of blues, I say the Emperor II would be the better choice. The smokier tone that it naturally has skews more in that direction of a more intimate, maybe even solo jazz performance sound reminiscent of maybe a small, dark club. If you need more versatility as the blues you have in mind is considerably farther away from jazz, you might do better with the Broadway. Think of the Broadway as like the Gibson L-5; you see the guitar being played by both jazz acts and purely blues acts, like Eric Clapton. The Broadway is more suited to louder or bigger performances where you might have a lot of other instruments. In this setting, all the sweetness in the Emperor II’s tone would easily get overpowered and lost in the mix, but the Broadway’s tone sits a little higher up in the frequencies, so more of its natural tone would be heard in a mix with other instruments. Hope I’ve helped!😁
Robert Alexander uh, the Elitist version I believe is a made in Japan version, so difference is in overall component and build quality. I think the top is also different, the Elitist features a solid spruce top as opposed to a laminate one. I can’t find the relevant literature now on Epiphone’s site, so I’m not sure. It seems the specs of the Elitist are that of an older Broadway, so the Elitist is like a reissue, or something like it. Let’s see if I can make more videos but thank you very much for liking the one(s) I’ve put up! 😆
Great demo, one of the best around. I currently own a Sheraton II which I thought would be a good bridge between the realm of jazz and the bluesy stuff I usually play. However despite everybody is so over the moon about the Sheraton, I found it way too muddy to play either genre. Maybe mine came with lower-grade electronics, I don't know, but I'm not really satisfied with this guitar. I'm thinking about switching to a hollow body jazz box and the Broadway is one of the contenders. Would you recommend this guitar over the Sheraton for starting to learn jazz standards? I know upgrading the pickups would be a more cost-efficient way of improving the gutiar's tone than getting another guitar, but I'm afraid that even with better pups, the Sheraton wouldn't be able to produce a proper jazz tone.
Pivarnyik Balázs Thanks! Ah, yes, I had the same experience with my own Sheraton. With the stock pickups, the Sheraton does tend to sound muddy when on the neck pickup, then too angry when on the bridge pickup, so you would tend to use the guitar only in the middle position... so I had the pickups replaced with Gibson Burstbuckers, and now the Sheraton can be used like any normal semi-hollow guitar. 👍 For learning jazz standards, yes, a hollow-body archtop would be best, but would I recommend the Broadway? It depends. If you're into the solo guitar pieces, I would recommend something more like the Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II or the Gibson ES-175 because those guitars have a more distinctively jazz tone typical of, well, Joe Pass' playing. If you're learning more group pieces, or if you're chasing more of a Wes Montgomery sound, then the Broadway would be better. I just wouldn't recommend the Broadway for solo pieces since the sound is rather open-ended, so you might feel like it sounds like any old normal guitar and you might not get that jazz feel.
One of my concerns regarding the Broadway are the pickups. As far as I know the Sheraton II and the Broadway share the same electronics and pickups. Didn't you find the pickups lacking in the Broadway? Since both of these are mass produced guitars even with the same sets of pickups I guess it's really hit or miss.
Pivarnyik Balázs Ah, yes, they do have the same pickups, and the bridge pickup on the Broadway can sound very iffy. Another recommendation I have for playing jazz would be, believe it or not, the Gibson Les Paul. It might not be a very good jazz guitar if equipped with the usual 490R and 498T set, but they do a good job if equipped with the Burstbucker or the '57 Classics. I'm not sure why, but that's my experience with it. If it sounds too bright or strident, the tone can always be rolled off. So, if the concern is mainly the pickups, and if even a solid-body guitar can do the job, I think it would be better to go try out a Gibson ES-335 first. If you like the sound, you can ask the store what pickups are on that model, get the pickups, and have those installed in the Sheraton. When I did that to my Sheraton, the sound improved greatly and got a lot nearer to my own Gibson ES-335.
Hello, do you have a video of your Sheraton with the Burstbuckers? By the way, I just purchased the Epi Broadway. I find this guitar to be quite exceptional and do not think it lacks personality. I think only the player can add that. Thanks.
