Epiphone Jack Casady Bass | Everything You Need To Know

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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.

[@timz7898]

No Wonder Sam Ash is out of business

[@mattwalsh9413]

This playing is miserable wtf.

[@Spritsailor]

I had one for years, but sold it because that pickup is a weak sounding piece of junk. My P bass output is at least double that old weak thing. I was glad to get rid of it. I replaced the Jack bass with another semi-hollow, an Aria TAB66; that bass has tremendous output for the same price.

[@tobymj0781]

Sounds like some shitty knock of off the jack Cassidy bass or a Gretch

[@NLBassist]

Output is not everything, My lowest output basses have the best tones.

[@Spritsailor]

@@NLBassist My Jack bass put out a fart tone just like the song Red Solo Cup that had a Jack bass.

[@ShaWar102]

​@Spritsailor well I have one of these and I would say the volume of the pickup is pretty damn close to my p bass, which is also passive. So my pickup isn't weak at all. Maybe yours is just a dud.

[@profile2047]

lol. High output sounds like boring crap to me personally. They all sound so similar and lack any character other than the typical high output character, in my opinion.
I’d recommend using the volume knob on your amp, or just buy any typical overwound rock pickup.