The Last Bass Outpost

Epiphone just anounced a fretless JCS. It has a nice burst too. Would be cool to see that colour fretted too.


https://www.guitarworld.com/news/epiphone-jack-casady-fretless-bass
https://www.epiphone.com/nl-NL/p/Electric-Bass/Jack-Casady-Fretless-Bass/Aged-Royal-Tan

RIP. I heard of him cos The Band covered this song.

Super cool! I used to have a sunburst one. A small bass!

That's awful

Where are you located? Europe, UK, US, Australia?

Great! I loved every three minutes and seventeen seconds of it!

Quote from: 4stringer77 on March 15, 2024, 09:03:41 AM
That's a compelling argument in favor of this bass I wish I didn't hear. Moving the output jack (That's what it should be called by the way) off the front is pretty slick. Looks better that way and eliminates the potential for breaks. Still, I'd rather save up for something extra special as tempting as these 64 Epis may be. I'll say it again because it bears repeating.
Gibson simply has to make a fiftieth anniversary Bicentennial Thunderbird for 2026.

Input/output. The jack goes in, the sound goes out. I guess people will understand:

Bicentennial: please don't mention that bass will be 50 soon. I'm as old as that bass and I don't wanna know!

One more thing: On some Gibson pics it looks really silver, but there's a bit green in it. A very warm colour.

The pickup rings have an advantage. If you use the pickup as a thumbrest it's a bit more comfortable.

I compared the '24 to my '76. The green-ish silver looks so different than the sunburst, I used a caliper to be sure. I'll write down a lot of differences, but it's real close! I like this one much better than my returned Inverness non rev Gibson. This is a review bass though...

Weight: no notable difference - light!
Sound: close!
Neck: My '76 is 2mm smaller at the nut, but a bit wider at the body. The '24 is 2mm flatter, so the '76 is a bit rounder.
Headstock: same size, the TRC is made from heavier plastic on the Epi. The  '76 has reverse tuners.
Body: My '76 looks a bit thinner here and there.
Logo: different position and of course it's coloured on the Bicentennial.
Bridge: tune-o-matic versus three point.
Input: on the back/side now. Better. It looks cleaner too, although it isn't original.
Controls: no spacing difference on the Epi.
Pickups: placing is a bit different, but maybe correct for a '64. Just some millimeters. Which in America will be: Some Freedom Eagle Feathers difference.

All in all very impressive, cool looking, nice playing, good sounding, and quite accurate.

But it looks stunning in that colour!!! Wow. It matches great with the chrome hardware. I really dig the looks.

I got the Silver Mist in as a review bass. Haven't plugged it in yet, so I come back to you later. But yes: Both pickups are mounted on a plate.

I will search for more pics! I have them somewhere.

Rinus was playing in the US with the Golden Earring. After a show a guy came up to him and said: 'That Danelectro sounds like shit. Why don't you play a real bass?' The guy introduced himself as a a Rickenbacker rep and he said he could get Rinus a Rickenbacker. Rinus didn't really believe him and he said: 'Sorry, I play shortscale basses only.'
The rep said: 'I have on short scale Rickenbacker. We just made two for a bass player of a famous country band to use and he chose one. I can get you the other one.'
Rinus still not really believing him gave the address of his hotel and a day later the rep showed up with that shorty 4001.

As you might know I've sent back my Gibson Nonrev in Inverness Green because of quality issues. I looked forward to see this one (as a press guy I saw the pics very early) but looking at the pictures more often I GAS for the silver one.....

There's one on it's way for a review!

The story goes JAE bought several Danelectros cos he broke te strings.

wow congrats! I need a one pickup bird in my life!

Quote from: slinkp on February 27, 2024, 11:51:24 AM
Great article! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you! I think it appeared two years ago in my magazine.