20th Anniversary JCS [new pics]

[Chris P.]

In July this one will be availablevery limited. All the specs are in the (bad) pic. Wine red, hand signed, bag and strap, flamed maple top.

Uwe doesn't collect finishes, but I guess this has to be in Ze Kollektiön:

[Basvarken]

Beautiful. I don't see any flame in the pic. But I'm sure that looks awesome.

[bassilisk]

Finally - a dedicated gig bag. Maybe they'll start selling that outboard.

I keep my JC in an ABG gig bag full of a blanket and towels to take up the extra room.
Though it does make it a very well protected bass....

[Chris P.]

Beautiful. I don't see any flame in the pic.

It's a enlarged copy of a screenshot..... I guess the red will be a bit transparent.

[uwe]

Nice, but one JCS is enough.

[4stringer77]

A big appeal of the JC is the price. With the gig bag, strap and Flame Maple top, I'm assuming the 20th anniversary will be sent closer to the over $1,000 bracket. Still a great deal but maybe more than some of the market will bear for a bass with hard to replace cheap pots and less than stellar hardware. Any idea of the price?

[neepheid]

He's finally sharing his red one, eh?  Only took him 20 years

I'd be all over this if I didn't already have a super sparkly blue royale one

[bassilisk]

I have a white one and the first thing I did was replace the hardware.

Bass arrives and I check it out. The strings on it were awful, but everything else looked okay. I immediately
knew I wanted a set of Chromes on it. I put them on and start tuning up. The E won't tune - goes up and goes flat etc.

I finally look down and the bridge posts were halfway out of the body! I do not like Gibson 3-point bridges to start with and the Epi version is very much lacking. I went with a black Hipshot SuperTone.

The tuners were meh and manageable but now I had to have black all around, so a set of Hipshot HB6's completed the deal.

Crappy pic but you get the idea.

[TBird1958]

It's sure pretty in that color!

[Dave W]

Maybe the anniversary edition will come with bridge posts that don't pull out.

[bassilisk]

Maybe the anniversary edition will come with bridge posts that don't pull out.

Apparently this problem is not that uncommon across numerous Epiphone models using the 3-pointer. There are some
long threads about it over at TB. Most just glue them back in and go their merry way.

[neepheid]

Apparently this problem is not that uncommon across numerous Epiphone models using the 3-pointer. There are some
long threads about it over at TB. Most just glue them back in and go their merry way.

It is not limited to Epiphones - I was stretching the strings on a Gibson Midtown Standard and out popped the post, taking a star shaped chunk out of the finish with it.  Gutted!

[bassilisk]

It is not limited to Epiphones - I was stretching the strings on a Gibson Midtown Standard and out popped the post, taking a star shaped chunk out of the finish with it.  Gutted!

Yeow! That is distressing! I wouldn't imagine that to be an issue on an actual Gibson. 

[Highlander]

I traded a nickel-esque 3-point from my RD for a black Epi 3 point... never had a problem with the old or new one... admittedly, string thru, always...
They are different bridges and not directly replaceable so I had to plug and re-drill...

[Pilgrim]

Apparently this problem is not that uncommon across numerous Epiphone models using the 3-pointer. There are some
long threads about it over at TB. Most just glue them back in and go their merry way.

Exactly what I did with my Casady. Didn't bother me a bit.