{"id":753,"date":"2012-11-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?post_type=bass&p=753"},"modified":"2026-09-13T08:46:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T08:46:59","slug":"bass-of-the-week-epiphone-jack-casady-signature-bass","status":"publish","type":"bass","link":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/?bass=bass-of-the-week-epiphone-jack-casady-signature-bass","title":{"rendered":"Bass of the Week: Epiphone Jack Casady Signature Bass"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you\u2019ve met Jack Casady<\/strong>, you\u2019d know that the Jefferson Airplane\/Hot Tuna bassist is particular about his gear. He\u2019s always tweaked his basses, pickups, and amps to get just what he wanted, so it\u2019s no surprise that he had a large role in designing his own signature bass with Epiphone. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s based off of the Les Paul bass that was put out in the early \u201870s,\u201d he told us. \u201cI found [one] in Chelsea Music in New York City and I really loved it, but I found that the pickups were a bit shy. They were ok by themselves, but with a band \u2013 especially with a keyboard or something like that \u2013 you tended to lose the low end and clarity.\u201d<\/p>\n

He approached Gibson with the idea of reviving the bass and even designed the pickup himself, spending nearly two years to develop it. The JCB-1 Low-Impedance humbucker is then matched with a 3-position VariGain switch that has 50, 250, and 500 ohms settings for different tones.<\/p>\n

The bass\u2019s body and top are maple, while the neck is mahogany and the fingerboard is rosewood. It comes in two standard finishes of Metallic Gold and Ebony, though a limited edition Silverburst finish<\/a> was introduced this year. Hardware includes a 3-point adjustable bridge and die cast Clover tuners.<\/p>\n

For more, make sure you check out Casady\u2019s website<\/a>, where he details his bass\u2019s setup from string height to bridge settings. Also worth checking out is our two part interview with the bass legend (part 1<\/a> and part 2<\/a>), where he talked about gear and a whole lot more.<\/p>\n

Epiphone Jack Casady Signature Bass Photo Gallery:<\/h2>\n
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If you\u2019ve met Jack Casady, you\u2019d know that the Jefferson Airplane\/Hot Tuna bassist is particular about his gear. He\u2019s always tweaked his basses, pickups, and amps to get just what he wanted, so it\u2019s no\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2183,"template":"","meta":[],"builder":[],"class_list":["post-753","bass","type-bass","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass\/753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/bass"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/bass"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"builder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassoftheweek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fbuilder&post=753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}