Very nice indeed :) What year is this particular one from? Trying to figure out if the 2012/2013 are build in China or Korea... apparently the Korean ones are better quality.
Well, nothing in this world has a truly flat frequency response, so everything in the signal chain will have some effect like the amp, the mic, the Logic Pro, even the cables. Even the UA-cam that you’re using to listen, and even the speakers of your device will have an effect, and these two will probably have the biggest effect actually, more than the Logic Pro… That said, I didn’t apply any effects on the Logic Pro channel, it was just a clean recording of the amp that was mic’ed up. Now, a mic’ed up amp will sound hugely different from, say, the amp being directly plugged into the Logic Pro, but the former is actually the preferred method, and I had more of a recording use case in mind when I made the video rather than, say, a live gig. Hope that helps!
Thanks for the comment! It can be good enough, especially if you're trying to play older blues with a cleaner tone, but you will need more sustain for B.B King or Albert King or Freddie King type blues. T-Bone Walker, I think yes, good enough.
Nice video and a very good presentation of the Broadway with its sounds: Big, acousticly not very loud, amplified good for Jazz, but the bridge PU sounds a bit poor! Your technique on both hands is not conventional, but it sounds good!
man that's exactly the sound i was searching for and never knew i wanted, this guitar sounds simply amazing, gonna play some blues and jazz in the absolute beast when I get one
Thanks for the comment! :D Glad I could help! :D
sweet demo!
you are so talented dude!
Nice review! Thanks!!
nice demo and playing
Thankyou dexgang !
Sounds great -- thanks for this video (I'm considering a Korean Broadway).
Very nice indeed. I'd love to hear a bit of "Cat Scratch Fever" through one of these!
That was so very nice. Yeah, I subbed. Please do give us some more!
Good playing
Thanks .... Sounds nice... cool phrasing
but I think to show how this kind of guitar should sound in this style you'd better play without compression sustainer?
Nice tone
This is very nice
Love the sound of an l5, and this epiphone looks as beautiful as it sounds. Especially for us mere mortals who can't afford a gibson l5. Btw does anyone know what chords are being played between around 15 to 25 sec into the vid, and the progression he plays starting on 2:00?
Thanks for the comment! The stuff I was playing 15-20 seconds into the video were just octaves. Then the progression I was playing then looping from 2:00 was a I - VI - ii - V in a major scale followed by a I - VI - ii - V in a minor scale.
thankyou for sharing,....very nice groove.....is that flat wound string you use or something else..?
Thanks for the comment! :D
Good playing. I was thinking about this guitar as a cheap alternative to the Gibson L-5.
Thanks! I did buy this as a cheap alternative to the Gibson L-5, although I must say one shouldn't expect this to be a complete alternative because it's made of laminate wood as opposed to the solid wood of the L-5. But plugged in, it's a good alternative.
Man thanx for your advice i finally i got my dot and decide to keep both,now i want your opinion cuz im planning to get a jazzbox and im between the broadway and joe pass,i like the long scale and big round tone of broadway but i feel too big for me,i like the joe pass size and scale but miss the extra low end,whats the pros and cons and unique features soundwise and feel playability? Thanx
Ignacio Ibañez Well, in my experience, tone is greatly affected by the strings that you use, and jazz boxes get more affected by string changes than other body types. The Joe Pass Emperor II suddenly had a deep voice when I changed the round wounds for chrome flat wounds.
That being said, I have tried both the Broadway and the Emperor II with both round wounds and flat wounds, and I can say this. The Broadway has a very clean, clear, and adequate jazz tone, but it doesn't have very much character to it. Sure, if you tried to play jazz, rock, and blues with it, you will see that it is most definitely a jazz guitar, but comparing it to other jazz boxes it has a rather "generic" feel. You could play bebop with it, you could play fusion with it, you can take it anywhere within jazz, but it won't make people stand up and wonder what guitar made that tone. Again, better than some guitars that are too smoky or too muddy, but not very special. The Broadway isn't that deep a guitar (i.e. not like the Gibson L-5 or the ES-175), so comfort won't be a problem, but most likely the most comfortable position will need the use of a strap. I'd recommend this guitar if you're playing in a band live.
