JCS Fretless

[Chris P.]

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

[Basvarken]

Love it. Looks awesome

[Grog]

Nice! A friend has an Epiphone fretless EB-1 (short scale), it was fun to play. It will be interesting to try this one.....

[Ken]

I wonder what strings they're using.  The Epiphone site say .050, .075, .085, .105.

[gearHed289]

Huh. I saw one on Reverb, but didn't click on it. I figured someone replaced the fingerboard. Apparently, Epiphone is now Gibson's bass division. They come out with a lot of cool stuff. I'm still waiting for an Epi Gene Simmons EB0. 

[uwe]

That's a nice and sensible alternative to put out. I could see it work well with the core JCS sound, especially if they retain a maho neck.

The Epi JCS is now a more enduring and commercially successful bass than the Gibson LPS, a niche model, ever was - I guess it has become a modern classic and is often played by people who could actually afford a more expensive bass, but simply love the Epi's look, sound and general vibe. Well-done by Epi!

Nice that they have retained the moderate price-tag too.

[ilan]

I guess they've done their market research but I'm pretty convinced that almost all fretless playes need a bridge pickup. This bass is a bit like a Flying V with just a neck pickup.

[uwe]

I never use just the bridge pup on my fretless basses (I might dial it in a little) - yikes! Jaco was an innovator and a gifted technician, but let's move on, he's been dead for 37 years now.

Besides, for Gibson/Epi standards, the pup positioning of the JCS is "almost bridge"  , it's all relative.

[Alanko]

This appeals! Not the right time in my life to be buying any instruments, but in a virtually acoustic band this would be a nicer alternative to a small format electric upright bass.

[godofthunder]

 Missed you guys! I had a chance to try out the Epi fretless Jack Casady and man do I love it, it's high on my want list. Here's my thoughts on it. https://youtu.be/oZvk-wkM8fY?si=FebENSkRMdRI_GNN

[uwe]

Trust Scott to get an overdriven/distorted sound even out of a fretless hollow-body! 

I might not be in his kiss,

but it's certainly in his hands!