JACK CASADY BASS PLAYERS CLUB!

[paulelhierro]

Very few if really any new rockers play hollow bodied basses or have ever even seen anyone play one. So, who's there to influence the kids?

If I 'listen' to the music that is played very loud in young people's boom-cars here on this very quiet island (with a more Latin American musical taste), I don't hear any bass guitar, it's all digital stuff. A different taste and certainly a different commercial revenue model... 'So, who's there to influence the kids?', maybe we seek some help from the upright players...!

 

[Kbassface]

for me it was more of simply loving arch tops / hollow body guitars... ES335s, Country Gents, SwitchMasters in general and playing uprights... not so much Jack himself...
also I've always been one to run away from what's popular... cutting against the grain if you will.... so it not being a P or J bass and never wanting anything w/ a pointy headstock (very popular when i was starting out) and not a short scale...

 

[Kbassface]

Are there any other JCB players in the Atlanta area?

 

[StatesideRambler]

It’s four years old and only (and barely) a cameo appearance but there’s a JCB in this video about how Tiny Desk Concerts are recorded.

 

[jmlee]

New average (mean) age is 59.2: a handful of youngsters really brought the average down. The median, though, is still 65—that's the value with half the numbers above and half below. When the mean and the median aren't equal, that means we have a skewed distribution: i.e. mostly old farts with a handful of youngsters.

 

[davelowell2]

I’ll play, I’m 43.

 

[paulelhierro]

I’ll play, I’m 43.

Good to prevent the skewed age distribution here!

 

[PillO]

New average (mean) age is 59.2: a handful of youngsters really brought the average down. The median, though, is still 65—that's the value with half the numbers above and half below. When the mean and the median aren't equal, that means we have a skewed distribution: i.e. mostly old farts with a handful of youngsters.

I will not be disclosing my age unless you start producing full descriptive statistics...

 

[tomZbass]

If I 'listen' to the music that is played very loud in young people's boom-cars here on this very quiet island (with a more Latin American musical taste), I don't hear any bass guitar, it's all digital stuff. A different taste and certainly a different commercial revenue model... 'So, who's there to influence the kids?', maybe we seek some help from the upright players...!

Yes, "artists" these days play with their index fingers on touch pads. And I'm cool with that....I guess. I have worked for many years as a photog in the music industry and I have seen first hand how the "kids" just love an "artist' who seems to just be mixing together other "artist's" music. For you folks over that mean age.....they calling them DJs (LOL). Anyway, the "kids" LOVE it and they go crazy and they do modern drugs and make out in the crowd.....just like the old days but.......there is no bass player....with a few exceptions.

 

[jmlee]

I will not be disclosing my age unless you start producing full descriptive statistics...

I have an honours degree in Mathematics and a full suite of statistical software at my disposal. I stand ready for your challenge, sir!

 

[PillO]

I have an honours degree in Mathematics and a full suite of statistical software at my disposal. I stand ready for your challenge, sir!

I work in pharma. Half my life is about statistics. I can't make sense of anything without stats.

 

[Stugilliam]

I work in pharma. Half my life is about statistics. I can't make sense of anything without stats.

I was a bass player in the 60's,70's and the 80's, and I just might have a honorary pharma degree!? LOL..

 

[SDC1-ClickClack]

I was a bass player in the 60's,70's and the 80's, and I just might have a honorary pharma degree!? LOL..

"You are what you eat."

 

[crunge]

I knocked down the gloss of that "Royale" sparkle binding with a Scotchbrite pad, so it looks more like a mottled cream. I think it looks more understated and pops the Chicago Blue better.

 

[ShoeManiac]

I was never on the Haight back in


Here's my guess. Very few if really any new rockers play hollow bodied basses or have ever even seen anyone play one. So, who's there to influence the kids?

I personally love Jack and have seen him play a dozen time with Hot Tuna (even before the JCB was introduced) but the reason I bought a JCB is so that I could hear it when I play it unplugged....could have been an Artcore or any hollow body. I had no idea how great the tone was going to be when I bought the JCB and when I walk into a jam with it the kids all think it's some old relic. Despite the "sleeper" electronics, it's just not a modern bass and so it's not the kid's radar. More for us old guys.........what? more of what? what are we talking about? I can't hear you.......

I'm not old enough to remember those days either. But the first time I became aware of the Gibson Les Paul Signature bass that was the inspiration for the Jack Casady was in the 1990's. And I remember seeing players in rock bands at the time getting some great sounds from that Gibson bass.

The first I can remember was probably Johnny Colt when he was with The Black Crowes around the time of their third album, Amorica. I caught them headlining the HORDE Festival at Jones Beach. And even though live mixes (and amphitheaters) are terrible venues for bass, I definitely took note of his tone. I also remember seeing the bassist with The Cardigans playing one. It was a television appearance, and Magnus Svenningson had one and again I was taken with the tone. And it also looked damned cool!

So when the JCB originally came out I ordered one. I got the goldtop version first, but there was an issue with the neck separating from the body. It went back to Epiphone for warranty repair. When it became clear that they couldn't repair it they offered to replace it. So I got an Ebony one as a replacement. Foolishly I let it go because of a silly "the grass is always greener" kind of mentality. But I just got word about some recording sessions with the duo I play with, so I'm on the verge of getting a new JCB. Hopefully it won't be too difficult to get one with the hardshell case.

 

[tomZbass]

I knocked down the gloss of that "Royale" sparkle binding with a Scotchbrite pad, so it looks more like a mottled cream. I think it looks more understated and pops the Chicago Blue better.
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There is currently a Royal Blue for sale on reverb. Epiphone Jack Casady Blue Royale | awesome vintages | Reverb

 

[tomZbass]

"You are what you eat."

Mmmmm....donuts!

 

[PillO]

Mmmmm....donuts!

You a cop!?

I have often thought that if I get caught speeding and the cop asks why I was going so fast, my response would be "I'm having a doughnut emergency. I'm sure you understand..."

Yeah, judgement is a thing I guess.

 

[Stugilliam]

You a cop!?

I have often thought that if I get caught speeding and the cop asks why I was going so fast, my response would be "I'm having a doughnut emergency. I'm sure you understand..."

Yeah, judgement is a thing I guess.

Well, I guess that when we don't hear from you any longer we will know that you got caught speeding
Just DO NOT SAY, trolling for pigs, looks like I got a bite!! True story a guy that I new in Michigan did and we didn't see him for a week!!

 

[FlyingPigSound]

Just picked up an Alpine White Epi Thunderbird Vintage Pro, which is making me miss the Alpine White Jackbass that I sold (pictures here with a long gone Epi CP T-bird)