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Jack Casady Signature Bass

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Jack Casady Signature Bass
The Jack Casady Signature Bass was designed by Casady in collaboration with Epiphone and is the culmination of years of experimentation by the Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna bassist to find an instrument with superb, balanced electric tone and the response of an acoustic bass.Casady is one of the rare rock bassists known by both fans and players for his signature tone. And like The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson and The Beatles’ Paul McCartney, Casady became a bass player after years of study on other instruments. “My first teacher was a big band guitarist named Harry Vorhees. Later on I took from a number of guitarists; one was Bill Harris who was the guitarist for the Clovers,” Casady told Epiphone.com. “He had studied with a guy who studied with Andres Segovia.”
Looking for the Holy Grail of Bass Tone
“When I first started playing, I ran across a short scale semi-hollow bass,” said Casady “Despite lacking some low end, I really enjoyed the semi-hollow nature of that bass and over the years tried to capture that characteristic.” Casady did find a rare Les Paul bass that came close to the sound he was seeking. “In 1985, I was living in New York and happened to stop in a music store one day and saw a goldtop, full scale semi-hollow Les Paul bass,” Casady recalled. “I loved the bass but found the pickup to be deficient.”Casady approached Epiphone with his ideas and with help from our Epiphone luthiers, Casady fulfilled a life-long dream by designing the perfect electric bass.

Like all Epiphone’s, the Jack Casady is covered by our Limited Lifetime Warranty and Gibson 24/7/365 Customer Service. It’s your music and you deserve the best. Visit your Authorized Epiphone dealer today and pick up the Jack Casady signature bass.

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SPECIFICATIONS

  • Body
maple
  • Top
maple
  • Neck
mahogany
  • Neck Joint
Set
  • Truss Rod
Adjustable
  • Scale Length
34”
  • Fingerboard
rosewood
  • Fingerboard Radius
12”
  • Pickup
JCB-1 Low-Impedance Humbucker
  • Controls
Master Volume, Master Tone, 3-Position Tone Switch
  • Bridge
3-Point Adjustable
  • Nut
1.68”
  • Hardware
Nickel
  • Color
Metallic Gold (MG), ebony (EB)

BODY

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Classic Styling

The Jack Casady Signature Bass features a maple body with a maple top in two stunning color finishes, Metallic Gold (MG) and ebony (EB). The hand-set mahogany neck has a 34″ scale with a rosewood 12″ radius fingerboard, a 1.62″ nut, and Jack’s signature on the headstock.

ELECTRONICS

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Signature Sound For A Signature Artist

“I went to work on the pickup and it took almost two years to develop,” says Casady. “I did a lot of homework and bench testing and finally when it clicked in right, it was great.” The Jack Casady Signature bass features a JCB-1 low impedance, low output pickup and employs a three-position transformer to shape the frequency response. “They blow the old Gibsons to smithereens, even in the construction,” says Casady. “The workmanship that’s coming in on these instruments is just super.”

HARDWARE

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Road-Ready Epiphone Hardware

The Jack Casady Signature Bass features nickel hardware, classic style tuners, and a 3-point adjustable bridge exactly like what the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer uses on-stage. Casady insisted that his own personal basses should be no different than any Jack Casady Signature you’d find in a store. “Every year I get two new instruments that I take out on the road,” says Casady. “No ringers. I have none that are set up a special way or anything like that and they are great.”

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