I have had this beauty of a bass for a bit. I have used it on a few recordings. I have played it direct, direct to pa, or amp. Works fine everywhere. I love its tone. You can hear what it is made of. That is not very common among electric instruments in its range. I had a Gibson bass and took it back once this arrived. Didn’t need a worse sounding bass. haha.
Demo notes, links, pics.
All Bass with recorded with an Epiphone Jack Casady signature, Burgundy Red.
The microphone was a ShinyBox 46 MXL ribbon mic.
The speakers were powered Fender Fighter at 1100 watts each with 2 X 10’s. The Mixer was a Behringer 12 channel Xeynx. The ribbon mic was placed in between the speakers. Med to low volume. Insulated room.
The Daw was Logic Pro 12, -4 or so average volume. No effects. Clean dry signal chain. Interface, Scarlett 8i8.
Pictures shown of setup.
The sound samples:
The Jack Casady only has one pick up. But it does have a “varitone” switch. I made samples of each switch setting.
The 50 Position:
The 250 Position
The 500 Position
Verdict:
This bass is a semi-hollow body. This is my second hollow body bass. The first was a Gibson Mid-Town which I returned when I got this. I didn’t need the Gibson anymore because this one sounds and feels better and costs half as much. More than that, you can hear the hollowness. Even though my Gibson was hollow too, it sounded like a normal bass. The neck is big and cozy. It’s also great playing sitting down, important for me.. haha. It was around 700 bucks on sale. That’s a sweet price point for a lot of great gear I have found over the years and working at the guitar shop. I can usually find something nice for 6-700 dollars. If that helps. Though for years I played 2-3 hundred dollar instruments and they worked fine too. Just depends where we are at, I guess.
I hope you make some time for bass today. Thanks.
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