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09-05-2011, 06:22 PM
| | | | What Strings Jack Casady Used When playing that J Bass for the Airplane?
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Anybody know what strings Jack Casady used when playing that sunburst Jazz Bass in Jefferson Airplane. I would love to get something similar for my J Bass |
09-05-2011, 11:52 PM
|  | KEED SPILLS..no, wait..PILL SKEEDS..SKILL PEEDS? | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Nashville, Cats | | don't know the answer, but it's a damn good question...i presume they were flatwounds, but don't know exactly what brand.
i am currently modifying a fender jazz bass to have exactly the same configuration that Jack used for that bass
notice the pic below. it is a piece of a picture of Jack Casady playing the bass you are talking about : 
i bought a 1961 precision pick up and i am having brian at the Low End in Murfreesboro install it right below the neck just like Jack's, so the bass will have 3 pick up's when finished. it is for my son, who can't wait until the work is done-- 
i have subscribed this thread and await answers! 
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09-06-2011, 08:35 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central Illinois, USA | | | Are you going to have the output moved up to the neck volume location? Always wondered why he did that.
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09-06-2011, 09:38 AM
| | | | Wow thats gonna be a cool set up! How will the pickup be adjusted, are you installing a third knob for volume control of that pickup? About how much is it gonna cost ya?
Ya i have been wanting to try some flatwounds on my J bass but havent got the guts to make the change. I have got some steel roundwounds and they still sound great! |
09-06-2011, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by JTE  Are you going to have the output moved up to the neck volume location? Always wondered why he did that.
John | For its effect on the tone, of course.  |
09-06-2011, 11:49 AM
| | KEED SPILLS..no, wait..PILL SKEEDS..SKILL PEEDS? | | Join Date: May 2011 Location: Nashville, Cats | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JTE Are you going to have the output moved up to the neck volume location? Always wondered why he did that.
John | no, the output location will be unchanged. Quote:
Originally Posted by domsd92 Wow thats gonna be a cool set up! How will the pickup be adjusted, are you installing a third knob for volume control of that pickup? About how much is it gonna cost ya?
Ya i have been wanting to try some flatwounds on my J bass but havent got the guts to make the change. I have got some steel roundwounds and they still sound great! | he's going to put in stacked control knobs so i (or rather my son) will have infinite control over the volumes of the three pick up's. the stacked knob on the new precision pick up will also have a separate tone knob.
the tone knob for the existing jazz pick up's will be unchanged.
i should have a thread about it in the next couple of days, just called brian and he said i could come pick it up tomorrow.
as far as price, he quoted me 175.00. let's see what it finally comes out to. i thought that was a dern good price considering the routing that must be done, but brian said that's all it would be, since i already had the pick up.
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09-06-2011, 02:04 PM
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09-06-2011, 10:03 PM
| | | | cool thanks! |
09-08-2011, 12:17 PM
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09-10-2011, 12:49 AM
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09-10-2011, 01:10 AM
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09-11-2011, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by GM60466 Fender Flats 105 -045 | Can you confirm this?
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