Me and my JCB rockin' the Orange County Fair yesterday. As many have mentioned, this bass LOVES rock & roll 
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JACK CASADY BASS PLAYERS CLUB!
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Was there yesterday . Sorry I missed ya .Me and my JCB rockin' the Orange County Fair yesterday. As many have mentioned, this bass LOVES rock & roll
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Been tempted to defret my old gold top... not sure if the inlays will be problematic, and chance of failure damaging the fret board. Would love to hear first hand experience for sure.
Yeah, too bad we couldn't meet up. It's always nice meeting other TB'ers. Were you playing Saturday too? We were on the Meadows stage at 4:00.
Just stumbled on this on FB
So true! The JCB is a great rock 'n' roll bassMe and my JCB rockin' the Orange County Fair yesterday. As many have mentioned, this bass LOVES rock & roll
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Currently, my Alpine White JCB is now my #2, as the ebony Gibson ES-335 that I picked up used on Reverb has dethroned it...
The very rare blue JCB...I still have my eye out for one of those!
I'm at work atm, so if you need a number, I'll get it out later today!
In advance of my number, 
risking not receiving one for violating some rule? I wish to broach the topic of the JC being semi-hollow.
It ain’t. IMO she's a full hollow body.
My reasoning: if you look inside, she’s wide open across the body save for the tail and neck blocks. Yes, there are stiffening boards on the top and bottom running from tail to neck, but they are only about 1/2” thick and there is about 2” plus fully open space.
Let’s forget the neck block as all acoustic instruments have one of some sort. So that leaves the tail block and stiffeners. The tail is only necessary to mount the bridge; if it had a trapeze, it wouldn’t be necessary. Acoustic instruments often have a network of stiffening on the top. No one would call that a semi. So, JC’s are hollow, or so it seems to me. And they act like it too. My first gig with it we were coming out of the interlude of “Life’s been Good” by Joe Walsh and holding the open A long to decay, she began feeding the A back getting louder and louder. (I couldn’t figure out who it was until my finger touched the A string) My semi Ibby ABG205 doesn’t do that ever.
So, what you folks say?
risking not receiving one for violating some rule? I wish to broach the topic of the JC being semi-hollow.It ain’t. IMO she's a full hollow body.
My reasoning: if you look inside, she’s wide open across the body save for the tail and neck blocks. Yes, there are stiffening boards on the top and bottom running from tail to neck, but they are only about 1/2” thick and there is about 2” plus fully open space.
Let’s forget the neck block as all acoustic instruments have one of some sort. So that leaves the tail block and stiffeners. The tail is only necessary to mount the bridge; if it had a trapeze, it wouldn’t be necessary. Acoustic instruments often have a network of stiffening on the top. No one would call that a semi. So, JC’s are hollow, or so it seems to me. And they act like it too. My first gig with it we were coming out of the interlude of “Life’s been Good” by Joe Walsh and holding the open A long to decay, she began feeding the A back getting louder and louder. (I couldn’t figure out who it was until my finger touched the A string) My semi Ibby ABG205 doesn’t do that ever.
So, what you folks say?
In advance of my number,
It ain’t. IMO she's a full hollow body.
My reasoning: if you look inside, she’s wide open across the body save for the tail and neck blocks. Yes, there are stiffening boards on the top and bottom running from tail to neck, but they are only about 1/2” thick and there is about 2” plus fully open space.
Let’s forget the neck block as all acoustic instruments have one of some sort. So that leaves the tail block and stiffeners. The tail is only necessary to mount the bridge; if it had a trapeze, it wouldn’t be necessary. Acoustic instruments often have a network of stiffening on the top. No one would call that a semi. So, JC’s are hollow, or so it seems to me. And they act like it too. My first gig with it we were coming out of the interlude of “Life’s been Good” by Joe Walsh and holding the open A long to decay, she began feeding the A back getting louder and louder. (I couldn’t figure out who it was until my finger touched the A string) My semi Ibby ABG205 doesn’t do that ever.
So, what you folks say?
It is all in the definitions. I have no strong opinion on the matter.
Pick your source. Sweetwater says “semi-hollow” while GC says “hollow body” in one place and “semi-hollow” in another and Epiphone is coy with their current description, quoting Jack talking about various semi-hollow basses over time but not directly stating one or the other. I believe I read a detailed Epiphone description when the 20th anniversary model was introduced and they were clear about it being a semi-hollow. Like I said, pick your source.
