Epiphone Jack Casady Signature Bass
Epiphone Jack Casady Signature Bass | |
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Manufacturer | Epiphone |
Period | 1998-present |
Construction | |
Neck joint | Set |
Scale | 34" |
Woods | |
Body | Laminated maple top, back and sides, maple or mahogany centre block |
Neck | Maple or mahogany |
Fretboard | Rosewood |
Hardware | |
Bridge | Fixed |
Pickup(s) | JCB-1 Low-Impedance humbucker |
Colors available | |
Sunburst, Cherry, Ebony, Natural,(2011: Pelham Blue - Limited Edition) |
The Epiphone Jack Casady Signature Bass is a 4-string hollowbody bass guitar manufactured by Epiphone. Jack Casady approached Gibson (parent company of Ephiphone) with the basic design, inspired by Casady's experience with the 1970s-era Gibson Les Paul Signature bass.[1]
It is an all mahogany, semi hollow bass guitar with a single low-impedance humbucking pickup. The pickup was designed to correct what Casady perceived as a weakness of the original Les Paul Signature bass, which was a lack of tonal definition in ensemble playing situations.[2] The pickup is connected to a transformer with a three-position switch to select output impedance of 50, 250 or 500 ohms. The lower impedance values give clearer, more balanced tone while the higher impedances produce higher output with a more bass-heavy tonal profile.