Hello, forum! My name is David, and I was the last legitimate owner of the wonderful Jack Casady bass. It was stolen from me by a man in Mill Valley, California.
I have spoken with Jack about it, and he knows who I am, and the whole story.
She's a beauty. At once you notice the uniquely carved front and back. When I first bought it, I went to a leather store in San Francisco, and made my own thick strap, and decided I wanted to try to play it in the same position I'd seen Jack play it. Well, this is a bit on the TMI side, but on the back of the bass, there is a concave spot, like a very shallow bowl, carved into a central spot. Yep, guys, you feel the bass on your stuff. That was a trip.
In the case are a blue box; a power supply. If you use that, the LEDs light up, and if you just use the 1/4 jack, it's what you'd expect.
The pick-ups are unique, cast in clear resin, and you can see the gold foil wrapped pick-up magnets inside. The two pick-ups are mounted on thin brass rods, which allow you to move the pick-ups, up to the neck or down to the bridge - completely flexible! Put them together, move them apart.
The neck has amazing inlay, with scrimshaw type work. Below the bridge, you might have noticed a violin type tailpiece. It has a small, tooled (for grip) brass knob. Turn the knob, and the whole piece comes off - to reveal a generous stash box in the body! Clever for the traveling musician!
The electronics were changed and updated during the years that Jack owned and played it. The pots are mounted on a thin piece of wood, and the cavity in the body is rather large, so a hard slap
could potentially break the wood, giving it a trip back to Ron and Alembic, which was also a good time to make any desired changes in the electronics. It had series 2, when Jack sold it, and when I owned it.
