neepheid Posted March 9 Posted March 9 On 07/03/2025 at 17:54, AndyTravis said: I’d change the pearloid out for 5 ply black… I reckon I could live with average sounds…if I looked cool with it 😂 How much is looking cool worth to you? https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1647852875808764 1 Quote
AndyTravis Posted March 9 Posted March 9 6 minutes ago, neepheid said: How much is looking cool worth to you? https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1647852875808764 I’ve had that saved for the 2 years it’s not been selling at that price… Quote
neepheid Posted March 9 Posted March 9 Just now, AndyTravis said: I’ve had that saved for the 2 years it’s not been selling at that price… Dreamers, amirite? I suppose eventually inflation will make it true... Quote
AndyTravis Posted March 15 Posted March 15 @Bassmonkey yes Bartolini pickups and pre from the factory…very clean and modern sounds Quote
Basvarken Posted Friday at 14:43 Posted Friday at 14:43 Took some new pictures of my Epiphone Jack Casady Signature. I modified this bass about 20(!) years ago with a Gibson lo-z humbucker from a Les Paul Bass that I had bought on Ebay at the time. I was not so impressed by the Electar element that Epiphone had developed in collaboration with Jack Casady himself. I never believed the marketing story that Casady didn't think the Gibson element of the Les Paul Signature was good enough. Knowing Gibson, they just had no idea how the original element was put together and then made a brave attempt to come up with something as close as they could to the real thing. Anyway, I took the plunge at the time and put the saw in the gold top to be able to mount the large oval Gibson humbucker in it. Thanks to CTS I managed to get hold of the right potentiometers that match the low impedance of the element. And the three-position rotary switch does not operate an impedance converter, (as with the original Epi JCS), but chooses from the three coil-taps that come out of this majestic Gibson pickup with no less than 8 wires. The head of the bass also got an overhaul. Every JCS suffers a major neck dive. So I replaced the tuners with much lighter Gotoh Res-o-lites. And I also adjusted the shape of the head slightly. Makes a huge difference I also fitted the bass with silver cap reflector potentiometer knobs. I modified the pickguard to match the shape of the chrome pickup ring. I placed a chrome bridge cover. And behind the bridge hangs a so-called Modbar to keep the double windings at the ball end of the strings away from the bridge saddles. I replaced the plastic nut with a bone nut. I've used the bass many times since. Live and in the studio. 5 Quote
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