The Joe Pass Emperor II, on the other hand, has a very special character to its tone. The tone is unmistakably jazz. The lack of a bottom-end could be remedied with flat wounds or more bass on the amp, but I never did find it lacking in the bottom end. This guitar is also actually acoustically louder than the Broadway, despite the smaller size. This guitar is really made to sound good solo (again, better than the Broadway), but it can be both rhythm and lead in the same track. Also, cheaper than the Broadway. The downside to this is that it doesn't look like an archtop so much. You'd have to look at the guitar from the sides just to even perceive the arch. So, if you're gigging, and you want to be seen like a hard bebop guitarist, you're better off with the Broadway. Also, when you see Joe Pass use guitars like this, you might feel a bit frustrated when you can't make this guitar sound as good as he does. Finally, if you make the mistake of using Ernie Ball strings for this guitar, the guitar will sound like a tin can, and no adjustment on the amp will make that tin can sound go away. I'd recommend this guitar for studio use.
Hello, guy. I believe your sound in this video is the best a have ever hear on the Broadway. Is it possible to string the guitar with D`Addario flatwound 12-52. Thanks a lot.
Yes, you can! Just have a guitar tech check and adjust the neck tension as necessary. Thanks for the comment!
I bet this guitar would sound amazing with some flat round strings
What would you recommend for a blend between jazz and clean blues as well between this and the emperor ii joe pass?
It’s between these two for me.
Hmm, tough question, mainly because when you say “clean blues”, it could be like a Jim Hall-type clean amplified tone but still very jazzy or be straight up Mississippi delta blues which is unamplified and not jazzy at all. So it depends on how far away from jazz your clean blues is, in the end.
However, I will guess that you mean a blues that is not very far away from jazz, like something that maybe Jim Hall, Joe Pass, maybe even Charlie Christian might have done? For that kind of blues, I say the Emperor II would be the better choice. The smokier tone that it naturally has skews more in that direction of a more intimate, maybe even solo jazz performance sound reminiscent of maybe a small, dark club.
If you need more versatility as the blues you have in mind is considerably farther away from jazz, you might do better with the Broadway. Think of the Broadway as like the Gibson L-5; you see the guitar being played by both jazz acts and purely blues acts, like Eric Clapton. The Broadway is more suited to louder or bigger performances where you might have a lot of other instruments. In this setting, all the sweetness in the Emperor II’s tone would easily get overpowered and lost in the mix, but the Broadway’s tone sits a little higher up in the frequencies, so more of its natural tone would be heard in a mix with other instruments.
Hope I’ve helped!😁
What strings are you using
Try this guitar with Gibson P94 pickup!
This guitar sounds great but just a question
is this guitar good for the Jimi Hendrix type of Rock Blues?
I wouldn't recommend this guitar for that type of music... I'd recommend a Stratocaster, maybe even a Les Paul or an SG.
Very nice!!! Wes like tone
Robert Alexander thanks for the comment!😆
@@dexgang quick question, is the broadway elitist an older better version of this guitar?
P.S. more video!!! Loved it!
Robert Alexander uh, the Elitist version I believe is a made in Japan version, so difference is in overall component and build quality. I think the top is also different, the Elitist features a solid spruce top as opposed to a laminate one. I can’t find the relevant literature now on Epiphone’s site, so I’m not sure. It seems the specs of the Elitist are that of an older Broadway, so the Elitist is like a reissue, or something like it. Let’s see if I can make more videos but thank you very much for liking the one(s) I’ve put up! 😆
Great demo, one of the best around. I currently own a Sheraton II which I thought would be a good bridge between the realm of jazz and the bluesy stuff I usually play. However despite everybody is so over the moon about the Sheraton, I found it way too muddy to play either genre. Maybe mine came with lower-grade electronics, I don't know, but I'm not really satisfied with this guitar.
I'm thinking about switching to a hollow body jazz box and the Broadway is one of the contenders. Would you recommend this guitar over the Sheraton for starting to learn jazz standards?
I know upgrading the pickups would be a more cost-efficient way of improving the gutiar's tone than getting another guitar, but I'm afraid that even with better pups, the Sheraton wouldn't be able to produce a proper jazz tone.
