EPIPHONE
Jack Casady
From the Tunas—sorry, tuners—to the bridge, Jack Casady’s venerable bass design endures into the 2020s, says Joel Mclver
Launched in 1997 and designed personally by sometime Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna bassist Jack Casady, this semi-hollowbodied bass guitar has enjoyed more or less consistent acclaim since then for its tones, feel, and build. As the lack of a solid body and its resolutely old-school look has led some of our community to assume that the Epiphone JC lacks versatility, our mission today is to take a deep dive into the performance of the 2021 version, and see what it can actually do. Into the psychedelic rabbit-hole we go...