neepheid Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 (edited) A bit of an odd request, but does anyone in or around Aberdeen (or will have cause to be in Aberdeen any time soon) own an Epiphone Jack Casady? I'm having some bother with mine and as part of my investigations I'd like to A/B it with another JC to see if I can narrow down what's causing me grief. Must be in stock configuration - no pickup swaps or loom changes for it to be a meaningful test. There's deffo a cup of tea in it for you, and even some biscuits! Grateful for any help offered. Edited September 4 by neepheid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted September 10 Author Share Posted September 10 Giving this a bump, could really use some help getting to the bottom of what's happening. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 On 04/09/2024 at 21:36, neepheid said: ... what's causing me grief... Any chance of a description of the issue..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted September 10 Author Share Posted September 10 4 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: Any chance of a description of the issue..? Rather out of the scope of this part of the forum - I have an ongoing thread about it here in Technical - https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/498763-sickly-jack-casady/ I just want to A/B with another JC to see if the problem is with mine specifically, or affects all JCs. A simple test, but very difficult to achieve without a second JC. I guess I could order one at distance, do the test then return it, but that's a lot more hassle (and a lot less enjoyable) than meeting a lovely fellow BCer, doing my test and having a nice cup of tea and a chinwag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 5 minutes ago, neepheid said: Rather out of the scope of this part of the forum - I have an ongoing thread about it here in Technical - https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/498763-sickly-jack-casady/ I just want to A/B with another JC to see if the problem is with mine specifically, or affects all JCs. A simple test, but very difficult to achieve without a second JC. I guess I could order one at distance, do the test then return it, but that's a lot more hassle (and a lot less enjoyable) than meeting a lovely fellow BCer, doing my test and having a nice cup of tea and a chinwag. OK, thanks for that; I understand better what the problem is. Jack Casady is at the top of my favourite bass players, and, one day, I'll be able to afford his signature Epiphone. It has a rather unique pick-up set-up, with an impedance-changer for getting different tones with different amps and consoles. I would guess that the impedance of the bass is not working well with the impedance of the pedal. Does this effect change when rotating the impedance control, or is it at every setting..? My 'go-to' bass is a Hofner Verithin, as acoustic an electric bass as it's possible to find, and it is very delicate when it comes to feedback. Personally, I like this, as I can approach the cab (Fender Bassman valve amp into Fender Bassman 2x15...) and 'play' the resulting tones. It's true that I never use pedals, so I've never used an OD signal; I would imagine that, being hollow, it would howl like a banshee at the slightest provocation. We live isolated in the countryside, so I'll try it out to see what happens, though. If you open a window, you might be able to hear it from where you are..! I'll report back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 Well, I tried the experiment, plugging my Verithin into the Fender Bassman Export 50 into the HH folded horn 2x15. Sitting close by, with the volume of the amp at 9 o'clock, I can play, but only have to lean forward to get controllable feedback, mostly from the 'A' anywhere on the neck. I had plugged in through my Boss Fender Deluxe pedal, which has level and gain controls. Setting the level to match dry/wet, once I start upping the gain, it becomes pretty much uncontrollable. The 'A's, obviously, but just about everywhere on the neck sets off deep, unmusical feedback. I couldn't get any gain setting which brought overdrive of any kind, as it would start howling and honking first. I couldn't play even a basic riff with that racket going on. I also have a germanium twin Big Muff, but a didn't dare to plug into that, as it has gain and distortion in spades, even with my guitars, so... This is not a comparison with the Casady bass, of course, but I can now state that which I hitherto didn't know : my semi-acoustic bass doesn't take well, at all, to 'drive'. I don't know if this helps, but at least I've learned something today. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted September 19 Author Share Posted September 19 Still looking. There was one for sale on Gumtree near me, I reached out to the seller to see if they'd be willing to do me a favour but I got no reply. It sold pretty quick so maybe it wasn't the fact that some nutter got in touch with them with some cock and bull story about wanting to do some kind of experiment with their JC before it sells. Weirdest tyre kicker ever, amirite? My whole reason for wanting some clarity on this is because I swear to God it's got worse over time - I used to be able to play gigs with my JC at loud volumes, with OD, without issue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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