Author Topic: Jack Casady interview (Read 380 times)

bassthang · « **on:** February 01, 2011, 11:46:48 AM »

Hope this is the right forum to post this.
A new interview in which he discusses his basses and amps.

http://www.flyguitars.com/interviews/jackCasadyIntro.php

adriaan · « **Reply #1 on:** February 01, 2011, 12:14:37 PM »

Nice interview, and nice pics!

More about his association with Alembic in the Guild Basses and Alembic & Modulus sections.

jazzyvee · « **Reply #2 on:** February 01, 2011, 01:47:05 PM »

That was a good read.

Jazzyvee

benson_murrensun · « **Reply #3 on:** February 02, 2011, 10:42:03 AM »

A VERY good read; thanks for posting the link, Tommy. I'm a big fan of Jack. I have taken a number of seminars from him at Fur Peace and can say that he is a great teacher because his level of commitment to helping students improve is HUGE. The guy really cares.

David Houck · « **Reply #4 on:** February 04, 2011, 08:03:34 PM »

Cool interview; thanks! Love the big pick of Jack with #1.

sonicus · « **Reply #5 on:** February 05, 2011, 12:10:34 PM »

Mr. Jack Casady made sounds with #1 that are still an inspiration for me to this day. From a personnel perspective it was my big favorite of all his Bass Sounds . Mr. Casady was ONE of my first major influences on the Electric Bass . I think it would be AWESOME to see him play a NEW Series II Bass in a public performance . YES ! that would be quite EXCELLENT !

artswork99 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 05, 2011, 07:33:08 PM »

I enjoyed the article too. Especially the Alembic portion

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 06, 2011, 06:52:00 AM »

Thanks for the link. I read it front to back and loved it all. What a creative period for musical invention.
Mike

serialnumber12 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 06, 2011, 07:48:24 AM »

During the alembic portion there's NO MENTION of Ron Wickersham.......only rick turner.

mike1762 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 06, 2011, 09:26:33 AM »

He kind-of implied that #1 was a science project (to determine optimal PUP location) that took on a life of its own. Did he ever use any other Alembics... or just #1??? I'd love to see a recent pic of #1: who's got it???

serialnumber12 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 06, 2011, 10:18:35 AM »

He never owned any other alembics & sold #1 out of a moment of not thinking clearly......someone here in the club owns #1 but wishes to remain anonymus

pas · « **Reply #11 on:** February 06, 2011, 10:27:22 AM »

I think Jack might still like to have #1 as a piece of his personal history, but I don't think it would get played at all. It should also be noted that according to Jack, #1 was dropped on a concrete floor and sent back to Alembic for repair of body cracks. He said that the bass never sounded the same after it sustained the body damage.

sonicus · « **Reply #12 on:** February 06, 2011, 11:24:29 AM »

I found this link on the web a few years ago regarding ALEMBIC 72-01

I also remember that about in the early 1990's it was for sale again and I vaguely remember having a phone conversation with a fellow who had an ad in the San Francisco Advertiser , about buying it, and I decided at the time not to for some reason, I think he said it needed some work done ; perhaps my funds were too low at the time to take on the project. As far as I have been told by others who seem to have some information on it the top was changed and now just has Series I electronics. Definitely do check out this link!

http://www.rawbw.com/%7Ebobh/bass.html

bpeder · « **Reply #13 on:** February 15, 2011, 09:23:39 AM »

Farm out! Right Arm! Outta State! Great article. I like his take on tone and where it falls in the mix as well as where bass lines should sit in general. Interesting input from sonicus too. I can't imagine walking into a music store and seeing that bass for sale... There sure are some legendary instruments out there MIA. I wonder if Jamerson's P will ever show up? Or Jaco's J. Man, we need a thread for this topic...

pasewark · « **Reply #14 on:** March 15, 2011, 04:59:42 PM »

I'd love to know what mods were done to his Guild #1 and Guild #2. The link in the article to Hesitation Blues on YouTube is great. Funny thing is I just posted that this morning to my Facebook page. Go figure.