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.

PRODUCT FEATURES
  • Designed with Jack Casady
  • JCB low-impedance pickup
  • 34” scale
SPECIFICATIONS
Body maple
Top maple
Neck mahogany
Neck Joint Set
Machine Heads Classic Style 19:1 ratio
Truss Rod Adjustable
Scale Length 34”
Fingerboard pearloid block inlay
Fingerboard Radius 12”
Pickup JCB-1 Low-Impedance Humbucker
Controls Master Volume, Master Tone, 3-Position Tone Switch
Bridge 3-Point Adjustable
Nut 1.6535”
Hardware Nickel
Color Metallic Gold (MG)
SKU 8500022
Barcode # 930257000505
Brand Epiphone
Shipping Weight 8.0000kg
Shipping Width 0.600m
Shipping Height 0.100m
Shipping Length 1.300m
Shipping Cubic 0.078000000m3

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