Why do they never get it right? (Epi Casady content)

[Avezzano]

good: be the guest. Pull up a chair!!!

 

[mongo2]

good: be the guest. Pull up a chair!!!

Where's the popcorn?

 

[D.M.N.]

Personally, I love Silverburst, I think it's a very distinctive, unique color. To be fair though, I'm not the biggest fan of it on the JC. I think silverburst works really well with the curves and shape of an SG. Love every SG guitar I've seen in it, and a few years back when Gibson made the SG Bass in Silverburst? Sploosh.

To me, the JC belongs in Gold, just looks right. The 2TSB looks pretty bland, I think it would look way better if it was more than just a circle, like if the burst followed the contours of the bass more, went up into the "wings" for lack of a better term.

What I think would be REALLY cool on the JC is a Heritage Cherry. I think that would be sweet. Or maybe walnut.

 

[Avezzano]

Where's the popcorn?

well.. that should be on you! You still owe me an explaination about the Rossmeisel thing!!!

The 2TSB looks pretty bland,

take a second closer look: it's a (gorgeous) three tone sunburst!!!

What I think would be REALLY cool on the JC is a Heritage Cherry. I think that would be sweet. Or maybe walnut.

Agree, and also an Oly white would not be that bad....

 

[mongo2]

You still owe me an explaination about the Rossmeisel thing!!

No I don't. If you can't understand what I wrote it's on you.

 

[Barrblues]

let's see it in a different way; technically speaking, at any given time it has always been offered only in 3 finishes: reading your list, before it was available in 1,2,4 and now it's in 1,2,3. It would have been maybe wiser just keeping also the brown burst, too....

We can see it many ways, example: only one or two come off the line at any given time and the individual guitars can only have one finish. Therefor only one finish?

1) What you've "already said" is simply your opinion, not gospel.

3) The Casady has only ever been offered in three finishes. No problem, people still love their Casady's.

But what I was referring to, in the Quote, was the word "EVER". Templar's word not mine.

Templar was quick to correct others Just wanted to point out he was not correct either or maybe EVER.
Who knows.?
We are all pointing dirty fingers.

I have seen one in Green Sparkle and it rocks!

So why not Pink with Purple Flames?
Anyone good with photo shop?

Heck, if you don't like the finish then refinish the Thing and if you don't like it for other reasons fix it or leave it. Which IS the whole point of this. Correct?

 

[THE SAW]

I find it interesting that the topic of the finish is dominating this discussion.
I REALLY want to like this bass, but I found the hardware a bit "suspect." If someone can re-assure me that the knobs aren't going to fall off, or that the bridge is NOT simply chrome painted, it would go a long way.

That said, it is a beautiful bass. I'd love to try it with black nylon flats instead of the ghastly strings that are on it. Seems those are the ones Jack uses, well....

Anyway, please chime in on the build quality if you are satisfied.

Thanks, I'm still open to this.....

 

[Barrblues]

I find it interesting that the topic of the finish is dominating this discussion.

That said, it is a beautiful bass. I'd love to try it with black nylon flats instead of the ghastly strings that are on it. Seems those are the ones Jack uses, well....

Anyway, please chime in on the build quality if you are satisfied.

Thanks, I'm still open to this.....

Quality:
The individual one I have is rock solid: fit, finish, hardware, set up(my work), playability and sound are all great for any price but unbeatable at NIB EPI price.

Nothing is perfect and the one I have is a early run of the Tobacco Burst finish. I cannot speak on current production.

Strings:
I have had flats, black tape wound flats and rounds on the Epi JC at any given time. I prefer the taped flats on this EPI but I now have rounds for a little more modern tone, due to the fact that I have taped flats on a 64-65 short scale Gibson EB players bass with dual mudbuckers that just gives super fat fuzzy azz TONE.

 

[THE SAW]

@BARRBLUES:

Thanks, and BTW, where did you order your tape flats? I've got an '65 EB0 that I would love to put those on, but could not find any in 30.5 scale. Thanks for your vote on the Casady as well.

 

[Barrblues]

@BARRBLUES:

Thanks, and BTW, where did you order your tape flats? I've got an '65 EB0 that I would love to put those on, but could not find any in 30.5 scale. Thanks for your vote on the Casady as well.

Welcome,
I do not remember where I bought them, but I opened the old chip board case and found a set of RotoSound tru bass 88. The strings have held up well. Not a lot of playing time on them, but have been on this bass for a few years and are intact(black nylon), sound great, and I still have the unused backup set.

 

[Stinsok]

Why not red? Make it look similar to a 335?

 

[THE SAW]

Barrblues:

MANY thanks, my friend-ordered and on the way!

 

[Iridescentone]

Sorry but my count is 4 finishes

1) Gold
2) Black
3) Silver Burst
4) Tobacco Burst

Sorry for dropping in late

Let me rephrase and further clarify... the Casady was only ever offered in three finishes at the same time.

Silverburst has taken the place of the discontinued Sunburst, so the count is still three, same as it ever was. It has only ever been offered in three finishes. Then and now = ever.

Isn't anyone going to complain about the Allen Woody bass? How many finish options were offered? I've only seen the one. Did the marketing maroons at Epiphone get that one "wrong" too? lol

 

[Iridescentone]

C'mon guys, reality check. The Casady is not a particularly well built guitar. It's delicate, even by semi standards.

The hardware id definitely not robust. It's adequate, so it works.

The bridges have been known to pull out of the body. And the rotary switches have been known to fail.

Not to mention, it's an ergonomic nightmare. It's not real versitile either.

With all that, one could argue that it's over-priced at what?... $750 street?

For me the Casady has a few things going for it that outweigh the litany of negatives...

It sounds terrific.
It's light weight.
It looks pretty good.

(As always, YMMV, diff strokes, to each his own.)

 

[mongo2]

C'mon guys, reality check. The Casady is not a particularly well built guitar. It's delicate, even by semi standards...

The bridges have been known to pull out of the body. And the rotary switches have been known to fail.

I've repaired several bridge mounting ferrules on Casadys and Allens, but I've never seen an issue with the rotary switch. I did replace several output jacks on Casadys with the longer throat Switchcraft jack when the OEM jacks kept loosening and falling into the body.

 

[Iridescentone]

I hear ya on the output jacks.

As for the poorly placed strap pin, it can be moved up to the horn, if reinforced properly. A bit like building a ship in a bottle, but do-able and worth the effort IMO. I'll be doing mine when I get some spare time.

 

[Robertjoel]

I'm not a fan of silverburst in general, especially not on the JC, which is supposed to give off a bit of a vintage vibe, yeah?
Silverburst works on sharp, modern instruments, just looks out of place here(imo).

 

[Avezzano]

Heck, if you don't like the finish then refinish the Thing and if you don't like it for other reasons fix it or leave it. Which IS the whole point of this. Correct?

sorry, I don't want to sound obnoxious but the thread is not "I like or I don't like Silverburst" but rather "to me they could have chosen another more appealing color for a special edition". It's obvious that I personally don't like it, while some others do...

Come on: it's a forum; therefore: small talks, serious talks, opinions, ehm..., uhm..., yes..., no..., maybe..., etc. If you don't talk about anything comes up into your mind, what will the forum live out of?

 

[Avezzano]

(this below is off-topic)

No I don't. If you can't understand what I wrote it's on you.

I try to figure this out by myself and the only thing I can come up with is: Rossmeisel designed the Coronado series; Fender owns all the possible copyrights. So there should not be problems in reissueing the Coronado.

 

["Q"]

The silverburst reminds me of an antigua in a black and white photo.