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MY NEW BASS
- Thread starter PsychedelicJohn
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Congratulations. I tried one in a store a few years back and the tone was absolutely marvellous.
Can't help but post a vid of Jack playing his signature bass!
I cap'd this vid last Friday night at the Fillmore in San Francisco:
I cap'd this vid last Friday night at the Fillmore in San Francisco:
There's a few more here but the Fillmore staff shut my vid capping off allegedly at "the band's request.." Which I find suspect but whatever.....
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I believe your words, ears and eyes, this bass is really something special, but not for me. As always, it is just only my own opinion.
Smooth_bass88
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- Oct 31, 2006
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I love mine! Put D'Addario Chromes on it and a some foam under the bridge and it's thump city. One thing I notice is that you have pay attention to the low end onstage- sometimes unwanted low end feedback can occur. Never a bad issue, but it has happened to me on gigs.
Congrats! Great bass. I remember playing one that belonged to @PaperbackRyder a decade ago when he took me under his wing.
Welcome to the Jack Casady Gold Top Club! Mine came with Hipshot bridge and tuners.
I had one for a little while and totally loved it. Had to trade it in because it was too heavy for my middle aged shoulder. I was heartbroken until I found the short-scale Lakland Skyline, which I play with flatwounds. Amazing tone in a lightweight bass. I fell in love with it the first time I played it.
Enjoy the Jack Cassady!!!
Beautiful and congrats.
I've long been considering one of these - any one I've heard has sounded great - which is my primary concern with Gibson-style basses ... but another is that freakin bridge. I cannot understand for the life of me why it's still in use. I had a Woody and replaced it with a Hipshot - but still, that's another $100 + for a fix that good engineering should have dealt with long ago.
I've long been considering one of these - any one I've heard has sounded great - which is my primary concern with Gibson-style basses ... but another is that freakin bridge. I cannot understand for the life of me why it's still in use. I had a Woody and replaced it with a Hipshot - but still, that's another $100 + for a fix that good engineering should have dealt with long ago.
I've had a JCB as my #1 for a while, and I love 'em! Sounds great, super versatile, looks great, and I sling it low like my T-Bird and it's a comfort to play.
Never had any issues with the three-point bridge myself, and I prefer it to any of the other options (Hipshot or Babicz), as I find they don't work well on the arched top without some kind of Rube Goldberg solution...