Pivarnyik Balázs Thanks! Ah, yes, I had the same experience with my own Sheraton. With the stock pickups, the Sheraton does tend to sound muddy when on the neck pickup, then too angry when on the bridge pickup, so you would tend to use the guitar only in the middle position... so I had the pickups replaced with Gibson Burstbuckers, and now the Sheraton can be used like any normal semi-hollow guitar. 👍
For learning jazz standards, yes, a hollow-body archtop would be best, but would I recommend the Broadway? It depends. If you're into the solo guitar pieces, I would recommend something more like the Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II or the Gibson ES-175 because those guitars have a more distinctively jazz tone typical of, well, Joe Pass' playing. If you're learning more group pieces, or if you're chasing more of a Wes Montgomery sound, then the Broadway would be better. I just wouldn't recommend the Broadway for solo pieces since the sound is rather open-ended, so you might feel like it sounds like any old normal guitar and you might not get that jazz feel.
One of my concerns regarding the Broadway are the pickups. As far as I know the Sheraton II and the Broadway share the same electronics and pickups. Didn't you find the pickups lacking in the Broadway? Since both of these are mass produced guitars even with the same sets of pickups I guess it's really hit or miss.
Pivarnyik Balázs Ah, yes, they do have the same pickups, and the bridge pickup on the Broadway can sound very iffy.
Another recommendation I have for playing jazz would be, believe it or not, the Gibson Les Paul. It might not be a very good jazz guitar if equipped with the usual 490R and 498T set, but they do a good job if equipped with the Burstbucker or the '57 Classics. I'm not sure why, but that's my experience with it. If it sounds too bright or strident, the tone can always be rolled off.
So, if the concern is mainly the pickups, and if even a solid-body guitar can do the job, I think it would be better to go try out a Gibson ES-335 first. If you like the sound, you can ask the store what pickups are on that model, get the pickups, and have those installed in the Sheraton. When I did that to my Sheraton, the sound improved greatly and got a lot nearer to my own Gibson ES-335.
Hello, do you have a video of your Sheraton with the Burstbuckers? By the way, I just purchased the Epi Broadway. I find this guitar to be quite exceptional and do not think it lacks personality. I think only the player can add that. Thanks.
@@lydmo8287 do yo still have it ? What your opinion about it ?
Very nice indeed :) What year is this particular one from? Trying to figure out if the 2012/2013 are build in China or Korea... apparently the Korean ones are better quality.
Thanks! I'm not sure about when the guitar was made, but I bought it early 2012. I think this was made in Korea.
Doesn't the logic pro change the sound of the guitar? If I don't have the logic pro, will the guitar sound like this?
Well, nothing in this world has a truly flat frequency response, so everything in the signal chain will have some effect like the amp, the mic, the Logic Pro, even the cables. Even the UA-cam that you’re using to listen, and even the speakers of your device will have an effect, and these two will probably have the biggest effect actually, more than the Logic Pro…
That said, I didn’t apply any effects on the Logic Pro channel, it was just a clean recording of the amp that was mic’ed up. Now, a mic’ed up amp will sound hugely different from, say, the amp being directly plugged into the Logic Pro, but the former is actually the preferred method, and I had more of a recording use case in mind when I made the video rather than, say, a live gig.
Hope that helps!
@@dexgang Thanks for the detailed response, I really appreciate it!
Wich String Do You Use And What Tirand Please ? Thank You - Marc
Marc Igoulen These were D’Addario Chrome Flatwounds, 11s I believe.
Is that guitar is good enough for t-bone Walker or John lee hooker blues ?? Nice playing
Thanks for the comment! It can be good enough, especially if you're trying to play older blues with a cleaner tone, but you will need more sustain for B.B King or Albert King or Freddie King type blues. T-Bone Walker, I think yes, good enough.
@@dexgang thanks alot
That's that George Benson technique! You can't beat it!
Nice video and a very good presentation of the Broadway with its sounds: Big, acousticly not very loud, amplified good for Jazz, but the bridge PU sounds a bit poor!
Your technique on both hands is not conventional, but it sounds good!