So this thing followed me home ....

[Engle]

Saw a band a couple of weeks ago. The bass player was cycling through a P, a J, and a Jack. Surprisingly, even in the airplane hanger that they were playing in, I could hear the difference. The Jack had a nice push to it. Real solid tone. Good looks don't hurt either.

It is a loud solid sounding bass!

 

[Element Zero]

Buddy of mine has one. Surprising in every way.

 

[PillO]

Is that the limited edition signed by jack? Really nice bass

It is.

 

[Ric5]

...from the pawn shop today ....View attachment 1197216

If only there was a 5 string version

 

[winterburn69]

The Casady must be acknowledged as a classic production bass already. Jack knew what he was doing, and it'll always be to Epiphone's credit that they went through with it when Gibson wouldn't.

Exactly this!

I'd call it a classic bass. It's been around for 20 years, it's been used by damn near everyone in all sorts of genres, and I think in time it will come to overshadow Jack Casady himself, quite like Les Paul and the Gibson Les Paul (lots of people don't know Les Paul was a person)

I'm also very glad Gibson didn't follow through or else it would be 3-4 times the price it currently is and I'm sure the quality would be no where near what the Epiphone is.

 

[Pbassmanca]

Do you know a good contractor?

Sounds like you're going to need to build a new wing on Dark Horse Manor

The ironic part about that , is that in order to build the new wing on Dark Horse Manor, DH would likely have to liquidate a third to one half of the collection , thus negating the need for a new wing on DHM in the first place........

 

[Kukulkan61]

 

[kat888]

http://www.guitardaterproject.org/epiphone.aspx

 

[Inara]

I think in time it will come to overshadow Jack Casady himself, quite like Les Paul and the Gibson Les Paul (lots of people don't know Les Paul was a person)

+1000. And if they know Les was a person, they might not know what a monster player he was.

 

[Inara]

Great find! Eventually I think I might get one of these and convert to fretless and try it with some D'Addario tapewounds. I think it could be a super-useful addition to my arsenal.

Congrats, and enjoy it!

 

[Dark Horse]

http://www.gui****aterproject.org/epiphone.aspx

Link no worky

 

[Wiremessiah]

People still buy instruments from pawn shops? Guess i didnt get the fax.

 

[kat888]

Link no worky

You can blame the stupid software for that - apparently the text string 'tar d' in 'guitar dater' (without the space) triggered some sort of filter. Seems bumcracks, breastfeeding mothers and Japanese mushrooms are all shockingly bad ... but using robots to incinerate Afghan weddings is fine and dandy.

You could google 'epiphone serial number' to find the guitar dater project also. It's very useful.

 

[SteveCS]

Uncanny. I just browsed over to the Andertons website (they have a consignment of new EBMM stuff just in) and the 'Recommended for you' at the top of the page was a Gold Jack Casidy... Maybe if I walk up and down outside the store (it's only 30 minutes away) something will follow me home?

 

[Dark Horse]

People still buy instruments from pawn shops? Guess i didnt get the fax.

When I can find deals like Fender American Special p basses for $300, and this bass for super cheap....yep, I buy from pawn shops. I do it all the time ....probably 1 or 2 a month

 

[Wiremessiah]

When I can find deals like Fender American Special p basses for $300, and this bass for super cheap....yep, I buy from pawn shops. I do it all the time ....probably 1 or 2 a month

Craigslist is cheaper. 2 basses a month? Jeez. You should start playing bass rather than buying them.

 

[SteveCS]

When I can find deals like Fender American Special p basses for $300, and this bass for super cheap....yep, I buy from pawn shops. I do it all the time ....probably 1 or 2 a month

I can tell you that if I started buying 1 or 2 basses per month I'd have to be selling 1 or 2 per month at significant margin in order to afford the alimony liability created by the inevitable divorce...

 

[PillO]

Uncanny. I just browsed over to the Andertons website (they have a consignment of new EBMM stuff just in) and the 'Recommended for you' at the top of the page was a Gold Jack Casidy... Maybe if I walk up and down outside the store (it's only 30 minutes away) something will follow me home?

You will have to go in and talk to it. If it likes, you it will follow you home. Some of your money won't like it and will stay there.

 

[JRA]

great find. congrats on that one!

 

[Dark Horse]

Craigslist is cheaper. 2 basses a month? Jeez. You should start playing bass rather than buying them.

I play 150-200 shows a year ...which is a LOT less than I used to. I play music for a living