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What interested me the most was Hofner's expert, Nick Wass saying that McCartney's original "Cavern bass" had a round back, and not a flat one. So all of their re-issues were actually wrong on that point.

In my opinion that's an absurd price. Find an Epiphone Jack Casady and try it. A Lot of professional musicians use them, including Jack himself, of course.

The Epiphone Jack Casady Signature bass is the most versatile bass I've played, and the one with the best overall tone. It's a 34 inch scale. It's very sensitive to your right hand plucking, and to the type of strings that you put on it - so you can get lots of tones. Add in the 3 position...

It's a matter of personal preference. It's not a right or wrong situation. Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Flats are expensive, but they last a very long time. Each brand sounds and feels different.

I did it in the opposite direction. Once I slacked off about 1 inch of string, I ran my fingers down the length of the string string towards the bridge, and the ball end rotated to a neutral position. I then re-tightened the string and the problem was solved.

I think you've got things covered with those two. They'll have to pry my Hofner bass from my cold dead fingers.

Crikey !!! I'm so glad you made it. Reading this makes people my age take stock and to be grateful when we have only aches and pains. I'm wishing you well, and all the best.

Ooops.

I think this might be what's coming.

I took an educated guess, and found a picture from July 17th, 2026 of Jack playing what appears to be a new style Jack Casady bass. Looks great to me.

You might want to also consider LaBella Low Tension Flats as another candidate for your Jack Casady Signature bass.

What a joy it was to see that clip of the Jefferson Airplane again. They were unique and such a varied and talented band. Grace Slick and Jack Casady together -how can you top that? I saw them live, back in the day and they were fantastic. Too bad how other things messed them up over time, I...

Update on my LTF set. I found that the dull D string was twisted. I untwisted it and re-tuned the string to find that it was perfect. So, La Bella was not at fault, they made a fine set after all. By the way, I really like these strings.

Regarding the three point bridges on the Epiphone Jack Casady basses, what would Jack do? It's been almost 30 years, and he still uses the original three point bridges. Good enough for Jack, good enough for me.