The
Epiphone Jack Casady Signature Electric Bass Guitar was designed by Casady in collaboration with Epiphone and is the culmination of years of experimentation 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.
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.
Epiphone Jack Casady Signature Electric Bass Guitar Features
- Maple top and body
- Mahogany neck
- Rosewood fingerboard
- 34 inch scale length
- JCB-1 Low-Impedance Humbucker pickup