NBD: Epiphone Jack Casady Blue Royale

[outoftune]

I have been longing for a hollow body bass for a while and when the Jack Casady Blue Royale came up at GC I decided to pull the trigger.
The bass and case showed up yesterday and was perfect out of the box. The set up was great, string height and intonation were spot on. I barely needed to tune it up. The neck feels good, not to chunky in my had, but I do have rather large hands I have not put a strap on yet but I am anticipating the neck dive so I am actually looking for a larger strap to counter that.

After noodling with it for a while I got to really dig in today and see what it can do. I ran it through an Ampeg BA210v2 and it sounded great (Bass 5, Mid 10, Treb 6. No buttons pushed). There is a great fur to the notes that I really love and adding a light amount on the Scrambler made this bass sound great.

I moved the bass over to my Pignose B100v, after letting it warm up, and let me tell you, this bass is made for an all tube amp. The varitone selector (So far I favor the 250 tone) coupled with the natural tube fur makes for one sweet sounding bass. The same can be said for pairing it with an Ampeg V4B, and I cannot wait to run it through the CL and 810.


Here are some pics.

Jack Casady Blue

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Jack Casady blue 2

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Jack Casady Blue 3

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Jack Casady Blue 4

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Jack Casady Blue 5

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[db4124]

WOW! Love the blue. I was never a black or gold fan. Now the GAS is getting bad again.

 

[SirMjac28]

That's beautiful congrats and is this a new model? I haven't seen one with a black pup?

 

[Mastermold]

Before seeing this I hadn't realized the paint was blue sparkle--very cool!

 

[Old Blastard]

My white Jack has a black pickup. It has an amazing assortment of sound and the weird bridge seems to give a different voicing to the guitar when you play closer to it. It has a lot of tonal colors

 

[blue4]

I love these basses. If it was 30" scale it would be perfect for me. The styling is just great. Congrats.

 

[redstrand]

I dig my black JC, these kill in the mix

 

[jd56hawk]

I have been longing for a hollow body bass for a while and when the Jack Casady came up for $599 at GC I decided to pull the trigger.
The bass and case showed up yesterday and was perfect out of the box. The set up was great, string height and intonation were spot on. I barely needed to tune it up. The neck feels good, not to chunky in my had, but I do have rather large hands I have not put a strap on yet but I am anticipating the neck dive so I am actually looking for a larger strap to counter that.

After noodling with it for a while I got to really dig in today and see what it can do. I ran it through an Ampeg BA210v2 and it sounded great (Bass 5, Mid 10, Treb 6. No buttons pushed). There is a great fur to the notes that I really love and adding a light amount on the Scrambler made this bass sound great.

I moved the bass over to my Pignose B100v, after letting it warm up, and let me tell you, this bass is made for an all tube amp. The varitone selector (So far I favor the 250 tone) coupled with the natural tube fur makes for one sweet sounding bass. The same can be said for pairing it with an Ampeg V4B, and I cannot wait to run it through the CL and 810.


Here are some pics.

Jack Casady Blue

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Jack Casady blue 2

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Jack Casady Blue 3

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Jack Casady Blue 4

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Jack Casady Blue 5

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Damn, I thought they cost $100 more!

 

[Mosstone]

That finish looks a lot nicer in real life than on the Epiphone website.

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I'd put a black PG on it, though.

 

[outoftune]

Damn, I thought they cost $100 more!

I grabbed it at GC while it was on sale. It's back to $759 now.

 

[Runnerman]

I'm a sucker for blue sparkle...lovely!

 

[Spidey2112]

I have been longing for a hollow body bass for a while and when the Jack Casady came up for $599 at GC I decided to pull the trigger.
The bass and case showed up yesterday and was perfect out of the box. The set up was great, string height and intonation were spot on. I barely needed to tune it up. The neck feels good, not to chunky in my had, but I do have rather large hands I have not put a strap on yet but I am anticipating the neck dive so I am actually looking for a larger strap to counter that.

After noodling with it for a while I got to really dig in today and see what it can do. I ran it through an Ampeg BA210v2 and it sounded great (Bass 5, Mid 10, Treb 6. No buttons pushed). There is a great fur to the notes that I really love and adding a light amount on the Scrambler made this bass sound great.

I moved the bass over to my Pignose B100v, after letting it warm up, and let me tell you, this bass is made for an all tube amp. The varitone selector (So far I favor the 250 tone) coupled with the natural tube fur makes for one sweet sounding bass. The same can be said for pairing it with an Ampeg V4B, and I cannot wait to run it through the CL and 810.


Here are some pics.

Jack Casady Blue

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Jack Casady blue 2

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Jack Casady Blue 3

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Jack Casady Blue 4

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Jack Casady Blue 5

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Pretty sweet! Enjoy!

 

[spanndrew]

Pretty

 

[bholder]

My white Jack has a black pickup. It has an amazing assortment of sound and the weird bridge seems to give a different voicing to the guitar when you play closer to it. It has a lot of tonal colors

I'd still like to score a black pickup, for my "black jack" project I need to finish some day...

 

[Old Blastard]

I'd still like to score a black pickup, for my "black jack" project I need to finish some day...

I'd like to get a white pickup and white pickguard. Parts are hard to come by

 

[bholder]

I'd like to get a white pickup and white pickguard. Parts are hard to come by

They're actually beige, but yeah, if you've got a black set, I'd be interested in a trade.

 

[Love GK]

Very nice bass! Have wanted one of these for along time! Love the blue..

 

[bassliner50]

Nice bass.

 

[electracoyote]

I must be a little behind, that's the first one I've seen with that finish. Beautiful, good price, congrats and enjoy.

 

[danosix]

I have been longing for a hollow body bass for a while and when the Jack Casady came up for $599 at GC I decided to pull the trigger.
The bass and case showed up yesterday and was perfect out of the box. The set up was great, string height and intonation were spot on. I barely needed to tune it up. The neck feels good, not to chunky in my had, but I do have rather large hands I have not put a strap on yet but I am anticipating the neck dive so I am actually looking for a larger strap to counter that.

After noodling with it for a while I got to really dig in today and see what it can do. I ran it through an Ampeg BA210v2 and it sounded great (Bass 5, Mid 10, Treb 6. No buttons pushed). There is a great fur to the notes that I really love and adding a light amount on the Scrambler made this bass sound great.

I moved the bass over to my Pignose B100v, after letting it warm up, and let me tell you, this bass is made for an all tube amp. The varitone selector (So far I favor the 250 tone) coupled with the natural tube fur makes for one sweet sounding bass. The same can be said for pairing it with an Ampeg V4B, and I cannot wait to run it through the CL and 810.


Here are some pics.

Jack Casady Blue

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Jack Casady blue 2

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Jack Casady Blue 3

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Jack Casady Blue 4

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Jack Casady Blue 5

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Wow, that's NICE! I too have never loved the gold on those and the black is a little too "Neal Daimond" for lack of a better word (making a perfectly nice acoustic instrument black.
Why do they refuse to make a natural or burst version of their genuinely acoustic bodied bass? I mean that kinda IS Epiphone's signature. I'm sure Jack would not be TOO opposed - most of his instruments before he discovered the Les Paul bass (Guild Starfire, Guild Acoustic, etc.).