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casady in 2005 . playing on his signature bass with hot tuna -lrb- requires flash -rrb- jefferson hendrix , svt , roky erickson airplane , hot tuna , moonalice , jimi 1960s -- present fender fender precision bass pickup at the base of the neck jazz -lrb- 1962-1967 -rrb- guild starfire ii -lrb- 1967-1972 -rrb- alembic bass no . 001 `` mission control '' -lrb- 1972-1975 -rrb- , fender precision bass -lrb- clone ? -rrb- w/modulus graphite neck modified -lrb- svt/yanks -rrb- epiphone jack casady signature bass -lrb- 1998-present with -rrb- addition of a washington , d.c. , us 240px no non_vocal_instrumentalist bass , guitar , vocals , keyboards , percussion 13 april 1944 rock , blues jack casady.jpg jack casady
 john william casady
jack casady

john william `` jack '' casady -lrb- born april 13 , 1944 -rrb- is an american musician considered one of the foremost bass guitarists of the rock music era and best known as a member of jefferson airplane and hot tuna .
first playing as a lead guitarist with the washington d.c. area rhythm and blues band `` the triumphs '' , he switched to bass during his high school years and while still underage -lrb- and with a forged i.d. -rrb- , played the washington d.c club scene , backing artists such as little anthony and the imperials and ray charles .
he became the bass player for jefferson airplane when lead guitarist jorma kaukonen , a high school friend and former triumphs rhythm guitarist , invited him to join in late september 1965 .
jefferson airplane became the first successful exponent of the san francisco sound .
their singles , including `` somebody to love '' and `` white rabbit , '' had a more polished style and successfully charted in 1967 and 1968 .
casady , along with the other members of jefferson airplane , was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 1996 .
